Canadian Minerals Yearbook (CMY) – 2009: Tables 1-7 - PRODUCTION

Statistical Report

SECTION 1. PRODUCTION

TABLE 1. MINERAL PRODUCTION OF CANADA, 2007-09
	Unit	(quantity)	($000)	(quantity)	($000)	(quantity)	($000)
	Unit	2007		2008		2009 (p)
METALS
Antimony	t	162	990	111	731	55	327
Bismuth	t	137	4 442	71	1 918	86	1 637
Cadmium	t	293	2 396	313	1 976	284	944
Calcium	t	–	–	–	–	–	–
Cesium	t	x	x	x	x	x	x
Cobalt	t	4 761	344 675	4 809	440 913	2 276	99 137
Columbium (niobium)	t	4 337	x	4 400	x	4 330	x
Copper	t	577 545	4 418 220	584 003	4 329 801	480 380	2 774 674
Gold	kg	102 211	2 460 623	94 909	2 835 318	95 698	3 364 917
Ilmenite	000 t	x	x	x	x	x	x
Indium	kg	x	x	x	x	x	x
Iron ore	000 t	32 774	2 502 500	32 102	4 063 452	31 699	3 174 185
Iron, remelt	000 t	x	x	x	x	x	x
Lead	t	69 851	193 626	87 127	236 115	72 074	140 256
Lithium	t	x	x	x	x	x	x
Magnesium	t	–	–	–	–	–	–
Molybdenum	t	6 819	x	8 229	x	8 836	x
Nickel	t	244 539	9 795 249	246 197	5 713 003	131 631	2 238 644
Platinum group	kg	21 925	530 932	22 764	618 547	12 686	280 899
Selenium	t	144	10 760	191	13 933	173	10 228
Silver	t	829	384 399	709	364 295	608	325 749
Tantalum	t	55	4 509	53	x	29	x
Tellurium	t	14	1 206	20	4 526	16	2 721
Tungsten	t	2 718	57 244	2 795	61 862	2 501	50 100
Uranium	t	9 100	2 525 775	8 703	953 858	10 076	1 392 088
Zinc	t	594 113	2 069 890	704 780	1 408 149	672 379	1 242 556
Total metals		. .	26 247 356	. .	22 594 378	. .	16 151 492
NONMETALS
Barite	000 t	9	2 929	9	3 344	15	4 878
Carbonatite	000 t	x	x	x	x	x	x
Cement (1)	000 t	14 462	1 785 293	13 604	1 733 146	10 951	1 440 505
Chrysotile	000 t	x	x	x	x	x	x
Clay products (2)	000 t	. .	208 136	. .	187 774	. .	135 613
Diamonds	000 ct	17 144	1 799 714	14 523	2 369 266	10 946	1 684 304
Gemstones	t	67	4 630	51	5 851	49	2 844
Graphite	000 t	x	x	x	x	x	x
Gypsum (3)	000 t	7 562	111 650	5 819	83 023	3 540	55 713
Lime	000 t	2 134	273 418	2 046	273 316	1 601	228 671
Magnesitic dolomite	000 t	x	x	x	x	x	x
Marl	000 t	x	x	x	x	x	x
Mica	000 t	x	x	x	x	x	x
Nepheline syenite	000 t	690	61 746	646	54 864	513	54 534
Peat	000 t	1 282	232 537	1 246	240 842	1 131	220 729
Phosphate	000 t	x	x	x	x	x	x
Potash (K₂O) (3)	000 t	11 085	2 814 563	10 379	7 662 373	4 318	3 380 281
Potassium sulphate	000 t	x	x	x	x	x	x
Pumice	000 t	x	x	x	x	x	x
Quartz (3)	000 t	1 987	68 462	1 938	74 872	1 296	54 798
Salt	000 t	11 970	442 845	14 224	537 273	14 566	664 093
Sand and gravel (3)	000 t	243 096	1 496 737	241 591	1 690 944	216 170	1 487 438
Serpentine	000 t	–	–	–	–	–	–
Soapstone, talc, pyrophyllite, etc.	000 t	79	26 480	64	22 314	44	19 453
Sodium sulphate	000 t	x	x	x	x	x	x
Stone (3)	000 t	149 982	1 402 915	151 488	1 489 475	135 895	1 324 014
Sulphur, elemental	000 t	7 456	224 537	6 880	2 116 017	6 439	23 900
Sulphur, in smelter gas	000 t	696	31 345	746	148 456	538	79 695
Titanium dioxide	000 t	x	x	x	x	x	x
Tremolite	000 t	–	–	–	–	–	–
Zeolite	000 t	–	–	x	x	x	x
Total nonmetals		. .	11 588 310	. .	19 375 536	. .	11 455 586
MINERAL FUELS
Coal	000 t	69 131	2 735 202	67 750	4 985 956	62 615	4 544 423
Total all minerals		. .	40 570 868	. .	46 955 870	. .	32 151 502

