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Canada is the world largest producer of hydro-electric power (more than 13 per cent of the world’s hydropower) and ranks amongst the three largest per capita consumers and exporters of electricity (61 per cent).

- Just under 5% of GDP

- The sixth largest producer of electric power in the world

- More than 113,000 workers

- More than 200 manufacturers of electric power equipment

- Almost 200 consulting engineering firms and engineering contractors

Canada's oil and gas industry has 2,300 companies

employing over 55,000workers in Canada and abroad.

- Sixth in the world

- 3.5% of global production.

- more than 70% of the total energy production of Canada;

The high quality and reliability of oil and gas technologies for exploration, production and processing earned Canadian companies an international recognition in the following fields:

- advanced drilling technologies

- specialized equipment for extraction and processing

- treatment of sour gas

- enhanced recovery techniques

- training facilities

Oil and natural gas are delivering more than 70% of the total energy production of Canada

Canada's oil producing regions and Canada's gas producing regions

Region	Proportion of canadian production	Proportion of canadian reserves
Western sedimentary bassin	97%	57%
Atlantic margin	2%	18%
Arctic	-	16%
Pacific margin	-	4%
Intermontane	-	3%
Eastern cratoric	-1%	2%

Source: Center for energy

Canada produce 12.9% of the world nuclear energy. Mainly in Ontario but also in Quebec and New Brunswick.

In Canada, 20 per cent of electricity generation is coal fueled. Alberta and Saskatchewan depend on coal for about 79 per cent and 66 per cent respectively of their electricity needs, while coal fuels 24 per cent of Ontario's electricity.

International Trade In 2001, the energy surplus reached a new record high of 37,6 billion, building on the strength of high energy prices, accounting for 61.1 percent of Canada's 2001 merchandise trade surplus of 61,5 billion.

Exports - a 4.5 percent rise in the value of exports of energy in 2001.

Natural gas	CA$ 25,2 billion, shot up by 24%, 46 percent of total energy exports
Crude oil	CA$ 19,2 milliards, jumped by about 75%
Electricity	more than doubled in 2000, strong demand from the United States
Coal and coal products	18.8 percent of Canada’s energy exports

The energy trade surplus in 2001 was derived 67.1 percent from natural gas, 14.3 percent from coal, 11.2 percent from electricity and 7.4 percent from crude petroleum.

All of Canada’s exports of oil, gas and electricity are destined for the United States.

About 80 percent of exports of coal belong to the metallurgical category, and these are destined mostly for Japan and South Korea.

(see the Energy in Canada 2000 publications FR * EN)

Imports of energy products were lower than the exports. They decreased of 0.9 % in 2001

Governmental Resources:

Ministère des ressources naturelles: Secteur de l'énergie EN FR

Office de l'efficacité énergétique EN FR

Office national de l'énergie EN FR

Énergie atomique Canada FR EN

Alberta energy EN

Alberta energy utility board EN

BC Ministry of Energy and Mines EN