Canada

Country Analysis Brief Overview

Canada is one of the world's five largest energy producers and is the principal source of U.S. energy imports.
Canada's oil sands are a significant contributor to the recent growth and expected future growth in the world's liquid fuel supply, and they comprise most of the country's proved oil reserves, which rank third globally.
Canada is the world's fifth-largest producer of dry natural gas and the source of most U.S. natural gas imports.
Canada is a net exporter of electricity to the United States, and most of its power needs are met by hydroelectricity.

Analysis Last Updated: September 30, 2014

Overview data for Canada

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Petroleum (Thousand Barrels per Day)			Previous Year					Latest Year
		History	Canada	North America	OECD	World	Rank	Canada
Total Oil Production	Production of crude oil (including lease condensate), natural gas plant liquids, and other liquids, and refinery processing gain (loss). Negative value indicates refinery processing loss.	1816.2310 , 1662.7400 , 1639.4420 , 1691.6120 , 1809.7070 , 1848.3440 , 1862.6219 , 1960.2567 , 2056.7436 , 2030.7346 , 2040.1243 , 2040.9882 , 2125.8149 , 2250.2048 , 2340.7041 , 2453.1321 , 2500.9654 , 2626.6722 , 2700.4562 , 2632.9621 , 2753.1446 , 2816.3618 , 2953.6997 , 3113.6452 , 3139.3578 , 3096.3287 , 3292.5916 , 3448.5626 , 3343.5768 , 3318.8290 , 3441.7300 , 3597.3328 , 3856.4396 , 4073.8684 (1980-2013)	3,856.44	17,911	22,538	89,750	5	4,073.87
Crude Oil Production	Includes lease condensate.	1435.0000 , 1285.0000 , 1271.0000 , 1356.0000 , 1438.0000 , 1471.0000 , 1474.0000 , 1535.0000 , 1616.0000 , 1560.0000 , 1553.0000 , 1547.9800 , 1605.2230 , 1679.4460 , 1746.1214 , 1805.2470 , 1836.6970 , 1922.2420 , 1981.0849 , 1906.6000 , 1976.8934 , 2029.1726 , 2170.6000 , 2305.7260 , 2398.4208 , 2368.8779 , 2525.3970 , 2628.1248 , 2579.3089 , 2579.4798 , 2740.7562 , 2900.6466 , 3137.8388 , 3325.1288 (1980-2013)	3,137.84	12,227	15,667	75,951	6	3,325.13
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum products and direct combustion of crude oil.	1873.0000 , 1768.0000 , 1578.0000 , 1448.0000 , 1507.0000 , 1514.0000 , 1518.0000 , 1592.0000 , 1666.0000 , 1739.0000 , 1722.0000 , 1662.0000 , 1709.0000 , 1734.0000 , 1755.0000 , 1799.0000 , 1853.0000 , 1940.0000 , 1931.0000 , 2016.0000 , 2013.9098 , 2043.1698 , 2065.0657 , 2190.7123 , 2281.9645 , 2314.9753 , 2228.8493 , 2344.4466 , 2266.9962 , 2184.1800 , 2283.3534 , 2310.1208 , 2350.6923 , 2424.3460 (1980-2013)	2,350.69	22,936	45,822	89,128	9	2,424.35
Estimated Petroleum Net Exports	Net Exports = Total Oil Production – Consumption. Negative numbers are Net Imports.	-56.7690 , -105.2600 , 61.4420 , 243.6120 , 302.7070 , 334.3440 , 344.6219 , 368.2567 , 390.7436 , 291.7346 , 318.1243 , 378.9882 , 416.8149 , 516.2048 , 585.7041 , 654.1321 , 647.9654 , 686.6722 , 769.4562 , 616.9621 , 739.2348 , 773.1920 , 888.6340 , 922.9329 , 857.3933 , 781.3534 , 1063.7423 , 1104.1160 , 1076.5806 , 1134.6490 , 1158.3766 , 1287.2120 , 1505.7473 , 1649.5224 (1980-2013)	1,505.75	-5,024	-23,284	--	10	1,649.52
