Air Canada carbon credit retirements

Built from registry retirement records that name this organisation as beneficiary. Retirements that name no beneficiary, or name it differently, are not included, so this view is partial.

Key figures

Tonnes retired

1,217,713

Retirements

106

Years

2023 to 2025

Projects

9

Registries

2

Source: Registry records · Data as of 1 June 2026

Retirements by year

Tonnes by the year the retirement was recorded.

Tonnes retired by yearAir Canada: 1,217,713 tonnes retired, 2023 to 2025, by year of retirement.0250k500k750k1M2023: 408,594 tonnes20232024: 660,073 tonnes20242025: 149,046 tonnes2025
YearTonnes retired
2025 149,046
2024 660,073
2023 408,594

Source: Registry records · Data as of 1 June 2026

By project type

TypeTonnesShare
Forest918,22475.4%
Not specified153,00012.6%
Ghg Management146,48912%

Types as the registries record them.

By registry

RegistryTonnesShare
Verra1,011,09683%
American Carbon Registry (ACR)206,61717%

By vintage

The year the emission reduction or removal took place.

VintageTonnesShare
Before 201660,9655%
2016 to 2020991,95281.5%
2021 onwards164,79613.5%

By host country

CountryTonnesShare
Peru857,85270.4%
Canada163,02313.4%
Pakistan153,00012.6%
United States43,5943.6%
Colombia244<0.1%

ICVCM status of methodologies

Current statusTonnesShare
No ICVCM decision on the methodology yet858,09670.5%
Methodology under assessment264,26021.7%
Methodology approved for the CCP label78,8236.5%
Methodology not matched to ICVCM records16,5341.4%

Status shown is the methodology's current ICVCM status. It may have been decided after these credits were retired.

What the ICVCM status means

Removals and avoidance

ClassTonnesShare
Mixed removal and reduction213,12817.5%
Reduction or avoidance1,004,58582.5%

Removals: 0 tonnes (long-duration and impermanent). Reduction or avoidance: 1,004,585 tonnes.

How projects are classed

Projects retired from

Largest first. 9 projects.

ProjectRegistryCountry TonnesYears
Reduction of deforestation and degradation in Tambopata National Reserve and Bahuaja-Sonene National Park within the area of Madre de Dios region -Peru VCS1067 · Forest Verra Peru 503,672 2023 to 2025
Forest Management to reduce deforestation and degradation in Shipibo Conibo and Cacataibo Indigenous communities of Ucayali region VCS1360 · Forest Verra Peru 354,180 2023 to 2025
Delta Blue Carbon - 1 VCS2250 Verra Pakistan 153,000 2023 to 2025
Fielding Environmental HFC Reclamation Offset Project ACR663 · Ghg Management American Carbon Registry (ACR) Canada 71,750 2023 to 2025
Anew - Doyon Native Community Forest Project ACR592 · Forest American Carbon Registry (ACR) United States 43,594 2024 to 2025
Fielding Environmental HFC Reclamation Offset Project - 2022 ACR1014 · Ghg Management American Carbon Registry (ACR) Canada 39,510 2025
Refrigerant Management Canada Ozone Depleting Substance Destruction Project - 2019 ACR772 · Ghg Management American Carbon Registry (ACR) Canada 35,229 2024 to 2025
Anew - Quinte Forestry Project ACR680 · Forest American Carbon Registry (ACR) Canada 16,534 2024 to 2025
BLUE CARBON PROJECT GULF OF MORROSQUILLO “VIDA MANGLAR” VCS2290 · Forest Verra Colombia 244 2023

Source: Registry records · Data as of 1 June 2026

Questions about Air Canada

How many carbon credits has Air Canada retired?

Registry records name Air Canada as beneficiary for 1,217,713 tonnes across 106 retirements since 2023, as of 1 June 2026.

Which projects has Air Canada retired credits from?

Reduction of deforestation and degradation in Tambopata National Reserve and Bahuaja-Sonene National Park within the area of Madre de Dios region -Peru (503,672 tonnes); Forest Management to reduce deforestation and degradation in Shipibo Conibo and Cacataibo Indigenous communities of Ucayali region (354,180 tonnes); Delta Blue Carbon - 1 (153,000 tonnes). The full list of 9 projects is on this page.

Is this a complete record?

No. It includes only retirements whose registry record names this organisation. Retirements that name no beneficiary, or name it differently, are not included.

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