Mining industries: Annual principal statistics, 2023
Released: 2025-06-04
Principal statistics from the Annual Mineral Production Survey are now available for reference year 2023. The tables present employment and financial data for the mining industry using the North American Industry Classification System at the national, provincial and territorial levels.
In 2023, total revenues for the metal ore mining and the non-metallic mineral mining and quarrying industry groups decreased 9.3% compared with the previous year to $59.7 billion.
Total expenses for the metal ore mining and the non-metallic mineral mining and quarrying industry groups increased 8.6% compared with 2022 to $43.2 billion in 2023.
For every dollar of revenue generated in 2023, establishments in the metal ore mining and the non-metallic mineral mining and quarrying industry groups incurred $0.73 in expenses, up from $0.61 in 2022.
Focus on Canada and the United States
The United States was Canada's top trading partner for metal ores and non-metallic minerals in terms of the trade value of exports and imports in 2024. The trade value of Canada's metal ores and non-metallic mineral exports to the United States was $6.4 billion, while the trade value of imports was $4.3 billion. This represents positive net exports of $2.1 billion to the United States. Compared with 2023, the trade values of exports (-$739 million) and imports (-$314 million) were both down in 2024. Therefore, the net exports of metal ores and non-metallic minerals to the United States decreased by $425 million in 2024.
The United States represented 23.9% of Canada's metal ores and non-metallic mineral exports in 2024, followed by China (20.3%) and Japan (8.9%). Potash was the top mineral product exported to the United States, at $4.2 billion in 2024. Potash represented 65.2% of Canada's metal ores and non-metallic mineral exports to the United States. This was followed by diamonds and other non-metallic minerals (except cut gemstones)—representing 13.1% of exports to the United States, with a trade value of $844 million—and stone, sand, gravel, clay, and refractory minerals, representing 9.0% of exports to that country, with a trade value of $582 million.
For more data and insights on areas touched by the socio-economic relationship between Canada and the United States, see the Focus on Canada and the United States webpage.
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Note to readers
Beginning with data collection for the 2019 reference year, the Annual Mineral Production Survey has been conducted as part of Statistics Canada's Integrated Business Statistics Program. This transition followed a full content review and redesign of the Minerals and Metals Production Statistics Program in the fall of 2018, in partnership with Natural Resources Canada.
Data for Quebec are collected by the Institut de la statistique du Québec.
Data from previous years can be found on the Production of Canada's Leading Minerals page of the Natural Resources Canada website.
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