Refinery Capacity	Crude oil distillation capacity as of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	2222.0000 , 2166.0000 , 2200.0000 , 2020.0000 , 1807.0000 , 1869.0000 , 1856.0000 , 1760.0000 , 1869.0000 , 1856.0000 , 1852.0000 , 1882.0000 , 1905.0500 , 1871.5000 , 1880.1000 , 1907.8000 , 1848.4500 , 1851.8100 , 1851.3100 , 1872.7000 , 1911.6500 , 1906.2500 , 1943.9000 , 1983.4500 , 1987.8500 , 2017.3500 , 2016.9500 , 2041.2000 , 1969.4500 , 2029.4500 , 2039.2540 , 1902.0000 , 1918.4550 (1980-2012)	1,902	21,178	45,873	88,097	11	1,918
Proved Reserves(Billion Barrels)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	6.8000 , 6.4000 , 7.3000 , 7.0200 , 6.7300 , 7.0750 , 6.5000 , 6.8500 , 6.8250 , 6.7855 , 6.1335 , 5.7829 , 5.5878 , 5.2916 , 5.0956 , 5.0380 , 4.8985 , 4.8936 , 4.8392 , 4.9308 , 4.9308 , 4.7061 , 4.8580 , 180.0210 , 178.8930 , 178.8000 , 178.7924 , 179.2100 , 178.5920 , 178.0920 , 175.2140 , 175.2140 , 173.6252 , 173.1052 , 173.2000 (1980-2014)	173.11	214	227	1,646	4	173.20
Natural Gas (Billion Cubic Feet)			Previous Year					Latest Year
		History	Canada	North America	World	Rank		Canada
Production	Dry natural gas.	2758.7000 , 2669.5315 , 2722.6806 , 2561.3263 , 2786.7420 , 3041.4337 , 2861.5000 , 3103.0000 , 3574.0000 , 3726.9332 , 3848.9800 , 4057.5000 , 4520.2800 , 4909.9500 , 5265.9700 , 5602.9700 , 5710.8946 , 5762.3486 , 5976.0043 , 6265.2342 , 6469.7080 , 6596.8420 , 6631.4507 , 6453.4631 , 6482.9158 , 6560.8560 , 6547.9307 , 6415.7467 , 6045.7514 , 5633.6607 , 5389.7400 , 5218.1444 , 5069.6095 , 5128.8328 (1980-2013)	5,069.61	30,812	118,866	5		5,128.83
Consumption	Dry natural gas.	1882.9000 , 1842.0657 , 1859.4054 , 1863.0781 , 2017.4400 , 2165.1980 , 2130.4833 , 2112.0000 , 2331.0000 , 2426.8821 , 2377.6200 , 2400.4800 , 2595.6900 , 2690.7150 , 2737.5900 , 2872.4800 , 2917.1956 , 2887.2485 , 2797.5130 , 3107.5434 , 2991.3571 , 3121.4222 , 3173.4059 , 3372.9357 , 3340.9756 , 3144.0945 , 3283.0943 , 3050.5097 , 2937.1486 , 3000.0093 , 2814.6055 , 3050.1566 , 3057.4668 , 3159.9862 (1980-2013)	3,057.47	31,015	119,556	8		3,159.99
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports - Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Note: Data range begins with the year 1990.	1414.3600 , 1672.7300 , 1986.0400 , 2196.7350 , 2484.9400 , 2771.3800 , 2786.3182 , 2843.7404 , 3120.7159 , 3330.7695 , 3518.0450 , 3684.4140 , 3571.4060 , 3241.5639 , 3333.7360 , 3416.6203 , 3264.8364 , 3365.2723 , 3108.8148 , 2633.8280 , 2575.1698 , 2167.9879 , 2012.1428 , 1968.8466 (1990-2013)	2,012.14	-283	--	85		1,968.85
Proved Reserves (Trillion Cubic Feet)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	85.5000 , 87.3000 , 89.9000 , 97.0000 , 90.5000 , 92.3000 , 99.7000 , 99.6000 , 98.0000 , 95.1000 , 94.3000 , 97.5890 , 96.7340 , 95.7340 , 94.8230 , 79.2310 , 67.0270 , 68.1180 , 65.0200 , 63.8740 , 63.8740 , 61.0100 , 59.7330 , 60.1180 , 59.0690 , 56.6000 , 56.5770 , 57.9460 , 58.2000 , 57.9060 , 61.9500 , 61.9500 , 61.0040 , 68.1660 , 66.7210 (1980-2014)	68.17	394	6,846	18		66.72
