Friday Facts

July 3, 2009

Canada’s coal reserves in 2008 totalled 3.47 billion tonnes of anthracite and bituminous coal and 3.11 billion tonnes of sub-bituminous coal and lignite, for an overall total of 6.58 billion tonnes. Canada’s coal production in 2008 totalled 68.3 million tonnes. Coal is mined in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

Source: BP Statistical Review of World Energy, 2009