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Canada Coal

Reserves (2023)#18 World
7,255,404,420short tons
0.56%
of world reserves
135 years
at current production
Production (2024)#14 World
53,619,513short tons+0.02% YoY
Consumption (2024)#25 World
19,653,442short tons+3.8% YoY
Daily Surplus (2024)
+93,058short tons

Consumption uses 36.7% of production.

Exports take 74.6% of production.

Production
Consumption
Surplus

Coal Reserves in Canada

  • Canada holds 7,255,404,420 short tons of proven coal reserves as of 2023 (#18 in the world), and accounting for about 0.56% of the world's total proven coal reserves.
  • As of 2023 production rates, Canada has about 135 years of coal left (at current extraction level and excluding unproven reserves).

Coal Production in Canada

  • Canada produced 53,619,513 short tons of coal in 2024 (#14 in the world), an increase of 0.02% from 53,609,433 short tons in 2023.

Coal Consumption in Canada

  • Canada consumed 19,653,442 short tons of coal in 2024 (#25 in the world), an increase of 3.8% from 2023. This represents 0.2% of the world's total coal consumption.
  • Per capita, coal consumption in Canada averaged 989 pounds in 2024, equivalent to 2.71 pounds per day (#41 in the world).

Coal Imports & Exports in Canada

  • Canada imported 5,910,167 short tons of coal in 2024 (≈30.1% of consumption).
  • Canada exported 39,999,656 short tons of coal in 2024 (≈74.6% of production).
  • This made Canada a net exporter of 34,089,490 short tons of coal in 2024.

coal Balance in Canada

  • In 2024, Canada produced approximately 146,903 short tons of coal per day and consumed 53,845 short tons per day , a daily surplus of 93,058 short tons.

Canada Coal History (1980-2024)