Coal (Million Short Tons)			Previous Year					Latest Year
		History	Canada	North America	World	Rank		Canada
Production	Production of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale).	40.4416 , 44.1895 , 47.2969 , 49.3913 , 63.2749 , 67.0790 , 62.8847 , 67.4692 , 77.8706 , 77.7427 , 75.3231 , 78.4118 , 72.3271 , 76.0937 , 80.2747 , 82.6524 , 83.6147 , 86.7228 , 82.8255 , 79.8948 , 76.2392 , 77.5531 , 73.3125 , 68.5131 , 72.7492 , 72.0305 , 72.7570 , 76.4607 , 74.6805 , 69.3773 , 74.8425 , 73.9805 , 73.2993 (1980-2012)	73.981	1,187	8,444	13		73.299
Consumption	Consumption of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale) and net imports of metallurgical coke.	41.3212 , 42.8072 , 46.0943 , 49.1785 , 54.4983 , 53.6859 , 49.7771 , 55.7803 , 60.7638 , 60.3361 , 53.8490 , 55.9373 , 58.4214 , 55.0483 , 57.2518 , 58.4578 , 59.3330 , 62.9558 , 65.6801 , 65.2925 , 69.6165 , 68.3367 , 68.6189 , 68.5549 , 66.2225 , 66.4330 , 64.9052 , 63.6155 , 62.4834 , 53.9427 , 53.9085 , 47.4314 , 45.8870 (1980-2012)	47.431	1,071	8,285	19		45.887
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports – Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Includes primary coal and metallurgical coke.	-596.3504 , 704.3770 , 8.8185 , 1617.0908 , 7008.4956 , 13757.9481 , 13236.5548 , 13194.6670 , 15111.5864 , 19551.6966 , 18400.8835 , 23487.5136 , 16491.6802 , 21712.2268 , 24541.8601 , 26206.3503 , 24176.9950 , 23962.0443 , 16785.9974 , 14789.7115 , 9391.6928 , 6095.7818 , 5137.8732 , 6291.9932 , 7170.5354 , 8294.8930 , 7308.3243 , 12979.7163 , 12947.7492 , 17162.9879 , 22191.7323 , 26682.5488 , 27633.8435 (1980-2012)	26.683	112	--	101		27.634
Electricity (Billion Kilowatthours)			Previous Year					Latest Year
		History	Canada	North America	World	Rank		Canada
Net Generation	Fossil fuel generation, hydroelectric power, nuclear electric power, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power generation.	367.7970 , 380.2210 , 378.4300 , 397.3580 , 426.9830 , 447.9780 , 457.5040 , 484.2050 , 491.1870 , 485.3460 , 468.8930 , 494.4500 , 505.8440 , 518.4020 , 540.1190 , 544.4810 , 557.5890 , 557.9599 , 546.0540 , 563.1050 , 588.3250 , 572.2630 , 583.8410 , 572.2852 , 582.3085 , 607.5080 , 595.1303 , 619.8318 , 621.7363 , 596.7470 , 585.1060 , 622.9840 , 644.0840 (1980-2012)	622.98	5,003	21,081	6		644.08
Net Consumption	Net generation+electricty imports-electricity exports-electricity distribution losses.	309.4796 , 319.0600 , 319.1663 , 331.6464 , 356.7082 , 372.3717 , 389.3891 , 405.2341 , 422.2407 , 434.6364 , 433.8319 , 439.8687 , 444.7218 , 455.0578 , 459.6391 , 466.6959 , 473.6506 , 482.4854 , 479.4342 , 490.0317 , 505.2235 , 505.6021 , 513.1826 , 528.2300 , 534.0631 , 541.1819 , 528.6377 , 535.9902 , 528.1142 , 492.9086 , 534.7969 , 551.6070 (1980-2011)	534.80	4,635	18,501	7		551.61
