This dashboard was initially created to track and report progress on the City of Saskatoon's Low Emissions Community Plan. A new Climate Action Plan is being developed, and will be communicated through this platform when it is complete (tentatively July 2026).
Buildings account for approximately 60% of the community's GHG emissions. Lighting, plug loads, major appliances, space heating and cooling, and water heating all contribute to GHG emissions from this sector.
With some of the country’s highest-emitting grid-supplied electricity, Saskatchewan’s emissions reduction efforts need to concentrate on energy efficiency and switching to renewable energy generation and procurement.
With more energy used in the transportation sector than any other sector, there are major energy efficiency and emissions reduction opportunities.
The most durable decisions for which a municipality is responsible relate to land use. From an emissions perspective, the built environment generates both positive and negative feedback cycles.
In 2023, the City's Water Treatment Plan pumped an average of 127 million litres per day from the South Saskatchewan River. The pumps and treatment processes use electricity and generate GHG emissions in supplying potable water to the community.
City Council adopted a 10-year 70% waste diversion target in alignment with the 2013 Strategic Goal of Environmental Leadership. While progress has been made since 2013, the City will not meet the target by 2023.