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Table 4 Energy indicators

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	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Primary energy availability (terajoules)	11,478,526	11,527,500	11,307,113	11,176,879	11,654,755	..
Primary and secondary energy exports (terajoules)	9,444,883	9,810,695	9,641,137	9,833,549	10,246,727	..
Primary and secondary energy residential consumption (terajoules)	1,338,166	1,313,015	1,296,644	1,243,425	1,344,404	..
Established reserve, crude bitumen (closing stock,¹ million cubic metres)	1,720	1,660	1,620	3,340	3,500	4,300
Established reserve, crude oil (closing stock,¹ million cubic metres)	590.0	603.8	752.3	712.6	721.8	..
Established reserve, natural gas (closing stock,¹ billion cubic metres)	1,469.5	1,497.5	1,553.7	1,577.7	1,534.3	..
Recoverable reserves, coal (closing stock,¹ million tonnes)	4,406.4	4,666.3	4,560.4	4,468.8	4,026.8	..
Recoverable reserves, uranium (closing stock,¹ tonnes)	429,000	444,000	431,000	423,400	482,000	..
Total electricity generation (megawatt hours)	564,218,465	571,291,905	597,810,875	585,097,531	603,572,420	601,719,256
Hydro-electric generation (percent of total)	59.0	58.7	60.1	60.0	60.6	62.0
Nuclear generation (percent of total)	12.5	14.9	14.5	15.8	14.6	14.7
Generation from fossil fuel and other fuel combustion (percent of total)	28.5	26.4	25.4	24.2	24.8	23.3
1. The size of the reserve at year-end. Source(s): Statistics Canada, CANSIM tables 128-0009, 127-0001 and 127-0002, accessed August 17, 2009. Statistics Canada, CANSIM tables 153-0012, 153-0013, 153-0014, 153-0017, 153-0018 et 153-0019, accessed September 24, 2009.