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Canada has abundant resources of crude oil, with an estimated remaining ultimate potential of 52.3 106m³ (329 billion barrels) as of December 2017. Of this, oil sands account for 92 per cent. There are two major producing areas in Canada, the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin, which includes Alberta, Saskatchewan and parts of British Columbia and Manitoba, and offshore eastern Canada. Oil is also produced in modest volumes in Ontario and the Northwest Territories.

This data is for Canadian exports only. Provincial and domestic breakdowns of this data are not available. These statistics are provided in csv format and updated every month. Data prior to 2012 is not available for confidentiality reasons.

This data set has estimated Canadian monthly production data by province. The Canada Energy Regulator estimates production based on provincial data. The estimated production is also available at this page: https://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/en/data-analysis/energy-commodities/crude-oil-petroleum-products/statistics/estimated-production-canadian-crude-oil-equivalent.html.

Environment and Climate Change Canada provides a petroleum product database to be used in oil spill research and response. This database includes the physical properties, chemical composition, and environmental behavior of various types of oils and petroleum products.

Original publication: Jokuty, Paula, et al., A Catalogue of Crude Oil and Oil Product Properties, Report EE-165, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 1999.

Recommended citation: Environment and Climate Change Canada, A Catalogue of Crude Oil and Oil Product Properties (1999)- Revised 2022, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 2022.

This guidance document aims to support environmental public health and emergency management practitioners to plan and prepare for population health risks resulting from major crude oil incidents. It provides basic information on crude oil, its hazards, and its potential effects on health. The focus is primarily on acute exposure resulting from major incidents of public health concern.

Energy Futures employs economic, and energy supply and demand models, to make projections based on a certain set of assumptions of what we know today about technology, energy and climate policies, human behaviour and the structure of the economy. The National Energy Board issues reports on Energy Futures as well as interactive visualizations.
The data provided below is what is used in the visualization tool on the National Energy Board website. The source code for the visualization tool is also available.

This report contains weekly crude runs (WCR) and refinery capacity for major Canadian regions. Crude runs represent the volume of crude oil processed by a refinery.

The Canada Energy Regulator regulates the export of refined petroleum products. Holders of export authorizations report monthly statistics on export activities.
This dataset provides historical export volumes of refined petroleum products (by year and month), and by product.

A literature review, focusing on oil sand products (e.g., diluted bitumen), diluents, spill-treating agents, and crude oil toxicology and ecological studies, relevant to the northeast Pacific was compiled as part of the Government of Canada’s World Class Tanker Safety program. Of the 763 references identified, 14 involved diluted bitumen and other heavy crude oils, indicating the need for further research of these products in the marine environment. Diluent research suggests relatively fast evaporation and dispersion times for this component, however high toxicities may pose a threat to marine biota. Historical studies indicate older dispersant formulations had potential ecological implications, therefore newer formulations, which have not been studied in detail, require full assessment.

Hypertension crude prevalence in Nova Scotia. Includes the following data fields: Management Zone, Sex, Age Group, Population, Hypertension Count, Crude Prevalence Rate %