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Table 24Primary energy production

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Primary energy production
  Primary energy Total coal Crude oil Natural gas Gas plant natural gas liquids (NGL's) Primary electricity, hydro and nuclear Steam
  terajoules
1981 8,257,607 969,542 3,093,450 2,763,693 316,310 1,084,296 30,328
1982 8,336,746 1,028,279 3,052,121 2,855,524 307,637 1,049,328 43,863
1983 8,431,490 1,066,011 3,232,271 2,675,454 305,078 1,113,298 36,959
1984 9,373,678 1,396,400 3,430,899 2,985,278 326,054 1,199,014 36,043
1985 9,940,153 1,487,132 3,516,525 3,305,379 317,308 1,290,078 23,743
1986 9,753,277 1,382,118 3,531,205 3,152,722 306,230 1,352,942 28,068
1987 10,267,224 1,393,936 3,690,859 3,418,781 347,243 1,392,992 23,421
1988 11,195,852 1,614,195 3,877,941 3,942,089 370,965 1,377,741 12,928
1989 11,371,968 1,718,400 3,769,304 4,174,731 377,896 1,310,173 21,471
1990 11,495,369 1,673,101 3,765,187 4,183,782 390,327 1,305,883 16,029
1991 11,887,932 1,747,976 3,765,443 4,405,959 399,569 1,387,596 20,585
1992 12,196,167 1,553,530 3,931,692 4,864,490 433,538 1,401,753 12,569
1993 13,077,776 1,651,313 4,116,941 5,347,996 484,905 1,472,698 6,837
1994 13,913,267 1,735,269 4,299,874 5,831,341 500,547 1,542,272 3,967
1995 14,489,249 1,800,811 4,457,769 6,129,266 582,302 1,530,044 2,612
1996 14,800,295 1,832,286 4,590,726 6,343,371 589,091 1,583,107 2,522
1997 15,284,416 1,897,322 4,842,646 6,409,471 603,092 1,530,692 1,198
1998 15,368,738 1,651,482 5,021,730 6,664,073 605,226 1,426,237 0
1999 15,358,207 1,589,310 4,788,758 6,857,098 641,378 1,481,669 0
2000 15,768,364 1,509,905 4,999,607 7,062,109 672,194 1,524,557 0
2001 15,894,878 1,532,994 5,056,168 7,202,051 655,756 1,447,914 0
2002 16,170,951 1,429,897 5,359,627 7,249,883 626,218 1,505,333 0
2003 16,170,924 1,326,114 5,679,573 7,065,218 642,897 1,457,123 0
2004 16,553,741 1,415,738 5,869,418 7,095,655 650,709 1,522,225 0
2005 16,547,264 1,400,510 5,632,426 7,249,864 655,787 1,608,679 0
Source(s):
CANSIM tables 128-0002 and 128-0009.