Production of Canada's Leading Minerals, 2018, 2019 (PDF, 985.21 kB)
Shipments of Selected Minerals
Month
Clay products
GypsumFootnote 1
Lime
Molybdenum
Potassium Oxide (K2 O)
Muriate of Potash (MOP)
DiamondsFootnote 2
Uranium
2018
2019
2018
2019
2018
2019
2018
2019
2018
2019
2018
2019
2018
2019
2018
2019
dollars
tonnes
tonnes
kilograms
tonnes
tonnes
carats
kilograms
January
7,277,757
6,534,567
242,666
123,766
155,932
145,523
322,111
475,895
1,024,475
1,080,642
1,672,859
1,763,303
1,885,714
2,297,131
1,220,924
2,336,480
February
8,030,680
7,859,160
108,963
230,950
139,694
137,760
266,780
426,017
920,721
1,052,703
1,505,732
1,716,696
1,263,745
1,649,731
1,132,040
532,759
March
10,604,440
14,893,282
214,302
164,909
158,838
151,824
351,948
491,119
1,127,572
1,157,749
1,844,113
1,885,032
1,858,430
2,147,451
847,253
368,602
April
11,719,950
10,838,450
242,372
326,223
141,672
149,138
368,571
417,948
1,131,355
1,117,168
1,848,600
1,822,104
1,742,088
2,191,733
861,727
937,508
May
16,469,729
16,321,525
288,510
287,984
157,974
157,997
391,106
407,184
1,089,192
1,243,976
1,779,369
2,030,322
1,863,313
1,986,856
1,640,438
843,345
June
15,081,687
16,627,039
288,101
345,147
163,711
157,962
404,558
352,506
994,565
1,137,663
1,619,664
1,855,691
1,823,578
1,811,190
2,296,032
700,707
July
13,329,329
12,963,951
257,267
242,948
157,713
153,011
356,764
348,694
893,679
1,222,234
1,463,868
1,993,574
2,448,769
1,832,542
552,824
454,056
August
15,183,594
10,790,230
337,165
224,365
152,739
155,100
343,898
399,599
1,106,769
1,244,381
1,793,553
2,029,277
2,142,353
1,895,278
239,392
46,495
September
15,630,136
10,062,349
188,369
296,896
158,268
145,621
526,430
468,322
1,151,761
1,248,687
1,882,708
2,036,654
1,926,432
1,746,214
826,078
676,213
October
14,057,221
11,824,911
212,346
171,448
166,909
152,609
487,500
293,867
1,092,688
1,105,740
1,781,098
1,801,451
2,376,258
1,918,182
997,142
611,714
November
12,639,064
7,468,271
295,119
321,215
153,323
140,384
446,427
209,465
966,310
1,218,096
1,596,388
1,993,760
1,780,612
1,715,150
1,098,862
668,518
December
7,107,725
6,019,849
326,210
288,933
135,165
138,176
499,136
944,182
1,063,608
1,266,835
1,738,895
2,062,122
2,087,469
1,597,542
494,430
657,544
Total
147,131,314
132,203,584
3,001,390
3,024,784
1,841,938
1,785,105
4,765,229
5,234,800
12,562,695
14,095,874
20,526,847
22,989,986
23,198,761
22,789,001
12,207,142
8,833,941
Year-to-date
Footnote 1
Starting in reference year 2017, cement shipments will no longer be reported by NRCan and gypsum shipments will include domestic shipments of gypsum production sent to Canadian cement manufacturers.
