Industrial Sector – Disaggregated Industries
Canada
Table 30: Paper Mills (except newsprint) Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions
  2000   2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Total Paper Mills Energy Use (PJ) 117.1   73.8 78.3 81.3 67.1 55.4

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Electricity 25.2   26.4 26.8 28.8 24.9 22.1
Natural Gas 33.4   X 13.8 14.7 12.5 10.3
Diesel Fuel Oil, Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 0.3   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1
Heavy Fuel Oil 5.9   0.2 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.3
Still Gas and Petroleum Coke 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
LPG and Gas Plant NGL 0.0   0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1
Coal 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Coke and Coke Oven Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Wood Waste and Pulping Liquor 50.2   34.5 36.3 34.8 27.7 21.0
Other1 2.2   X X 2.3 1.3 1.4

Shares (%)
Electricity 21.5   35.8 34.2 35.4 37.1 39.9
Natural Gas 28.5   X 17.6 18.1 18.7 18.7
Diesel Fuel Oil, Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 0.3   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.1
Heavy Fuel Oil 5.0   0.3 0.2 0.7 0.5 0.6
Still Gas and Petroleum Coke 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
LPG and Gas Plant NGL 0.0   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Coal 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Coke and Coke Oven Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Wood Waste and Pulping Liquor 42.8   46.7 46.4 42.9 41.3 38.0
Other1 1.9   X X 2.8 1.9 2.6

Activity
GDP (million $2012) 1,474   772 763 933 914 834
Energy Intensity (MJ/$2012 – GDP) 79.4   95.6 102.6 87.1 73.4 66.3
Total Paper Mills GHG Emissions Including Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 3.7   1.5 1.6 1.7 1.4 1.2

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Electricity 1.5   1.0 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.6
Natural Gas 1.7   X 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5
Diesel Fuel Oil, Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heavy Fuel Oil 0.4   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Still Gas and Petroleum Coke 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
LPG and Gas Plant NGL 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Coal 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Coke and Coke Oven Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Wood Waste and Pulping Liquor 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other1 0.0   X X 0.0 0.0 0.0
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 31.3   20.6 20.5 21.3 21.1 21.7
Total Paper Mills GHG Emissions Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 2.2   0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 18.4   7.6 9.2 9.8 10.2 10.1

Footnotes:

1) “Other” includes steam and waste fuels from the cement industry.

X - Denotes data that has been suppressed due to confidentiality.