Sources: Natural Resources Canada; Statistics Canada; cat. no. 26-202-XIB.
– Nil; . . Not available; (p) Preliminary; x Confidential.
(1) Includes exported clinker. (2) Production values for bentonite and diatomite have been included in clay products. (3) Shipments of gypsum, silica, stone, and sand and gravel to Canadian cement, lime and clay plants, and shipments of potash to Canadian potassium sulphate plants, are not included in this table.
Notes: Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding. Confidential values are included in totals. This table excludes petroleum and natural gas.

TABLE 2. CANADA, VALUE OF MINERAL PRODUCTION, PER CAPITA VALUE OF MINERAL PRODUCTION, AND POPULATION, 1973-2009 (1)
Year	Value of Mineral Production				Per Capita Value of Mineral Production (1)	Population of Canada
	Metals	Nonmetals (Including Structural Materials)	Coal	Total	Per Capita Value of Mineral Production (1)	Population of Canada
	($ millions)				($)	(000)
1973	3 947	1 292	180	5 419	241	22 492
1974	4 934	1 731	303	6 968	306	22 808
1975	5 022	1 899	586	7 507	324	23 143
1976	5 344	2 269	607	8 220	351	23 450
1977	6 031	2 612	610	9 253	390	23 726
1978	5 746	2 989	779	9 514	397	23 963
1979	8 006	3 516	860	12 382	512	24 202
1980	9 777	4 154	932	14 863	606	24 516
1981	8 841	4 491	1 073	14 405	580	24 820
1982	6 953	3 841	1 294	12 088	481	25 117
1983	7 528	3 857	1 304	12 689	500	25 367
1984	8 897	4 493	1 795	15 185	593	25 608
1985	8 745	4 864	1 845	15 454	598	25 843
1986	8 819	4 864	1 726	15 409	590	26 101
1987	10 962	5 125	1 641	17 728	670	26 449
1988	13 608	5 574	1 804	20 986	783	26 795
1989	13 982	5 566	1 907	21 455	786	27 282
1990	12 500	5 289	1 824	19 613	708	27 698
1991	10 462	4 783	1 917	17 162	612	28 031
1992	10 210	4 473	1 669	16 352	576	28 367
1993	8 871	4 459	1 768	15 098	526	28 682
1994	9 750	5 193	1 812	16 755	578	28 999
1995	12 173	5 436	1 835	19 444	664	29 302
1996	11 697	5 408	1 936	19 041	643	29 611
1997	11 549	5 912	1 920	19 381	648	29 907
1998	10 429	6 527	1 765	18 721	621	30 157
1999	9 704	7 333	1 474	18 511	609	30 404
2000	10 980	7 428	1 427	19 835	646	30 689
2001	10 359	7 621	1 624	19 604	631	31 021
2002	10 379	7 939	1 642	19 959	636	31 373
2003	9 670	8 915	1 492	20 077	633	31 676
2004	12 362	10 344	1 675	24 381	763	31 989
2005	14 583	10 485	2 967	28 035	869	(r) 32 245
2006	21 057	10 290	2 886	34 233	1 051	(r) 32 576
2007	26 247	(r) 11 588	2 735	(r) 40 571	1 232	(r) 32 932
2008	22 594	19 376	4 986	46 956	1 409	(r) 33 327
2009 (p)	16 151	11 456	4 544	32 152	953	33 740

Sources: Natural Resources Canada; Statistics Canada, cat. no. 91-215-X.
(p) Preliminary; (r) Revised.
(1) This table has been revised to exclude the production of petroleum and natural gas.
Note: Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