Installed Capacity (GWe)	One billion watts or one thousand megawatts of electric capacity, as of January 1.	79.1860 , 81.5970 , 84.1700 , 86.9110 , 93.2450 , 94.0460 , 96.7150 , 98.9090 , 96.0690 , 97.1830 , 104.5960 , 105.5730 , 108.9880 , 108.8030 , 113.0950 , 113.9650 , 115.4490 , 111.7720 , 109.3320 , 110.3570 , 110.6970 , 111.9260 , 114.3720 , 118.9510 , 119.7310 , 122.0700 , 123.2120 , 125.6410 , 126.8420 , 135.3010 , 136.8860 , 138.6330 (1980-2011)	136.89	1,238	5,086	7		138.63
Total Primary Energy (Quadrillion Btu)			Previous Year					Latest Year
		History	Canada	North America	World	Rank		Canada
Production	Production of petroleum (crude oil and natural gas plant liquids), dry natural gas, and coal, and net generation of hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power.	10.2757 , 10.0940 , 10.0975 , 10.3579 , 11.3399 , 12.0200 , 11.9250 , 12.5671 , 13.4119 , 13.3274 , 13.4062 , 13.9594 , 14.4636 , 15.3795 , 16.3410 , 16.8331 , 17.2262 , 17.4787 , 17.4377 , 17.6813 , 18.1283 , 18.0215 , 18.3578 , 18.3074 , 18.6642 , 18.8864 , 19.2202 , 19.5369 , 19.0089 , 18.3197 , 18.3641 , 18.8333 , 19.2229 (1980-2012)	18.833	106	518	5		19.223
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum, dry natural gas, and coal, and net hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electricity. Also includes net electricty imports.	9.7969 , 9.5895 , 9.2064 , 9.1899 , 9.7846 , 10.1523 , 10.2542 , 10.5858 , 11.0540 , 11.2011 , 10.9809 , 11.1181 , 11.4611 , 11.7044 , 12.0236 , 12.2144 , 12.5531 , 12.6488 , 12.3453 , 12.9683 , 13.0211 , 12.8240 , 13.0484 , 13.4699 , 13.7754 , 13.8424 , 13.7355 , 13.6043 , 13.4211 , 13.0281 , 12.9467 , 13.5400 , 13.2922 (1980-2012)	13.540	119	520	6		13.292
Energy Intensity (Btu per 2005 U.S. Dollars)	Consumption per dollar of gross domestic product using purchasing power parities.	16748.9633 , 15839.6125 , 15667.7578 , 15225.9045 , 15320.4421 , 15171.0166 , 14961.1154 , 14814.7780 , 14736.9022 , 14551.8333 , 14238.3728 , 14724.3133 , 15046.8500 , 15015.1182 , 14717.5511 , 14542.6674 , 14707.8869 , 14219.1351 , 13331.6377 , 13270.3391 , 12661.7676 , 12251.5654 , 12111.7089 , 12272.0877 , 12170.6962 , 11871.5344 , 11456.3885 , 11102.6787 , 10878.2694 , 10860.5553 , 10456.5615 , 10696.9627 (1980-2011)	10,457	7,510	7,401	31		10,697
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Million Metric Tons of CO₂)			Previous Year					Latest Year
		History	Canada	North America	World	Rank		Canada
Total from Consumption of Fossil Fuels	Emissions from the consumption of petroleum, natural gas, and coal and the flaring of natural gas.	457.4487 , 442.0862 , 423.2730 , 410.6439 , 433.6192 , 443.6706 , 427.8162 , 445.2269 , 478.0522 , 492.5666 , 470.5868 , 465.7923 , 484.9764 , 485.4576 , 495.3244 , 508.7355 , 519.9892 , 544.9088 , 549.3011 , 566.3825 , 573.2729 , 561.8792 , 567.5600 , 597.0039 , 611.5661 , 609.5945 , 596.9802 , 589.5628 , 574.2432 , 544.8900 , 541.4594 , 551.5873 , 550.8289 (1980-2012)	551.59	6,482	32,155	9		550.83