Canada Natural Gas

Summary Table

  Million Cubic Ft
(MMcf)
Global Rank
71,794,000 18th in the world
6,751,698 4th in the world
4,053,420 6th in the world
Yearly Surplus
+ 2,698,278  
Gas Imports
693,092  
Gas Exports
2,763,505  
2,070,413  
(Data shown is for 2015, the latest year with complete data in all categoreies)

Gas Reserves in Canada

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Canada holds 77 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of proven gas reserves as of 2017, ranking 18th in the world and accounting for about 1% of the world's total natural gas reserves of 6,923 Tcf.

Canada has proven reserves equivalent to 17.5 times its annual consumption. This means it has about 18 years of gas left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).

Canada Gas Reserves
77,065,000 MMcf
Global Rank: 18th | Share of World's Gas: 1.11 %
18 years of natural gas left
(at current consumption levels)

History of Gas Reserves in Canada

Gas Consumption in Canada

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  • Canada consumes 4,394,632 million cubic feet (MMcf) of natural gas per year as of the year 2017.
  • Canada ranks 6th in the world for natural gas consumption, accounting for about 3.3% of the world's total consumption of 132,290,211 MMcf.
  • Canada consumes 120,222 cubic feet of natural gas per capita every year (based on the 2017 population of 36,554,348 people), or 329 cubic feet per capita per day.

Gas Production in Canada

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  • Canada produces 6,751,698.28 million cubic feet (MMcf) of natural gas per year (as of 2015) ranking 4th in the world.

Gas Exports

  • Canada exports 31% of its natural gas production (2,070,413 MMcf in 2015).

History of Gas Consumption and Production

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