TABLE 3. CANADA, VALUE OF MINERAL PRODUCTION BY PROVINCE, TERRITORY, AND MINERAL CLASS, 2009 (p,1)
Province/Territory	Metals		Nonmetals		Coal		Total
Province/Territory	($000)	(% of total)	($000)	(% of total)	($000)	(% of total)	($000)	(% of total)
Newfoundland and Labrador	2 244 082	13.9	45 715	0.4	–	–	2 289 796	7.1
Prince Edward Island	–	–	3 386	. . .	–	–	3 386	. . .
Nova Scotia	–	–	380 082	3.3	–	–	380 082	1.2
New Brunswick	749 603	4.6	x	x	x	x	1 090 375	3.4
Quebec	4 624 394	28.6	1 592 677	13.9	–	–	6 217 071	19.3
Ontario	3 789 984	23.5	2 540 162	22.2	–	–	6 330 147	19.7
Manitoba	1 176 771	7.3	143 733	1.3	–	–	1 320 504	4.1
Saskatchewan	1 441 199	8.9	x	x	x	x	5 010 467	15.6
Alberta	1 969	. . .	951 860	8.3	1 061 690	23.4	2 015 519	6.3
British Columbia	1 828 375	11.3	588 682	5.1	3 316 510	73.0	5 733 567	17.8
Yukon	245 017	1.5	5 943	0.1	–	–	250 960	0.8
Northwest Territories	50 100	0.3	1 459 528	12.7	–	–	1 509 628	4.7
Nunavut	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total	16 151 494	100	11 455 586	100	4 544 423	100	32 151 502	100

Sources: Natural Resources Canada; Statistics Canada.
– Nil; . . . Amount too small to be expressed; (p) Preliminary; x Confidential.
(1) This table has been revised to exclude the production of petroleum and natural gas.
Note: Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

TABLE 4. CANADA, VALUE OF MINERAL PRODUCTION BY PROVINCE AND TERRITORY, 1999-2009 (p,1)
Province/Territory	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009 (p)
Province/Territory	($ millions)
Ontario	5 120	5 711	5 635	5 937	5 690	7 123	7 438	9 524	10 856	9 545	6 330
Quebec	3 657	3 653	3 604	3 742	3 563	4 012	3 914	4 560	5 540	6 208	6 217
British Columbia	2 445	2 891	2 867	2 864	2 887	3 740	5 384	5 991	5 611	7 402	5 734
Saskatchewan	2 319	2 283	x	x	2 277	3 038	3 794	3 877	5 511	8 604	5 010
Newfoundland and Labrador	820	967	863	873	845	770	1 745	3 030	4 949	5 316	2 290
Alberta	1 092	1 064	1 057	1 094	1 218	1 211	1 464	1 580	1 812	3 951	2 016
Northwest Territories	653	682	779	874	1 667	2 112	1 790	1 638	1 831	2 123	1 510
Manitoba	811	1 069	885	850	892	1 210	1 249	2 089	2 480	1 687	1 321
New Brunswick	851	773	807	653	702	779	907	1 539	1 540	1 535	1 090
Nova Scotia	326	295	x	x	263	286	305	323	328	357	380
Yukon	61	56	41	43	34	62	39	46	74	208	251
Prince Edward Island	7	5	4	5	4	3	4	5	4	3	3
Nunavut	349	385	321	272	35	35	4	32	35	13	–
Total	18 511	19 835	19 604	19 960	20 078	24 382	28 036	34 233	40 571	46 952	32 152

Sources: Natural Resources Canada; Statistics Canada.
– Nil; (p) Preliminary; x Confidential.
(1) This table has been revised to exclude the production of petroleum and natural gas.
Note: Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

