Big and Little Feet Provincial Profiles

The decrease in emissions in the utilities sector is attributable to the fact that electricity purchased by firms and government accounts for a large share of output from the sector. [...] In comparison, emissions from the personal transportation and residential sectors are unchanged when moving from a production- to a consumption-based accounting approach as all of the production emissions in these sectors are generated by household consumption of fossil fuels in personal vehicles and in homes. [...] Per capita consumption emissions for each of these groups, as well as the breakdown of emissions in each of these groups by sector, are summarized in Table 1. 3 TABLE 1 NEW BRUNSWICK PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION EMISSIONS BY CONSUMPTION GROUP AND SECTOR Household Consumption Emissions Firm Investment Consumption Emissions Government Consumption Emissions Per Capita Consumption Emissions (Share of Total [...] The province additionally has significant net exports of emissions in the utilities sector to Prince Edward Island, in the transportation and warehousing sector to Quebec and Ontario, and in the administrative and support, waste management and remediation services sector to Quebec. [...] This is consistent with Newfoundland and Labrador crude oil being the only available domestic feedstock for the Irving Oil Refinery.3 New Brunswick additionally has notable net imports of emissions from the support activities for oil and gas extraction sector in Alberta, from the manufacturing and finance, insurance, real estate and rental and leasing sectors in Ontario, and from the natural gas e