ReservesProductionConsumptionTrade
2024———53,619,513+0.02%140.55%19,653,442+3.8%250.20%9895,910,16739,999,656−34,089,490
20237,255,404,420180.56%53,609,433+18.2%140.56%18,927,145+12.7%260.20%963.26,622,81438,894,286−32,271,472
20227,255,404,420180.56%45,352,307−13.3%140.49%16,795,851−30.5%280.19%865.35,817,86131,825,829−26,007,968
20217,255,404,420180.58%52,317,557+4.8%140.59%24,174,629+10.6%250.28%1,257.36,766,91434,909,841−28,142,928
20207,255,404,420180.58%49,917,998−14.8%130.59%21,864,209−22.2%260.26%1,145.66,821,09434,874,884−28,053,789
20197,255,404,420180.59%58,604,862−7.5%130.66%28,089,615−22.2%250.32%1,486.98,808,55939,323,807−30,515,248
20187,255,404,420180.59%63,377,313−7.5%130.73%36,102,857−15%220.42%1,936.18,372,04435,646,501−27,274,456
20177,255,404,420180.60%68,517,385+4.9%130.81%42,477,516+9.8%190.50%2,3088,244,17634,284,046−26,039,869
20167,255,404,420180.60%65,322,891−4.9%130.80%38,686,672−10.7%190.46%2,128.46,965,49733,601,716−26,636,219
20157,255,404,420180.60%68,722,415−7.6%120.79%43,304,248−4.1%190.50%2,408.38,342,28233,760,448−25,418,166
20147,255,404,420180.63%74,345,298−3.9%120.83%45,142,901+3.4%190.51%2,533.78,618,96237,821,358−29,202,397
20137,255,404,420160.67%77,323,740+5.4%120.86%43,651,476−4.8%200.48%2,473.69,426,95543,099,219−33,672,264
20127,255,404,420150.69%73,395,107−1.4%130.83%45,848,380−3.8%190.51%2,625.710,820,27538,367,002−27,546,727
20117,255,404,420150.70%74,413,641−0.57%130.86%47,638,531−8.2%190.55%2,757.210,408,01137,183,121−26,775,110
20107,255,404,420150.72%74,840,235+7.9%130.91%51,885,732−0.55%190.63%3,034.513,907,84536,862,349−22,954,503
20097,255,404,420150.73%69,374,982−7.1%140.90%52,171,230−15.9%190.68%3,084.614,302,47231,506,224−17,203,752
20087,255,404,420140.73%74,681,503−8.5%130.99%62,001,631−8.9%170.82%3,707.222,665,69835,345,570−12,679,872
2007———81,627,158+5.9%121.1%68,046,699−2.2%170.91%4,112.620,357,46133,937,920−13,580,459
2006———77,054,776−0.18%111.1%69,554,659+0.44%160.98%4,246.422,999,69830,499,815−7,500,117
2005———77,192,565+6.1%111.2%69,252,626+5.8%151.0%4,269.623,242,20631,182,145−7,939,939
2004———72,749,153+6.2%121.2%65,430,917+5.4%161.0%4,072.521,190,80728,509,044−7,318,236
2003———68,512,976−6.5%141.2%62,106,350−8.6%161.1%3,901.624,878,03431,284,660−6,406,626
2002———73,312,433−5.5%121.4%67,951,900−4.1%141.3%4,309.524,318,06129,678,594−5,360,534
2001———77,553,020+1.7%111.4%70,863,101+6.5%141.3%4,540.526,044,27832,734,198−6,689,919
2000———76,239,067−4.6%111.5%66,531,022+2.7%151.3%4,307.425,656,26535,364,309−9,708,044
1999———79,894,326−3.5%101.6%64,770,633−1.6%141.3%4,233.421,846,68236,970,375−15,123,693
1998———82,825,369−4.5%91.6%65,832,158+5.3%151.3%4,341.120,687,05237,680,263−16,993,211
1997———86,723,137+3.7%91.7%62,504,284+5.7%151.3%4,158.816,048,53140,267,384−24,218,853
1996———83,614,623+1.2%101.7%59,154,364+5.7%151.2%3,974.513,524,24137,984,500−24,460,259
1995———82,652,306+3%111.7%55,945,539+0.61%161.1%3,798.210,764,05737,470,824−26,706,767
1994———80,273,521+5.5%121.6%55,603,823+2.6%161.2%3,815.410,324,23534,993,933−24,669,698
1993———76,062,697+5.2%121.6%54,198,378−2.5%161.1%3,759.89,334,36131,198,680−21,864,319
1992———72,326,968−7.8%121.5%55,603,823+1.7%151.2%3,90214,333,33731,056,482−16,723,145
1991———78,411,720+4.1%91.6%54,661,348−3.7%121.1%3,882.613,852,73037,603,101−23,750,371
1990———75,323,047−3.1%81.5%56,760,147−1.4%111.1%4,08515,618,63034,181,531−18,562,900
1989———77,742,617−0.16%81.5%57,564,833−1.6%121.1%4,20716,007,74636,185,530−20,177,785
1988———77,870,485+15.4%81.5%58,503,348+8.7%101.2%4,345.215,619,07934,986,217−19,367,138
1987———67,469,088+7.3%81.3%53,805,956+9.8%101.1%4,054.615,812,63729,475,769−13,663,132
1986———62,884,581−6.3%81.3%49,003,191−7.5%121.0%3,739.114,672,84828,554,238−13,881,390
1985———67,078,870+6%81.4%52,970,405−1.8%111.1%4,08616,070,57730,179,043−14,108,466
1984———63,274,799+28.1%71.4%53,940,908+14%101.2%4,202.618,375,97827,709,869−9,333,891
1983———49,391,204+4.4%81.1%47,304,531+0.79%111.1%3,722.916,664,72318,751,395−2,086,673
1982———47,296,815+7%81.1%46,931,951+8.2%111.1%3,733.617,276,50517,641,369−364,865
1981———44,189,403+9.3%81.1%43,375,899+6.2%121.1%3,491.716,498,27417,311,779−813,505
1980———40,441,549—80.97%40,843,892—111.0%3,329.617,233,51516,831,171402,343

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