Victoria indicatorsCommunity greenhouse gas emissions vs 2007
−31% since 2007 (City target −50% by 2030)
Pace calculated here: 5.8% above a straight line to the target. Targets and comparisons
Down 31% since 2007, as reported by the City. The City’s target is 50% below 2007 by 2030. No direction label is shown until a second inventory year can be compared.
Source: City of Victoria. We read it on Nov 11, 2026.
Over time
Targets and comparisons
Adopted target
Behind target (calculated here). Calculated here: a straight line from the 2007 level to a 50% cut in 2030 gives a cut of about 34.8% by 2023. The 2023 inventory shows a 31% cut, so emissions were 5.8% above that line. Within 5% of the line reads On target. The City does not publish a year-by-year path; this line is a reading of its target, not a target we set.
Target: -50 % change from 2007 by 2030, set by Victoria City Council. City of Victoria greenhouse gas emissions page.
Adopted target: the City has committed to cutting community greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030, compared with 2007. No chart is drawn yet, because only one inventory year is shown.
Source: City of Victoria greenhouse gas emissions page, City of Victoria, viewed November 12, 2026. Area: City of Victoria. Updated: Every two years (inventory). Licence: Public document, not under an open licence. Quoted with attribution.
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| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2023 | -31% |
Who decides
City of Victoria Council. Must set emission targets, with policies to meet them, in its official community plan. Local Government Act, s. 473
Show the 2 other bodies and the laws
| Body | What it decides | Law or bylaw |
|---|---|---|
| City of Victoria Council | Must set emission targets, with policies to meet them, in its official community plan. | Local Government Act, s. 473 |
| Province of B.C. | Sets B.C.’s emission targets in law. | Climate Change Accountability Act, s. 2 |
| Government of Canada and Parliament | Sets Canada’s national emission targets. | Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, s. 6 and 7 |
No government decides this directly. Households and businesses also decide how they heat buildings and travel.
Councils: last general local election October 17, 2026; next on October 19, 2030, the third Saturday of October set by the Local Government Act, s. 52. Province: last general election October 19, 2024; next set for October 21, 2028 unless called earlier (Constitution Act, s. 23). Canada: last general election April 28, 2025; next set for October 15, 2029 unless called earlier (Canada Elections Act, s. 56.1).
Each row says what a body decides and links to the law, order or bylaw that gives it that role. It does not say who caused a change: markets, households and other governments also move these numbers. Who decides what, for every measure · How we choose
What this number does not show
- Read from the City's climate action web page. Inventory methods are described in the City's Climate Leadership Plan progress reports, published every two years.
One more limit
- Community emissions include buildings, transportation and waste in the City, not only the City's own operations.
Not measured yet in environment: tree canopy. See all 17 gaps
In plain words
How much lower greenhouse gas emissions from buildings, transport and waste in the City are than in 2007, next to the target the City adopted.
How we decide “Behind target”
Calculated here: a straight line from the 2007 level to a 50% cut in 2030 gives a cut of about 34.8% by 2023. The 2023 inventory shows a 31% cut, so emissions were 5.8% above that line. Within 5% of the line reads On target. The City does not publish a year-by-year path; this line is a reading of its target, not a target we set.
The City reports that, as of 2023, community emissions were 31% below 2007. Its adopted target is a 50% cut by 2030.
Target: City of Victoria greenhouse gas emissions page.
Outcome measures read Better, Worse or About the same; published government targets read Ahead of, On or Behind target; value-judgement measures read Rising, Falling or Steady in a neutral colour. A change smaller than the agency's own margin of error, or otherwise smaller than 5% of the earlier value, is About the same (or Steady). No change is calculated across a marked break in a series. The rule.
All notes on this number
Why it matters. The City has adopted an emissions target; this shows reported progress toward it.
- Read from the City's climate action web page. Inventory methods are described in the City's Climate Leadership Plan progress reports, published every two years.
- Community emissions include buildings, transportation and waste in the City, not only the City's own operations.
- The 2050 target is not shown, because City documents differ. The City’s 2024 climate action survey response gives an 80% cut from 2007 by 2050, and the 2024 Climate Leadership Plan progress report says an updated plan will replace that goal with net zero emissions by 2050. The City’s greenhouse gas page names a shift to 100% renewable energy by 2050.
Which places
Area: City of Victoria
The City of Victoria municipality only, all neighbourhoods.
Included
- All City of Victoria neighbourhoods, including Downtown, James Bay, Fairfield, Fernwood, Oaklands, Hillside/Quadra, North Park, Burnside, Victoria West, Rockland, Jubilee and Gonzales
Not included
- Saanich, Oak Bay, Esquimalt, Langford and every other municipality in the region
Official definition
How the agency describes it: City of Victoria (community-wide emissions).
How we got it
This number is published by the agency as shown; it is not calculated here. The script reads it from the agency’s own document and refuses to show it unless the expected text is found.
Licence and credits
This figure is public but not under an open licence: the agency publishes it for anyone to read, and it is shown here with credit and a link to the agency’s terms. About licences.
- Licence
- Public data, not under an open licence. Used with attribution. Agency’s terms of use
- Updated by agency
- Every two years (progress report); latest release Not stated by the agency
- Retrieved
- Nov 11, 2026, 6:57 PM B.C. time
Source: City of Victoria, Greenhouse Gases (Climate Action). Public document, used with attribution; not endorsed by the publisher.
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