This interactive website invites you to explore the carbon footprint associated with the consumption of Quebec residents and households. Unlike a traditional territorial inventory, this consumption-based approach makes it possible to visualize emissions that are often difficult to perceive, such as those associated with the manufacture of an imported vehicle or the production of the food we consume. By directly linking emissions to lifestyle choices rather than merely to the place of production, this tool offers a unique perspective for understanding how our habits influence climate change. Through interactive graphs, you can discover the results based on your profile, administrative region, or age group.

The carbon footprint presented is based on Open IO-Canada, a detailed economic model that connects consumer spending to greenhouse gas emissions generated throughout production chains, whether in Quebec or internationally. The calculations are also based on data from Statistics Canada’s Survey of Household Spending. The methodology adopts the “residence principle,” which means that a citizen’s total footprint includes not only their individual consumption (transportation, housing, food, etc.), but also their share of collective services such as public infrastructure, hospitals, and government services.

To refine the results by region, the tool cross-references the carbon footprint per person with the local socioeconomic structure, taking into account income distribution and average household size in each administrative area. This method highlights significant variations related to transportation modes, access to services, and income levels specific to each administrative region of Quebec.