5.6.1 Manitoba
Main targets and incentives
GHG emissions reduction
- 5-year rolling targets from recommendations of expert council (current target: -1Mt by 2023)
Carbon pricing
- Federal system applies
Renewable energy targets
- N/A
Coal phase-out
- N/A
Low-emission vehicles incentives and renewable fuel mandates
- Renewable content in gasoline (9.25%) and diesel (3.5%) (10% and 5% starting in 2022)
Other
- +11.25% energy efficiency in domestic natural gas consumption by 2032
- +22.5% energy efficiency in electricity consumption by 2032
5.6.2 New Brunswick
Main targets and incentives
GHG emissions reduction
- 10% 2020 (1990)
- -35% by 2030 (1990)
- -80% 2050 (2001)
Carbon pricing
- Provincial tax since April 2020; federal system applies to industrial emitters but provincial proposal will replace it shortly
Renewable energy targets
- 40% renewable sources for electricity sold in the province
Coal phase-out
- Yes
Low-emission vehicles incentives and renewable fuel mandates
- 20,000 electric vehicles by 2030
Other
- Carbon neutral government by 2030
5.6.3 Nova Scotia
Main targets and incentives
GHG emissions reduction
- -53% by 2030 (2005)
- Net-zero carbon footprint by 2050
Carbon pricing
- Provincial cap-and-trade system
Renewable energy targets
- 40% renewable electricity
Coal phase-out
- Equivalency agreement: keeps coal-fired plants while achieving deep reductions elsewhere in the electricity sector (phase-out by 2030 recently committed by current government)
Low-emission vehicles incentives and renewable fuel mandates
- None
5.6.4 Prince Edward Island
Main targets and incentives
GHG emissions reduction
- 1.2 Mt (~-40%) by 2030 (2005)
- Net-zero by 2040
Carbon pricing
- Provincial system for the carbon tax, federal system applies to industrial emitters
Renewable energy targets
- None
Coal phase-out
- N/A
Low-emission vehicles incentives and renewable fuel mandates
- Free electric vehicle registration
5.6.5 Newfoundland and Labrador
Main targets and incentives
GHG emissions reduction
- -30% by 2030 (2005)
Carbon pricing
- Provincial system
Renewable energy targets
- None
Coal phase-out
- N/A
Low-emission vehicles incentives and renewable fuel mandates
- None
5.6.6 Territories
Main targets and incentives
GHG emissions reduction
- Yukon: -30% (2010)
- Northwest Territories: -30% by 2030 (2005); -25% in emissions from diesel-generated electricity; -10% per capita transport emissions by 2030 (2016)
Carbon pricing
- Federal system in the Yukon and Nunavut, Northwest Territories specific carbon tax
Renewable energy targets
- Yukon: reduction in diesel use for electricity generation in communities not connected to the main electricity grid (-30% over 2010 levels); 40% of heating needs met by renewable sources by 2030
- Northwest Territories: 40% share in energy used for community heat
Coal phase-out
- N/A
Low-emission vehicles incentives and renewable fuel mandates
- None