Energy statistics, December 2025
Released: 2026-03-02
27.8 million cubic metres
December 2025
2.8% 
(12-month change)
10.3 million cubic metres
December 2025
0.4%
(12-month change)
732.5 million gigajoules
December 2025
2.2%
(12-month change)
61.8 million megawatt-hours
December 2025
0.4%
(12-month change)
Primary energy production reached 2.2 million terajoules in December, essentially unchanged from December 2024. Secondary energy production increased 3.1% with secondary electricity (+16.5%) leading the growth.
Chart 1
Primary energy production, exports, and imports for the month of December, 2020 to 2025
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New monthly record for crude oil production
Production of crude oil and equivalent products rose 2.8% to reach 27.8 million cubic metres in December, the highest monthly volume since the start of the series in 2016.
Oil sands extraction drove the overall gain, rising 3.9% to 18.5 million cubic metres. The increase was led by crude bitumen production, up 7.7% to 11.6 million cubic metres, the highest level in the series. Meanwhile, decreased production of synthetic crude oil partially offset the gain, falling 2.0% to 6.9 million cubic metres following a monthly production record of 7.1 million cubic metres in November.
Exports of crude oil and equivalent products rose 4.9% year over year in December, reaching a series high of 21.7 million cubic metres. Exports to countries other than the United States drove the increase, up 136.6% to 2.4 million cubic metres, accounting for 11.1% of all crude oil exports from Canada. Exports to the United States by pipeline edged up 0.4% to 18.2 million cubic metres, marking the first monthly year-over-year increase in 11 months.
Chart 2
Production and exports of crude oil and equivalent products
Natural gas production reaches series high
Production of marketable natural gas rose 2.2% year over year to 732.5 million gigajoules in December, surpassing November's total of 718.3 million gigajoules and setting a new series record. The increase was driven by British Columbia, where production climbed 4.4% year over year.
Domestic consumption of natural gas was up 7.8% year over year to 582.4 million gigajoules, due in part to colder weather in December 2025 compared with the same month in 2024. Industrial consumption in Ontario (+25.9%) was the single largest contributor to the increase, aligning with a rise in combustible electricity generation in the province.
Exports of natural gas rose 3.6% to 354.3 million gigajoules, with the vast majority (342.0 million gigajoules) exported to the United States, where cold weather drove demand.
Chart 3
Marketable production of natural gas
Production of finished petroleum products edges up in December, while consumption is down
Production of finished petroleum products edged up 0.4% year over year to 10.3 million cubic metres in December, mainly due to a gain in distillate fuel oil (+3.3%).
Consumption of finished petroleum products was down 1.9% to 8.6 million cubic metres in December.
Chart 4
Canadian production and consumption of refined petroleum products
Electricity generation from combustible fuels reaches record high
Total electricity generation in Canada ticked up 0.4% year over year to 61.8 million megawatt-hours (MWh) in December. The main contribution to the increase came from combustible fuels, which rose 16.5% to 15.1 million MWh, the highest level in the series. Ontario was the main driver of the growth in combustibles, up 56.8% to 4.2 million MWh. Ontario faced colder weather in December 2025 compared with the same month one year earlier, while compensating for decreased nuclear generation (-14.1% to 6.7 million MWh) as planned maintenance continued at several nuclear generating units.
Chart 5
Canadian electricity generated from combustible fuels
Focus on Canada and the United States
Prolonged dry conditions and lower levels of hydroelectricity generation in Canada have resulted in less electricity being available for export, as well as an increased reliance on electricity from the United States to meet domestic demand. December 2025 marked the third consecutive month where Canada was a net importer of electricity. Imports from the United States rose 79.3% year over year to 3.1 million MWh in December, the second highest import level in the series following March 2024 (3.3 million MWh). In contrast, exports to the United States fell 34.5% to 2.3 million MWh in December 2025.
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Canada's first LNG export terminal began shipments in July 2025, exporting LNG from Kitimat, British Columbia to the global market. Previously, all Canadian exports of natural gas went to the United States. A new data series is now available in table 25-10-0055-01 as part of the monthly Crude Oil and Natural Gas survey which includes exports of natural gas to countries other than the United States.
For more information about LNG export data produced by Statistics Canada, see LNG EXPORT DATA: CER and Statistics Canada Explained.
