Canada - Statistics


Economy
       
Population and employment
      Date
Population (source)
  33,592,686   Apr 1 2009
Energy labour force (direct employment) (source)
  323,224   2008
Industry
      Date
Gross domestic product
  $1,225.8 billion   Dec 31 2008
Energy related GDP (source)
  6.2%   2008

Commodity prices
       
Petroleum
      Date
Heating oil (source)
  0.922 $/L   Sep 7 2010
Heating oil tax (source)
  0.103 $/L   Sep 7 2010
Propane (source)
  0.710 $/L   Sep 7 2010
Propane tax (source)
  0.101 $/L   Sep 7 2010
Gasoline (source)
  0.997 $/L   Sep 7 2010
Gasoline tax (source)
  0.340 $/L   Sep 7 2010
Diesel (source)
  0.991 $/L   Sep 7 2010
Diesel tax (source)
  0.278 $/L   Sep 7 2010

Reserves and supply
       
Conventional Crude Oil
      Date
Reserves (source)
  4,815.0 MMbbl   Dec 31 2008
Production (source)
  1.35 MMbbl/d   Dec 31 2008
Refining capacity (source)
  2,123,000 bbl/d   Dec 31 2008
Condensate
      Date
reserves (source)
  417.9 MMbbl   Dec 31 2008
production (source)
  187,078.3 bbl/d   Dec 31 2008
Conventional Crude Oil and Equivalent
      Date
Reserves (source)
  5,232.9 MMbbl   Dec 31 2008
Production (source)
  1,536,693.4 bbl/d   Dec 31 2008
Natural Gas Liquids
      Date
Reserves (source)
  842.3 MMbbl   Dec 31 2008
Production (source)
  462,283.8 bbl/d   Dec 31 2008
Oilsands
      Date
Overall Reserves (source)
  170.4 Bbbl   Jun 2009
Developed Reserves - Mineable (source)
  9,131 MMbbl   Dec 31 2008
Developed Reserves - In Situ (source)
  6,652 MMbbl   Dec 31 2008
Total Production (source)
  1.2 MMbbl/d   Dec 31 2008
Production - Integrated Synthetic (source)
  518,870 bbl/d   Dec 31 2008
Production - Bitumen (source)
  685,245 bbl/d   Dec 31 2008
Upgrading capacity (source)
  1.21 MMbbl/d   Sep 2009
Natural Gas
      Date
Reserves (source)
  54,643 Bcf   Dec 31 2008
Gross Production (source)
  18,951 MMcf/d   Dec 31 2008
Marketed Production (source)
  16,201 MMcf/d   Dec 31 2008
Coal
      Date
Reserves Under Development (source)
  1755 million tonnes   Dec 2008
Production (source)
  72 million tonnes per year   Dec 2008
Coal Mines (source)
  22   Dec 2008
Uranium
      Date
Reserves (U3O8)
  293,600 tonnes   Dec 2008
Production (U3O8) (source)
  10614t/y   Dec 2008
Uranium Mines (source)
  5   Dec 2008
Electricity
      Date
Petroleum fired
       
Number of plants (source)
  92   2009
Installed capacity (source)
  3,116 MW   2009
Natural gas fired
       
Number of gas plants (source)
  92   2009
Installed capacity (source)
  12,961 MW   2009
Coal fired
       
Number of plants (source)
  22   2009
Installed capacity (source)
  15,839 MW   2009
Nuclear
       
Number of plants (source)
  5   2009
Operating Reactors (source)
  18   2009
Installed capacity (source)
  12,612 MW   2009
Hydro
       
Number of plants (source)
  417   2009
Installed capacity (source)
  67,655 MW   2009
Wind
       
Number of plants (source)
  92   May 31 2009
Installed capacity (source)
  2,579 MW   May 31 2009
Tidal
       
Number of plants (source)
  1   2009
Installed capacity (source)
  20 MW   Dec 31 2009
Alternative Fuels
      Date
Ethanol
       
Ethanol Plants (source)
  16   Jan 2009
Ethanol Plant Capacity (source)
  1,810 MML/y   Jan 2009
Biodiesel
       
Biodiesel Plants (source)
  4   Jan 2009
Biodiesel Plant Capacity (source)
  122 MML/d   Jan 2009