TABLE 5. CANADA'S WORLD ROLE AS A PRODUCER OF CERTAIN IMPORTANT MINERALS, 2008
	World	1	2	3	4	5
	World	Rank of Five Leading Countries
Uranium (metal content) (mine production)
		Canada	Kazakhstan	Australia	Namibia	Russia
t	43 923	9 001	8 521	8 471	4 366	3 521
% of world total		20.5	19.4	19.3	9.9	8.0
Potash (K₂O equivalent) (mine production)
		Canada	Russia	Belarus	Germany	Israel
000 t	36 000	11 000	6 900	5 100	3 600	2 400
% of world total		30.6	19.2	14.2	10.0	6.7
Nickel (mine production)
		Russia	Canada	Australia	Indonesia	New Caledonia
000 t	1 515	277	260	200	180	103
% of world total		18.3	17.1	13.2	11.9	6.8
Cobalt (mine production)
		Congo, D.R.	Canada	Australia	Brazil	Zambia
t	66 788	31 000	8 644	5 500	4 300	3 841
% of world total		46.4	12.9	8.2	6.4	5.8
Titanium concentrate (Ilmenite)
		Australia	South Africa	Canada	China	Norway
000 t	5 640	1 250	1 090	900	550	380
% of world total		22.2	19.3	16.0	9.6	6.7
Platinum group metals (metal content)
		South Africa	Russia	Canada	U.S.A.	Zimbabwe
kg	479 919	291 600	127 500	21 177	16 100	11 500
% of world total		60.8	26.6	4.4	3.4	2.4
Aluminum (primary metal)
		China	Russia	Canada	U.S.A.	Australia
000 t	39 267	13 177	3 800	3 120	2 658	1 974
% of world total		33.6	9.7	7.9	6.8	5.0
Diamonds
		Russia	Botswana	Congo, D.R.	Australia	Canada
000 carats	165 200	36 925	32 595	33 402	15 670	14 803
% of world total		22.4	19.7	20.2	9.5	9.0
Chrysotile (asbestos) (mine production)
		Russia	China	Kazakhstan	Brazil	Canada
000 t	2 180	925	380	300	220	175
% of world total		42.4	17.4	13.8	10.1	8.0
Zinc (mine production)
		China	Peru	Australia	U.S.A.	Canada
000 t	11 709	3 186	1 603	1 519	778	716
% of world total		27.2	13.7	13.0	6.6	6.1
Molybdenum (Mo content) (mine production)
		U.S.A.	China	Chile	Peru	Canada
t	211 300	61 400	59 800	45 000	17 000	9 150
% of world total		29.1	28.3	21.3	8.0	4.3
Salt (mine production)
		China	U.S.A.	Germany	India	Canada (7)
000 t	260 000	60 000	46 000	19 000	15 800	12 000
% of world total		23.1	17.7	7.3	6.1	4.6
Cadmium (metal) (1)
		China	South Korea	Japan	Kazakhstan	Mexico
t	19 566	4 300	3 090	2 126	1 700	1 550
% of world total		22.0	15.8	10.9	8.7	7.9
Gypsum (mine production) (2)
		China	U.S.A.	Iran	Spain	Thailand
000 t	151 000	40 700	12 700	12 000	11 300	8 800
% of world total		27.0	8.4	7.9	7.5	5.8
Lead (mine production) (3)
		China	Australia	U.S.A.	Peru	Mexico
000 t	3 956	1 546	645	410	345	141
% of world total		39.1	16.3	10.4	8.7	3.6
Gold (mine production) (4)
		China	U.S.A.	Australia	South Africa	Russia
t	2 298	285	235	214	213	185
% of world total		12.4	10.2	9.3	9.3	8.0
Copper (mine production) (5)
		Chile	U.S.A.	Peru	China	Australia
000 t	15 404	5 330	1 310	1 268	931	886
% of world total		34.6	8.5	8.2	6.0	5.8
Silver (6)
		Peru	Mexico	China	Australia	Chile
t	21 304	3 686	3 236	2 800	1 926	1 405
% of world total		17.3	15.2	13.1	9.0	6.6

Sources: Natural Resources Canada, from World Nonferrous Statistics and the Canadian Minerals Yearbook; U.S. Geological Survey.
(1) Canada ranked 6th. (2) Canada ranked 6th. (3) Canada ranked 6th. (4) Canada ranked 8th. (5) Canada ranked 8th. (6) Canada ranked 10th. (7) Tied with Australia for fifth.