Note to readers
The Energy Statistics Program relies on data collected from respondents and administrative sources.
The Consolidated Energy Statistics table (25-10-0079-01) presents monthly data on primary and secondary energy by fuel type (crude oil, natural gas, electricity, coal, etc.) in terajoules and supply and demand characteristics (production, exports, imports, etc.) for Canada. For more information, consult the Consolidated Energy Statistics Table: User Guide.
Data in this release are not seasonally adjusted.
The following survey programs support the "Energy statistics" release:
- Crude oil and natural gas (survey number 2198; tables 25-10-0036-01, 25-10-0055-01 and 25-10-0063-01).
- Energy transportation and storage (survey number 5300; tables 25-10-0075-01 and 25-10-0077-01).
- Natural gas transmission, storage and distribution (survey numbers 2149, 5210 and 5215; tables 25-10-0057-01, 25-10-0058-01 and 25-10-0059-01).
- Refined petroleum products (survey number 2150; table 25-10-0081-01).
- Additional data from the renewable fuel and hydrogen survey (survey number 5294; table 25-10-0082-01), is available on request.
- Electric power statistics (survey number 2151; tables 25-10-0015-01 and 25-10-0016-01).
- Coal and coke statistics (survey numbers 2147 and 2003; tables 25-10-0045-01 and 25-10-0046-01).
Revisions
Energy survey data and administrative sources are subject to revisions to reflect new or updated information. Historical revisions will be processed periodically.
With this release, revisions have been made to the following data series:
- Table 25-10-0036-01: Natural gas liquids and sulphur products from processing plants data have been revised for the period from January to November 2025.
- Table 25-10-0045-01: Monthly coal coke plant data have been revised for the months of October and November 2025.
- Table 25-10-0055-01: Supply and disposition of natural gas data have been revised for the period of January to November 2025.
- Table 25-10-0057-01: Canadian natural gas storage data have been revised for the months of October and November 2025.
- Table 25-10-0058-01: Canadian monthly natural gas transmission data have been revised for the period of April to November 2025.
- Table 25-10-0059-01: Canadian monthly natural gas distribution data have been revised for the period from September to November 2025.
- Table 25-10-0063-01: Supply and disposition of crude oil and equivalent monthly crude oil and natural gas data have been revised for the period from January 2019 to November 2025.
- Table 25-10-0075-01: Crude oil and petroleum products inventories held by domestic transporters data have been revised for the months of September and October 2025.
- Table 25-10-0077-01: Crude oil and petroleum products movements, by mode of transport and by product type data have been revised for the month of September 2025.
- Table 25-10-0081-01: Petroleum products by supply and disposition data have been revised for the period from January to November 2025.
- Table 25-10-0082-01: Renewable fuel plant statistics data have been revised for the period from July to November 2025.
- Table 25-10-0079-01: Consolidated energy statistics have been revised to incorporate data from the above-mentioned revisions.
Starting with the January 2026 reference month, tables 25-10-0057-01 (Canadian monthly natural gas storage), 25-10-0058-01 (Canadian monthly natural gas transmission), 25-10-0059-01 (Canadian monthly natural gas distribution) and 25-10-0055-01 (Supply and disposition of natural gas) will be discontinued and replaced by table 25-10-0086-01 (Natural gas supply and disposition).
In addition to data previously found in the discontinued tables, table 25-10-0086-01 will contain newly added data: receipts from other provinces, deliveries to other provinces, imports from the United States, imports from other countries, exports to the United States, exports to other countries, deliveries to natural gas processing plants, metering differences, line losses and adjustments. These data will allow for a more complete picture of supply and disposition of natural gas in Canada.
The discontinued tables will remain publicly available; however, the data in these tables will not be revised.
Occasionally, data from Environment and Climate Change Canada are referenced by the Energy Statistics Program using Cooling Degree Days (CDDs) or Heating Degree Days (HDDs) as a measure of temperature. CDDs reflect the relationship between outdoor temperatures and the need to cool indoors to maintain room temperature. As temperatures outside rise, the number of CDDs increases. HDDs are the opposite and reflect the need to heat indoors to maintain room temperature. As temperatures outside fall, the number of HDDs increases.
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