Return to footnote 1referrer
Footnote 2
Production
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Production of Nickel
Month
Mine outputFootnote 1 2018
Primary productionFootnote 2 2018
Refined production 2018
Domestic shipments of refined production
2018
2019
2018
2019
2018
2019
2018
2019
tonnes
January
20,154
15,415
15,909
11,047
9,983
x
315
x
February
17,058
15,986
17,294
17,535
11,830
x
354
x
March
18,740
14,422
19,042
16,074
13,256
x
477
x
April
18,449
13,841
14,042
9,826
x
x
x
x
May
19,031
15,682
13,770
11,358
x
x
x
x
June
15,721
14,857
17,079
15,011
x
x
x
x
July
15,514
10,596
16,059
12,165
x
12,069
x
174
August
17,366
8,278
17,645
5,627
x
5,922
x
238
September
16,346
14,527
18,000
15,762
x
11,634
x
268
October
19,548
17,453
20,749
24,186
x
11,093
x
300
November
17,916
20,030
18,544
15,400
x
12,020
x
270
December
18,459
18,902
18,222
19,578
x
12,827
x
273
Total
214,302
179,990
206,354
173,569
0
0
0
0
Year-to-date
0
0
0
0
Production of Copper
Month
Mine outputFootnote 1
Primary productionFootnote 2
Smelter production
Refined production
Domestic shipments of refined production
Refined stocks at end of month
2018
2019
2018
2019
2018
2019
2018
2019
2018
2019
2018
2019
tonnes
January
50,106
44,948
42,866
42,594
27,326
x
27,488
x
10,954
x
3,540
x
February
43,655
41,799
41,356
47,877
24,685
x
25,203
x
10,051
x
4,825
x
March
53,669
48,476
59,141
51,372
27,344
x
27,608
x
10,910
x
3,988
x
April
47,619
44,352
46,922
41,320
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
May
49,040
50,910
41,100
46,775
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
June
46,572
48,530
48,784
55,728
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
July
48,719
43,903
43,590
43,165
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
August
53,014
40,275
52,282
39,189
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
September
50,385
45,323
56,333
45,726
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
October
52,340
45,492
48,156
43,983
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
November
52,517
41,945
48,778
36,895
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
December
49,556
46,979
50,789
55,938
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Total
597,194
542,932
580,097
550,563
Year-to-date
Shipments of Salt
Shipped or used by producers
Month
Fine vacuum
Mined rock salt
Salt content of brines
Total
2018
2019
2018
2019
2018
2019
2018
2019
tonnes
January
77,879
78,241
1,162,310
1,057,641
11,353
11,317
1,251,542
1,147,200
February
71,287
66,551
655,719
789,211
10,510
9,766
737,516
865,528
March
76,661
75,640
364,943
347,506
12,620
10,634
454,224
433,781
April
71,716
78,113
735,459
629,619
10,831
9,933
818,006
717,665
May
75,752
75,974
850,506
819,364
12,393
11,695
938,651
907,033
June
71,440
68,793
1,263,336
773,800
20,132
17,063
1,354,908
859,656
July
66,644
73,980
828,036
832,497
18,227
18,802
912,907
925,279
August
78,465
76,188
634,939
695,244
15,738
15,421
729,142
786,853
September
69,629
65,199
676,261
761,840
11,683
11,220
757,573
838,259
October
79,070
78,974
907,857
867,853
10,746
9,992
997,673
956,819
November
80,198
71,549
1,221,086
982,121
11,994
10,706
1,313,278
1,064,376
December
69,383
59,496
1,078,162
1,118,317
10,659
11,197
1,158,204
1,189,010
Total
888,124
868,697
10,378,614
9,675,013
156,886
147,747
11,423,624
10,691,457
Year-to-date
