Trans Mountain expansion boosting communities as peak construction begins
Workforce of more than 9,000 helping offset lost tourism activity in B.C.
Critical Canadian Subsector
10.2% of GDP
Energy is a major driver of Canada’s economy, accounting for $219 billion, or 10.2% of nominal GDP in 2019.
*Includes energy indirect (3.0%), electricity (1.7%) and ‘other’ (0.2%)
Source: Natural Resources Canada
Cross-Country Employment
599,000 jobs
The oil and gas sector directly and indirectly employed approximately 599,000 people across Canada in 2019
Source: Natural Resources Canada
Suppliers Outside Alberta
2,711 businesses
Oil sands producers spent $4 billion with 2,711 Canadian businesses outside Alberta in 2019
Source: Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
Helium for high tech a growing Canadian opportunity
World-leading resources, oil and gas expertise driving skin in the game
Minnesotans stand up for Line 3 as protestors try to obstruct construction
'Lawmakers and citizens alike should be celebrating Enbridge and its incredible investment'
A Matter of Fact: Oil and gas jobs deliver high value for Canada
Workforce provides an outsized contribution to national finances
New Alberta plastic plant nearing completion
Heartland Petrochemical Complex helping drive bidding war for Inter Pipeline
Construction ramping up on LNG Canada
Milestones set up project for important year
Canadian oil deliveries to Asia confirm opportunity for Trans Mountain expansion
Oil sands crude now competes in China head-to-head with Iraq’s Basrah Heavy
Carbon conversion technology in Alberta – ‘science fiction that’s real’
XPRIZE leaves 'Disneyland’ legacy facility for carbon tech start-ups in Alberta
Indigenous-owned company sees revival thanks to Coastal GasLink
Duz Cho Construction in northeastern B.C. thriving again clearing route for natural gas pipeline
Indigenous businesses see major growth in the oil sands
'Producers want to work with them because they are good at what they do, not just because they are Aboriginal'
Line 5 shutdown threatens fuel shortages, high costs, job losses
Pipeline tunnel permits encouraging but critical system not out of the woods against Michigan governor’s actions
Guest commentary: Anti-Trans Mountain report by Simon Fraser University ignores substantial benefits to Indigenous communities
Project provides real-life opportunities for Indigenous Canadians during a time of high unemployment and economic instability
Mozambique LNG delays could open the door for Canadian expansion: analyst
Work suspended on major project following insurgent attacks
Ontario union workers push to save critical Line 5 pipeline
Calls by Michigan governor to shut down pipeline raise questions after winter storm prompts energy emergency
On ESG, Canada is the responsible energy supplier of choice on a global scale: Torys LLP
Companies taking 'a characteristically Canadian approach' to environmental, social and governance performance
A Matter of Fact: Don’t bet on a collapse in oil demand
Wood Mackenzie scenario paints a misleading picture about the road ahead
Russia firing up massive oil project to meet growing global demand as Canada sits on the sidelines
Rosneft's $170 billion Vostok project will employ 400,000 workers, create 15 'industry towns' and build 800 km of new pipelines
New technology could help ease Canada’s heavy oil export bottleneck
'At the end of the day, First Nations like the fact that we could move heavy oil in a safe and effective manner'
How oil and gas divestment hurts Canadians: Q&A with Gina Pappano, former TSX head of market intelligence
'Canadian companies are top of their game in terms of environmental standards, employee standards and innovation, and it's not being considered at all'
Calls to scuttle Canadian pipelines ignore growing global demand for oil and gas
Campaigns threatening critical projects raise risk of chasing investment from regions with high ESG standards
Context and Commentary
Commentary: The IEA is now begging OPEC to produce more oil
After just telling democracies to end oil investment, the IEA now wants illiberal regimes to turn on the taps
Commentary: The killing of Keystone XL gives other countries an advantage over Canada
Other countries have large oil reserves—and will develop them if Canada does not
Commentary: How ending the U.S. ban on oil exports helped Canada — and vice-versa
Anyone who thinks the U.S. can do without Canadian oil, especially heavy oil, is misinformed
Commentary: Energy and Canada’s national interest
No more than a sliver of Canada’s natural resources should ever be controlled by non-democracies
Facts and Data
North American Energy Security and the Minnesota Segment of the Line 3 Replacement Project
Minnesota's pipeline transportation industry helps fuel jobs, tax revenue and GDP
Worldwide oil reserves and investments: Key facts
If oil producers in North America are pushed to curtail development, other nations will continue to meet growing global demand
Analyzing the contributions of the Canadian crude oil sector to U.S. petroleum refineries
U.S. imports of Canadian heavy oil have steadily increased over the last two decades to meet demand
Fueling Canada’s economy: Comparing the oil and gas extraction sector to the automotive and aerospace sectors
Oil and gas extraction's share of Canada's nominal GDP is three times larger than the auto sector, seven times more than aerospace