Coal in Canada: Production and exports

Last Modified: 11-Jul-2018 4:14 PM

6.6 billion tonnes
Recoverable coal reserves in the country.
85%
Percentage of production that comes from Alberta and British Columbia.
3
Canada's position among top exporters of metallurgical coal.
61 million tonnes
of coal produced in 2016, half of that being metallurgical coal that was exported to Japan, South Korea, China, the United States, Chile, Brazil and India.
$6.3 billion
Value of the coal produced in Canada in 2017 according to preliminary numbers from Natural Resources Canada. An increase of 55.6% as a result of higher prices for the second year in a row.
$4.5 billion
Value of exports from Canada in 2017.