Gold ProductionFootnote 1 , by Region
Month
Atlantic Provinces
Quebec
Ontario
Prairie Provinces
British Columbia
Yukon
and Nunavut
Canada
2018
2019
2018
2019
2018
2019
2018
2019
2018
2019
2018
2019
2018
2019
2018
2019
grams
January
68,186
57,389
4,263,852
4,332,506
5,918,168
6,246,085
362,243
328,459
926,571
936,040
66,356
26,324
889,661
1,070,690
12,495,038
12,997,492
February
81,370
35,101
3,960,975
4,517,777
6,079,411
6,353,057
490,006
540,267
1,039,174
1,407,980
2,282
35,000
1,240,679
801,406
12,893,897
13,690,589
March
61,044
349,796
4,958,089
5,051,286
6,953,546
8,147,420
674,954
712,695
1,338,981
1,241,257
133,956
35,515
842,202
851,807
14,962,771
16,389,776
April
48,783
280,200
4,119,250
4,283,060
5,873,091
5,699,496
651,567
581,366
905,700
1,800,276
113,145
32,604
841,767
608,349
12,553,304
13,285,351
May
48,136
280,319
4,968,715
6,112,425
6,462,496
6,919,501
581,825
621,942
871,160
969,209
8,802
29,174
1,123,736
1,120,904
14,064,870
16,053,473
June
46,971
279,980
4,577,350
4,936,847
6,543,746
7,128,485
564,330
647,997
1,206,420
2,754,010
69,422
76,832
1,251,745
1,064,928
14,259,984
16,889,079
July
46,790
291,864
4,559,451
4,976,044
5,628,654
6,300,349
542,609
415,815
1,524,958
1,102,824
193,604
99,369
932,362
837,240
13,428,428
14,023,505
August
112,262
271,680
5,070,558
5,377,042
6,217,973
6,732,034
543,280
500,825
1,535,639
2,525,328
809,049
416,988
1,280,128
1,033,836
15,568,889
16,857,732
September
46,960
293,018
5,262,177
5,281,959
6,580,755
6,563,579
621,493
845,776
2,538,413
2,272,544
440,200
633,636
1,033,334
1,199,941
16,523,332
17,090,453
October
44,124
306,108
5,240,620
5,080,894
6,161,005
7,140,440 r
484,875
398,213
1,659,055
2,074,394
809,831
920,887
1,048,159
1,092,585
15,447,670
17,013,522
November
35,638
384,609
4,909,903
5,238,732
7,200,808
6,452,336 r
703,539
419,652
1,170,056
1,533,488
6,013
5,489
1,022,116
730,767
15,048,073
14,765,074
December
42,469
294,596
5,053,368
5,989,704
6,604,570
9,622,585 r
686,082
638,808
2,152,142
2,202,159
207,570
137,149
884,651
977,458
15,630,852
19,862,459
Total
682,733
3,124,660
56,944,307
61,178,276
76,224,224
83,305,368
6,906,802
6,651,815
16,868,269
20,819,509
2,860,231
2,448,965
12,390,540
11,389,911
172,877,106
188,918,504
Year-to-date
Production of Gold
Month
Mine outputFootnote 1
ProductionFootnote 2 from Gold quartzmines and placer deposits
ProductionFootnote 2 from basemetal mines
Total productionFootnote 2
2018
2019
2018
2019
2018
2019
2018
2019
grams
January
13,369,604
13,505,151
11,133,551
12,283,731
1,361,487
713,761
12,495,038
12,997,492
February
12,576,879
14,131,704
11,375,552
12,507,986
1,518,345
1,182,603
12,893,897
13,690,589
March
14,187,488
15,741,419
12,872,676
15,069,293
2,090,095
1,320,482
14,962,771
16,389,776
April
13,780,242
14,241,463
10,968,394
11,773,018
1,584,910
1,512,333
12,553,304
13,285,351
May
14,191,921
16,064,548
12,658,657
15,363,574
1,406,213
689,899
14,064,870
16,053,473
June
14,237,796
15,068,310
12,575,789
14,424,683
1,684,195
2,464,396
14,259,984
16,889,079
July
14,395,941
14,733,727
11,936,123
13,313,698
1,492,305
709,807
13,428,428
14,023,505
August
16,196,283
16,210,794
14,001,730
14,955,240
1,567,159
1,902,492
15,568,889
16,857,732
September
15,996,452
16,734,363
14,016,186
15,337,719
2,507,146
1,752,734
16,523,332
17,090,453
October
16,368,283
17,097,046
13,924,830
15,256,041
1,522,840
1,757,481