TABLE 6. CANADA, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, MINING, AND MINERAL MANUFACTURING AT BASIC PRICES IN CHAINED (2002) DOLLARS, 2001-09
	($ millions)
	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005 (r)	2006 (r)	2007 (r)	2008 (r)	2009 (r)
Total industrial production (1)	259 607	265 106	265 589	269 590	274 074	273 280	273 529	261 955	235 675
Total mining and oil and gas extraction (2)	51 236	53 488	54 979	55 672	55 941	57 276	57 940	56 230	51 457
METALS
Iron ore mining	503	497	629	534	576	612	586	600	498
Gold and silver ore mining	1 260	1 139	1 100	954	900	729	702	613	641
Copper, nickel, lead and zinc mining	2 195	1 981	1 846	2 021	2 055	2 162	2 223	2 248	1 637
Other metal ore mining	349	496	446	337	301	229	215	227	234
MINERAL FUELS
Oil and gas extraction	37 188	39 943	40 618	40 860	40 531	41 626	42 474	40 600	39 274
NONMETALS
Miscellaneous nonmetals (including asbestos) mining	685	839	1 328	1 400	1 286	1 309	1 578	1 438	1 177
Potash mining	1 140	1 160	1 338	1 491	1 483	1 174	1 531	1 484	622
Salt mining	258	230	262	251	246	268	241	285	290
Coal mining	1 321	1 057	794	993	1 019	859	944	936	806
Quarries and sand pits	1 205	1 158	1 151	1 232	1 349	1 366	1 438	1 525	1 522
SUPPORT ACTIVITIES FOR MINING AND OIL AND GAS EXTRACTION	5 274	4 987	5 571	5 883	6 836	7 887	6 709	7 124	5 140
MINERAL MANUFACTURING
Primary metals	10 663	11 087	10 897	11 550	12 095	11 957	11 794	11 840	8 959
Nonmetallic mineral products	4 994	5 096	5 375	5 570	5 820	5 848	5 894	5 618	4 662
Fabricated metal products	13 734	14 062	13 711	13 479	13 746	13 981	14 530	13 317	11 098
Petroleum and coal products	3 423	3 477	3 477	3 432	3 332	3 179	3 196	3 092	3 041

Source: Statistics Canada, National Economic Accounts, CANSIM Table 379-0027 and cat. no. 15-001-X, March 2010 (January 2010 reference period).
(r) Revised.
(1) Includes mining and oil and gas extraction, manufacturing and utilities. (2) Includes metal mining, nonmetal mining (including coal mining), quarries and sand pits, crude petroleum and natural gas, and support activities.

TABLE 7. CANADA, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT BY INDUSTRY AT BASIC PRICES IN CHAINED (2002) DOLLARS, 2001-09
	($ millions)
	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005 (r)	2006 (r)	2007 (r)	2008 (r)	2009
Gross domestic product, all industries	1 040 943	1 068 765	1 091 378	1 124 999 (r)	1 158 680	1 191 250	1 222 697	1 230 365	1 194 201
Agriculture	16 204	14 630	16 910	18 716	19 441	19 268	19 343	20 773	19 436
Fishing, hunting and trapping	1 085	1 118	1 138	1 164	1 119	1 117	1 168	1 248	1 317
Forestry and logging	5 676	5 893	5 756	6 142	6 177	5 868	5 218	4 368	3 513
Support activities for mining, oil and gas	5 274	4 987	5 571	5 883	6 836	7 887	6 709	7 124	5 140
Mining (including milling), quarries, and oil and gas extraction	51 236	53 488	54 979	55 672	55 941	57 276	57 940	56 230	51 457
Manufacturing	181 084	182 736	181 349	184 814	187 901	184 616	182 297	171 906	151 000
Construction	55 542	57 775	59 871	63 453	66 725	69 693	72 414	74 452	69 493
Transportation and warehousing	50 176	50 066	50 270	52 169	55 235	56 977	58 045	58 323	55 855
Information and cultural industries	36 498	38 229	38 631	40 813	42 039	44 001	45 211	46 132	45 727
Electric power, gas, and water utilities	27 384	28 883	29 057	28 993	30 527	30 172	31 313	31 033	29 620
Trade, wholesale	53 438	55 226	57 767	59 990	63 662	66 798	70 318	70 693	65 821
Trade, retail	55 234	58 483	60 515	62 666	64 841	69 081	72 808	74 963	74 266
Finance and insurance	62 802	63 630	64 820	68 212	70 396	75 634	79 332	81 644	81 926
Real estate and rental and leasing	126 782	131 410	134 681	138 631	144 065	147 619	152 772	155 511	159 868
Community, business, and personal services	249 339	256 105	262 549	269 991	276 721	285 639	294 843	302 030	302 854
Public administration	59 705	61 523	63 314	64 085	65 115	67 239	68 714	70 596	72 245

Source: Statistics Canada, National Economic Accounts, CANSIM Table 379-0027 and cat. no. 15-001-X, March 2010 (January 2010 reference period).
(r) Revised.