Table 2Operating expenditures on environmental protection by type of activity and industry and province or territory, 2006

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Operating expenditures on environmental protection by type of activity and industry and province or territory, 2006
  Environ-
mental monitoring
Environ-
mental assess-
ments and audits
Recla-
mation and decom-
missioning
Wildlife and habitat protection Waste manage-
ment and sewerage services
Pollution abatement and control processes (end-of- pipe) Pollution prevention processes Fees, fines and licences Other Total Share of total
  millions of dollars percent
Industry  
Logging 2.6 2.5 6.5 32.2 9.3 0.8 5.4 0.8 2.4 62.6 1.3
Oil and gas extraction 50.5 43.3 344.1 16.4 198.4 183.6 117.6 25.3 103.4 1,082.6 22.7
Mining 20.8 8.3 49.8 2.1 54.5 71.3 48.9 11.1 10.2 277.0 5.8
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution 37.9 13.5 58.8 14.5 80.1 43.6 78.7 24.9 29.2 381.2 8.0
Natural gas distribution 0.8 3.4 1.2 0.1 4.1 x 6.7 x 2.2 22.4 0.5
Food 10.8 4.7 F x 239.5 24.4 19.6 9.2 8.2 317.9 6.7
Beverage and tobacco products 0.2 x F x 10.5 F 0.6 3.0 0.2 15.5 0.3
Wood products 4.1 2.4 12.4 F F 18.8 9.4 2.8 3.4 181.8 3.8
Paper manufacturing 31.1 x 7.8 x 219.0 165.5 56.2 12.3 9.0 508.5 10.7
Petroleum and coal products 7.6 2.0 6.1 x 48.1 123.7 103.1 x 4.7 297.1 6.2
Chemicals 18.8 5.5 10.1 x 123.7 59.8 32.2 F 13.0 280.5 5.9
Non-metallic mineral products 6.2 1.5 2.8 0.1 33.9 16.6 6.4 2.7 2.7 73.0 1.5
Primary metals 34.5 8.6 16.8 1.4 168.6 290.0 76.3 4.5 10.3 610.9 12.8
Fabricated metal products 2.4 2.9 2.1 F 45.7 5.0 8.0 0.7 1.6 68.5 1.4
Transportation equipment 3.6 4.0 x x 94.9 18.8 6.8 x 10.2 142.1 3.0
Other manufacturing 9.6 5.5 F F 294.1 13.1 F 2.5 3.8 379.0 7.9
Pipeline transportation 2.6 2.7 6.6 2.0 6.6 1.3 39.4 0.4 6.7 68.3 1.4
Total 244.3 116.1 533.6 106.7 1,728.2 1,039.8 661.7 117.5 221.1 4,769.0 100.0
Province or territory  
Atlantic provinces 1 19.4 4.3 14.0 9.1 95.0 81.1 82.8 6.3 8.3 320.5 6.7
Quebec 35.1 11.5 19.8 34.3 354.3 165.7 81.1 7.0 17.5 726.4 15.2
Ontario 77.0 29.5 73.5 11.9 701.3 372.2 240.5 28.9 49.4 1,584.1 33.2
Manitoba 8.2 3.6 4.0 1.6 44.5 24.7 8.5 4.1 7.3 106.4 2.2
Saskatchewan 11.2 8.3 44.6 2.1 75.8 36.1 30.1 10.4 9.2 228.0 4.8
Alberta 68.5 38.9 346.3 20.3 284.7 256.6 170.0 19.2 114.6 1,319.1 27.7
British Columbia and the territories 2 25.1 19.9 31.3 27.4 172.4 103.4 48.6 41.6 14.8 484.5 10.2
Total 244.3 116.1 533.6 106.7 1,728.2 1,039.8 661.7 117.5 221.1 4,769.0 100.0
1.
Includes Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
2.
Includes British Columbia, Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division, CANSIM Tables 153-0052 and 153-0053.