15,447,670
17,013,522
November
16,518,494
15,269,305
13,942,236
13,411,987
1,105,836
1,353,087
15,048,073
14,765,074
December
16,748,175
18,067,868
13,320,062
17,891,662
2,310,791
1,970,796
15,630,852
19,862,459
Total
178,567,560
186,865,699
152,725,786
171,588,632
20,151,320
17,329,872
172,877,106
188,918,504
Year-to-date
Production of Lead
Month
Mine outputFootnote 1
Primary productionFootnote 2
Refined production (primary)Footnote 3 2018
Refined production (secondary) 2018
Refined stocks at end of month 2018
2018
2019
2018
2019
2018
2019
2018
2019
2018
2019
tonnes
January
1,706
1,439
1,124
1,021
11,600
x
12,855
9,805
3,335
x
February
1,706
1,024
1,124
4,380
9,719
x
11,631
11,864
2,790
x
March
1,706
1,169
1,124
3,153
10,163
x
13,046
13,134
3,108
x
April
1,706
1,366
1,124
1,508
x
x
12,898
14,414
x
x
May
1,706
1,258
1,124
1,111
x
x
15,625
12,761
x
x
June
1,706
1,083
1,124
1,143
x
x
13,892
11,246
x
x
July
1,706
1,105
1,124
927
x
x
9,961
8,320
x
x
August
1,706
1,149
1,124
1,015
x
x
15,183
11,014
x
x
September
1,706
1,049
1,124
1,502
x
x
11,050
10,889
x
x
October
1,706
1,032
1,124
916
x
x
10,469
x
x
x
November
1,706
1,118 r
1,124
851 r
x
x
11,271
13,321
x
x
December
1,706
1,650 r
1,124
1,613 r
x
x
11,625
12,740
x
x
Total
20,477
14,441
13,494
19,139
149,506
129,508
Year-to-date
Production of Zinc
Month
Mine outputFootnote 1
Primary productionFootnote 2
Refined production
Domestic shipments of refined production
Refined stocks at end of month
2018
2019
2018
2019
2018
2019
2018
2019
2018
2019
tonnes
January
28,571
20,512
25,995
15,771
60,484
59,578
16,035
36,362
55,757
32,054 r
February
28,417
21,258
23,900
21,488
45,159
53,262
17,426
28,394
49,987
37,007 r
March
28,491
28,054
24,872
24,644
51,457
60,301
18,020
x
51,905
32,710 r
April
29,173
30,757
23,002
29,417
46,933
54,605
12,003
x
x
28,331 r
May
34,122
28,686
30,322
28,866
53,029
61,294
23,621
x
x
28,949 r
June
31,274
23,450
26,826
23,082
49,377
58,169
27,155
x
x
23,028 r
July
28,482
18,635
27,862
17,252
41,696
57,797
13,932
x
x
23,813 r
August
26,327
23,112
24,815
21,983
50,400
58,616
20,026
x
30,601
24,157 r
September
30,212
22,129
27,497
20,195
45,993
56,977
15,965
x
32,413
22,978 r
October
26,797
21,654
24,509
20,546
49,492
58,464
20,938
x
31,937
22,467 r
November
26,556
22,019 r
22,575
19,493
46,122
57,349
20,197
x
29,832
22,454 r
December
28,354
26,853 r
23,140
26,423 r
58,295
60,179 r
22,000
x
29,802
22,359 r
Total
346,776
287,119
305,314
269,161
598,438
696,591
227,318
Year-to-date
Shipments of Iron Ore
Month
To Canadian consumers
Exported
Total shipments
Stocks at end of monthFootnote 1
2018
2019
2018
2019
2018
2019
2018
2019
dryweight - tonnes
January
213,627
237,912
3,467,375
2,201,686
3,681,002
2,439,598
5,478,604
5,172,988
February
178,621
240,204
2,923,894
3,580,473
3,102,515
3,820,677
6,157,166
4,818,890
March
178,100
249,489
3,875,433
3,054,162
4,053,533
3,303,651
6,481,466
6,288,993
April
453,952
285,394
3,262,423
3,108,299
3,716,374
3,393,693
6,813,337
5,925,903
May
347,721
455,177
3,588,275
2,162,062
3,935,996
2,617,239
6,991,240
6,327,724
June
569,727
394,415
3,357,654
2,540,677
3,927,381
2,935,092
7,502,763
7,823,178
July
350,999
390,622
4,078,645
4,907,765
4,429,644
5,298,387
7,474,221
7,395,496
August
429,756
426,699
4,466,198
5,823,713
4,895,954
6,250,412
6,786,706
6,287,278
September
271,465
343,570
5,184,187
6,677,811
5,455,652
