Industrial Energy Prices and Background Indicators
  2000   2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Energy Prices by Energy Source (incl. taxes)
Natural Gas (cents/m3)a,e 17.7   36.5 27.2 33.5 23.5 20.8
Light Fuel Oil (cents/litre)f 40.1   64.2 68.6 94.3 60.9 70.5
Heavy Fuel Oil (cents/litre)f 28.5   39.2 44.3 57.6 46.1 54.7
Electricity (1,000 kW/400,000 kWh)1 (cents/kWh)b,e 6.9   8.2 8.4 9.0 8.4 9.1
Electricity (5,000 kW/3,060,000 kWh)1 (cents/kWh)b,e 5.3   6.3 6.5 7.1 6.5 7.0

Background Indicators
Industrial GDP (million $2012)g 407,435   449,970 448,496 437,702 390,272 418,457

Capacity Utilization Rate (%)c
Mining , Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction 85.0   84.1 83.0 78.9 70.4 75.8
Manufacturing 85.8   82.6 82.8 76.1 72.0 77.3
Pulp and Paper 92.1   88.3 87.4 87.9 82.0 88.6
Primary Metals2 90.9   91.9 92.1 89.0 76.0 78.5
Petroleum Refining 92.7   83.2 82.5 75.0 77.9 83.8
Chemicals 80.1   79.8 82.0 75.0 70.9 75.3
Forestry 83.8   89.6 83.7 81.1 65.9 79.0
Construction 86.4   91.6 91.3 89.1 80.5 84.4

Industrial Employees (thousands)d
Mining , Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction 159.3   244.0 258.7 265.2 244.7 252.8
Manufacturing 2,242.3   2,102.4 2,029.1 1,939.8 1,756.9 1,725.3
Pulp and Paper 105.4   83.8 79.4 73.5 66.6 63.0
Primary Metals2 87.3   80.7 78.8 69.1 59.4 61.2
Petroleum Refining 15.4   16.3 16.7 17.9 15.8 17.7
Chemicals 95.7   90.8 89.0 88.6 80.7 79.3
Forestry 85.6   62.5 59.8 53.2 47.3 51.0
Construction 806.9   1,071.1 1,124.7 1,235.2 1,188.3 1,236.2

Footnotes:

1) kW refers to power hook-up, whereas kWh refers to monthly electricity consumption.
2) “Primary Metals” includes iron and steel, smelting and refining, and other primary metal activity.

Sources:

a) Statistics Canada, Natural Gas, Monthly Sales, Table 25-10-0033-01. Natural gas prices for 2016 onward are calculated using Canadian Monthly Natural Gas Distribution, Canada and Provinces, Table 25-10-0059-01, Ottawa, 2022.
b) Hydro-Québec, Comparison of Electricity Prices in Major North American Cities, 2020.
c) Statistics Canada, Industrial Capacity Utilization Rates, by Industry, Table 16-10-0109-01, Ottawa, 2022.
d) Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, Table 14-10-0023-01, and Employment by Industry, annual, Table 14-10-0202-01, Ottawa, 2022.
e) Statistics Canada, Report on Energy Supply and Demand in Canada, 2000-2020, Ottawa, 2022.
f) Natural Resources Canada, Petroleum Resources Branch, Pipelines, Gas and LNG Division, Ottawa, 2022.
g) Statistics Canada, Gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), Table 36-10-0434-03, Ottawa, 2022.