Canada Coal

Summary Table

  Tons Global Rank
7,255,404,420 16th in the world
67,605,855 13th in the world
42,907,417 19th in the world
Yearly Surplus
 + 24,698,438  
Coal Imports
 6,962,137  
Coal Exports
33,434,695  
26,472,558  
(Data shown is for 2016, the latest year with complete data in all categoreies)

Coal Reserves in Canada

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Canada holds 7,255 million tons (MMst) of proven coal reserves as of 2016, ranking 16th in the world and accounting for about 1% of the world's total coal reserves of 1,139,471 million tons (MMst).

Canada has proven reserves equivalent to 169.1 times its annual consumption. This means it has about 169 years of Coal left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).

Coal Reserves
7,255,404,420 tons
Global Rank: 16th | Share of World: 0.64 %
169 years of Coal left
(at current consumption levels)

History of Coal Reserves in Canada

Coal Consumption in Canada

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  • Canada consumes 42,907,417 Tons (short tons, "st") of Coal per year as of the year 2016.
  • Canada ranks 19th in the world for Coal consumption, accounting for about 3.8% of the world's total consumption of 1,139,471,430 tons.
  • Canada consumes 1,180,288 cubic feet of Coal per capita every year (based on the 2016 population of 36,353,343 people), or 3,234 cubic feet per capita per day.

Coal Production in Canada

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  • Canada produces 67,605,855 tons (short tons, "st") of Coal per year (as of 2016) ranking 13th in the world.

Coal Exports

  • Canada exports 39% of its Coal production (26,472,558 tons in 2016).

History of Coal Consumption and Production

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