2000 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | ||
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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:
Sources:
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.