Carbon Console

Your window into Canada’s carbon removal sector

Carbon Console is Canada’s first comprehensive dashboard tracking the country’s rapidly expanding carbon removal sector whether it’s companies, projects, capacity, or breakthrough technologies in real time. Built by Carbon Removal Canada, this platform provides policymakers, investors, and developers with the market intelligence needed for informed decisions and evidence-based policy.

Canadian statistics

Carbon removal capacity (tonnes per year)

Last updated: July 17, 2026

Contributions by method

Number of companies

95 View all

Last updated: July 17, 2026

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Technology

Biomass carbon removal and storage

Plant life, like dead trees or leftover crop waste after a harvest, has a secret superpower: they absorb CO₂ over their lifetime. BiCRS harnesses this natural process by collecting this carbon-rich biomass and either burying it directly underground or processing it into stable forms that lock carbon away permanently. This sustainable biomass, whether from a farmer's field or part of forest fire management plans, pauses the natural decomposition process that would normally release stored carbon back to the atmosphere.

BiCRS is inclusive of multiple sub-technologies, including biochar, biomass burial, or bio-oil injection.

BiCRS transforms agricultural and forestry waste into permanent carbon storage solutions that generate revenue for farmers and forest managers while preventing organic materials from naturally releasing their stored carbon back to the atmosphere, creating new markets for biomass specifically designed for climate impact rather than traditional uses.

Current capacity

4

Projects

19K

tonnes

Planned capacity

16

Projects

645K

tonnes

Projects by region

British Columbia
8
Ontario
6
Saskatchewan
3
Quebec
2
Nova Scotia
1
Manitoba
1
New Brunswick
1
Alberta
1

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