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22.8
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4.37 terajoules per million dollars of real GDP-1.8%
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0.30 kilotonnes per million dollars of real GDP-2.3%(annual change)
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8 585 petajoules4.2%
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63.9 gigajoules-0.7%(annual change)
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3.0 tonnes-0.5%(annual change)
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93,595,2080.2%(period-to-period change)
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10.1 million cubic metres1.9%(12-month change)
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811,430-26.2%(period-to-period change)
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24.3%
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36,991,9815.2%(period-to-period change)
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22 616 petajoules3.9%(year-over-year change)
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25.7 million-0.3%(annual change)
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43.6 billion litres2.6%(annual change)
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Volume of untreated wastewater discharged in Canada (including combined sewer overflows) - Canada
(2022)223 million cubic metres
Climate change
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Canadian System of Environmental-Economic Accounting
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