Yesterday at Westmount’s third and final Sustainable Development Visioning workshop, city Coordinator Joshua Wolfe revealed that while Canada and Quebec have a significantly lower carbon footprint compared to the United States, Westmount’s footprint more closely resembles America’s.

This fact was compiled by a recent study completed by McGill University’s GEOG 302 undergraduate class.

The full stats:

Quebec: 5.95 Hectacres/Person
Canada: 7.61
Westmount: 8.58
USA: 9.60

The United States has one of the world’s largest carbon footprints. Only the United Arab Emirates, which has constructed indoor ski slopes in the desert, has a bigger footprint than the U.S.