Industrial greenhouse gas emissions
Last updated on April 22, 2026B.C. requires industrial operations that emit 10,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e) or more per year and electricity import operations to report their emissions to government, as per the Greenhouse Gas Emission Reporting Regulation (GGERR).
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About the Industrial Emissions Report
The Industrial Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Report (IER) serves several important purposes, including:
- Increasing the accessibility of industrial emissions data
- Informing policy and actions to reduce B.C. emissions
- Informing the public about significant sources of emissions
Learn more about how emissions data are reported and verified.
Industrial emissions report data (XLSX, 1.8MB).
Latest report highlights
The IER reports the following for the most recent reporting year (2024):
- B.C.’s industrial reporting operations emitted 18.9 megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2e) excluding emissions from woody biomass. This is a slight increase from the 18.8 MtCO2e (+0.4%) reported in 2023
- B.C. received reports from 156 operations, not including three electricity import operations
Industrial sector emissions
The figure below shows the sector emissions breakdown. These sectors follow the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). For sector descriptions, see the downloadable IER file.
