Table 11
Energy indicators

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Energy indicators


Table summary
This table displays the results of energy indicators 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010
  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Primary energy availability(terajoules) 11,307,113 11,176,879 11,969,050 11,179,124 10,962,914 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Primary and secondary energy  
Exports (terajoules) 9,641,137 9,833,549 10,308,635 10,265,704 8,816,828 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Residential consumption (terajoules) 1,296,644 1,243,425 1,336,452 1,356,259 1,316,207 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Established reserve  
Crude bitumen (closing stock,  Note 1 millions of cubic metres) 1,620 3,340 3,500 4,300 4,216 4,130
Crude oil (closing stock,  Note 1 millions of cubic metres) 752.3 712.6 721.8 688.8 622.5 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Natural gas (closing stock,  Note 1 billions of cubic metres) 1,553.7 1,577.7 1,534.3 1,671.2 1,700.9 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Recoverable reserves  
Coal (closing stock,  Note 1 millions of tonnes) 4,560.4 4,468.8 4,395.2 4,322.0 4,347.1 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Uranium (closing stock,  Note 1 tonnes) 431,000 423,400 482,000 447,000 383,000 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Electricity generation  
Total (megawatt hours) 597,810,875 585,097,531 603,572,420 601,278,688 577,500,520 566,746,484
Hydro-electric (percent of total) 60.1 60.0 60.6 62.0 62.8 61.3
Nuclear (percent of total) 14.5 15.8 14.6 14.7 14.8 15.0
Fossil fuel and other fuel combustion
(percent of total)		 25.4 24.2 24.8 23.3 22.4 23.7
1.
The size of the reserve at year-end.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, CANSIM tables 128-0009, 153-0012, 153-0013, 153-0014, 153-0017, 153-0018, 153-0019, 127-0001 and 127-0002 (accessed November 7, 2011).