7,021,381
5,984,763
3,997,124
October
353,761
331,586
4,239,857
4,562,067
4,593,618
4,893,653
5,889,312
3,897,496
November
400,690
397,983
3,846,396
3,503,639
4,247,086
3,901,622
6,171,293
4,958,904
December
330,419
494,401
3,930,365
4,601,119
4,260,784
5,095,520
5,379,002
4,928,258
Total
4,078,838
4,247,452
46,220,702
46,723,471
50,299,540
50,970,923
Year-to-date
Production of Silver
Month
Mine outputFootnote 1
Primary productionFootnote 2
2018
2019
2018
2019
kilograms
January
30,619
33,840
27,522
30,496
February
29,966
29,047
26,524
29,241
March
34,080
39,013
37,320
38,866
April
34,136
34,735
31,324
32,359
May
37,799
33,470
33,118
31,684
June
32,822
29,507
31,387
32,004
July
31,727
29,092
30,560
28,222
August
30,141
24,481
30,154
24,128
September
30,004
28,283
30,843
27,107
October
31,706
27,306
28,414
25,437
November
34,270
28,740 r
30,476
24,635 r
December
35,519
30,600 r
30,073
34,348 r
Total
392,788
368,113
367,715
358,527
Year-to-date
Production of Fuels
Month
Coal 2018
Natural gasFootnote 1 2018
Crude oil and equivalentFootnote 1 2018
2018
2019
2018
2019
2018
2019
tonnes
January
5,358,000
5,028,000
14,482
15,184
21,220
21,632
February
4,624,000
4,570,000
12,549
13,547
19,321
20,219
March
5,349,000
4,863,000
14,531
15,151
20,355
22,564
April
5,022,000
4,439,000
13,656
14,440
18,021
20,213
May
4,935,000
4,069,000
13,821
14,243
19,237
21,869
June
4,991,000
4,118,000
12,920
13,752
19,133
21,102
July
5,403,000
4,540,000
13,686
14,520
20,796
22,464
August
5,400,000
4,588,000
13,571
14,446
21,565
23,630
September
5,106,000
4,408,000
13,433
13,861
19,947
21,081
October
4,906,000
4,502,000
14,155
14,289
20,460
23,145
November
4,738,000
4,674,000
14,508
14,033
21,397
22,789
December
4,918,000
4,801,000
14,973
15,259
22,437
23,668
Total
60,750,000
54,600,000
166,283
172,725
243,889
264,375
Year-to-date
Source: Statistics Canada
Production of Aluminum
Month
Production molten metal
Metals added
Total
2018
2019
2018
2019
2018
2019
tonnes
January
274,883
255,664
4,183
4,302
279,065
259,965
February
247,081
224,713
3,638
4,374
250,719
229,087
March
275,002
248,831
3,833
4,909
278,834
253,740
April
265,915
240,357
3,854
5,108
269,769
245,466
May
271,700
247,110
3,850
5,865
275,550
252,975
June
261,529
240,172
3,990
4,549
265,520
244,721
July
271,606
247,417
4,234
5,181
275,840
252,598
August
273,389
248,681
4,045
5,039
277,434
253,720
September
263,602
238,343
4,095
4,541
267,697
242,884
October
272,717
246,790
5,091
4,949
277,808
251,739
November
261,553
239,655
4,092
4,212
265,645
243,866
December
272,905
245,471
3,909
4,520
276,814
249,990
Total
3,211,882
2,923,204
48,812
57,548
3,260,694
2,980,752
Year-to-date
r: Revised figures, n.a.: Not applicable, x: Suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Data in this report are preliminary estimates. For definitions regarding data contained in this table, refer to:Techniques Used to Calculate Data on the Mineral Production in Canada Components may not add due to rounding. Québec data is provided by l'Institut de la statistique du Québec Inquiries concerning this publication should be directed to: Minerals and Metals Statistics Division Tel.: 1-800-267-0452 (toll-free in North America) or 343-292-8646 Email: miningstats-statsminieres@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca Web: https://mmsd.nrcan-rncan.gc.ca/prod-prod/sta-eng.aspx