Schools, hospitals, and other public bodies spent $18.2 million in 2010 on carbon offsets that the British Columbia government required them to buy. A detailed list of those purchases is now available.

The offsets were purchased at $25 per tonne of carbon emissions from the Pacific Carbon Trust, itself a Crown corporation which funds projects in the private sector aimed at reducing the release of greenhouse gasses.

While the offset purchases allow the government to claim it achieved carbon neutrality in 2010, they have been criticized for requiring already cash-strapped bodies to provide money that ends up helping the balance sheet of companies like Encana Corporation.

The purchases included $1.5 million by the University of British Columbia, $1.15 million by Vancouver Coastal Health and $663,998 by B.C. Housing. Crown corporations BC Hydro and ICBC, which have both faced public outcry over proposed rate increases, spent $749,345 and $511,600 respectively on offsets last year.

School districts required to pay the most for offsets include Surrey ($496,892), Vancouver ($406,094) and Richmond ($182,387).

Following is the complete list:

Health

Bella Coola General Hospital $6,912

Fraser Health Authority $933,720

Interior Health Authority $965,891

Louis Brier Home and Hospital $18,066

Menno Hospital $11,054

Mount St. Mary Hospital $10,467

Nisga'a Valley Health Board $5,001

Northern Health Authority $578,156

Providence Healthcare $283,742

Provincial Health Services Authority $617,699

RW Large Memorial Hospital $2,595

St. Joseph's General Hospital $24,543

St. Michael's Center $9,704

Vancouver Coastal Health Authority $1,146,831

Vancouver Island Health Authority $812,514

Wrinch Memorial Hospital $1,488

Crown corporations

BC Assessment $15,138

BC Games $183

BC Housing $663,988

BC Hydro $749,345

BC Innovation Council $157

BC Liquor Distribution Branch $96,565

BC Lottery Corporation $37,196

BC Oil and Gas Commission $10,813

BC Pavilion Corporation $133,679

BC Transit $34,615

BC Securities Commission $4,964

Columbia Basin Trust $542

Columbia Power Corporation $709

Community Living BC $26,402

First Peoples Heritage LCC $92

Forestry Innovation Investment $3,877

Industry Training Authority $903

Insurance Corporation of BC $511,600

Knowledge Network Corporation $2,409

Legal Services Society $2,513

Pacific Carbon Trust $170

Partnerships BC $912

Private Career Training Institute Agency $179

Provincial Capital Commission $4,463

Royal BC Museum $4,720

Post secondary institutions

BC Institute of Technology $246,184

Camosun College $50,821

Capilano University $54,267

College of New Caledonia $56,408

College of the Rockies $20,472

Douglas College $48,990

Emily Carr University of Artand Design $21,469

Justice Institute of BC $17,407

Kwantlen Polytechnic University $61,964

Langara College $44,049

Nicola Valley Institute of Technology $10,498

North Island College $26,727

Northern Lights College $56,688

Northwest Community College $34,228

Okanagan College $47,540

Royal Roads University $36,499

Selkirk College $38,142

Simon Fraser University $444,452

Thompson Rivers University $103,310

UBC Okanagan $71,268

University of BC $1,519,801

University of Northern BC $142,198

University of the Fraser Valley $76,517

University of Victoria $388,647

Vancouver Community College $74,830

Vancouver Island University $76,113

School districts

School District 05, Southeast Kootenay $67,914

School District 06, Rocky Mountain $41,397

School District 08, Kootenay Lake $47,570

School District 10, Arrow Lakes $7,761

School District 19, Revelstoke $9,166

School District 20, Kootenay-Columbia $48,300

School District 22, Vernon $65,431

School District 23, Central Okanagan $127,965

School District 27, Cariboo-Chilcotin $84,921

School District 28, Quesnel $41,422

School District 33, Chilliwack $56,368

School District 34, Abbotsford $95,726

School District 35, Langley $146,122

School District 36, Surrey $496,892

School District 37, Delta $100,235

School District 38, Richmond $182,387

School District 39, Vancouver $406,094

School District 40, New Westminster $50,130

School District 41, Burnaby $150,175

School District 42, Maple Ridge $87,656

School District 43, Coquitlam $233,545

School District 44, North Vancouver $114,484

School District 45, West Vancouver $39,199

School District 46, Sunshine Coast $27,744

School District 47, Powell River $28,602

School District 48, Sea To Sky/Howe Sound $45,461

School District 49, Central Coast $8,606

School District 50, Haida Gwaii $21,196

School District 51, Boundary $20,688

School District 52, Prince Rupert $24,730

School District 53, Okanagan Similkameen $21,790

School District 54, Bulkley Valley $22,941

School District 57, Prince George $164,333

School District 58, Nicola-Similkameen $24,355

School District 59, Peace River South $71,578

School District 60, Peace River North $71,984

School District 61, Greater Victoria $152,040

School District 62, Sooke $57,649

School District 63, Saanich $44,832

School District 64, Gulf Islands $5,388

School District 67, Okanagan Skaha $45,356

School District 68, Ladysmith $97,805

School District 69, Qualicum $42,677

School District 70, Alberni $35,916

School District 71, Comox Valley $61,584

School District 72, Campbell River $56,975

School District 73, Kamloops/Thompson $106,496

School District 74, Gold Trail $19,400

School District 75, Mission $48,338

School District 78, Fraser-Cascade $21,766

School District 79, Cowichan Valley $66,068

School District 81, Fort Nelson $17,356

School District 82, Coast Mountains $63,320

School District 83, North Okanagan-Shuswap $61,784

School District 84, Vancouver Island West $4,514

School District 85, Vancouver Island North $16,392

School District 87, Stikine $12,129

School District 91, Nechako Lakes $64,453

School District 92, Nisga'a $2,196

School District 93, Conseil Scolaire Francophone $57,504

Core government

Ministries etc. $2,323,778

Andrew MacLeod is The Tyee’s Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria. Find him on Twitter or reach him here.