Leading Production
- Canada is one of the world's leading mining nations and among the world's largest producers of minerals and metals.
- Mineral production exceeds over $40 billion a year, accounting for 19 percent of the annual exports.
- Canada ranks among the top 5 countries in the production of 12 major minerals and metals.
- Over the past five years, the mining industry has contributed approximately 3.5 percent to Canada's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) each year.
- Canada is now the world's third-ranked diamond producer, accounting for 13 percent of the world's production.
- The Canadian mining industry continues to be an economic backbone of Canada's regional and rural economies, creating jobs and economic growth in more than 115 communities across Canada.
Western Canada and Saskatchewan...
- Western Canada, particularly the Province of Saskatchewan, is especially rich in mineral resources.
- Saskatchewan is the third-best place in the world for mineral investment – out of 79 jurisdictions surveyed across Canada and around the world, as ranked by Fraser Institute.
- Saskatchewan is the largest potash producer in the world, with annual capacity of 20 million tonnes, accounting for 30 percent of world production.
- The richest uranium ores ever discovered have been found in the Athabasca Basin in Saskatchewan. The province currently produces 20 percent of the world's annual uranium production and is the largest producing region of uranium in the world.
- Saskatchewan is the 3rd largest producer of coal in Canada, accounting for approximately 15 percent of total coal production, with reserves in excess of 10 billion tonnes and substantial exploration activity that has resulted in new discoveries.
- Saskatchewan has one of the world's largest diamond kimberlite fields, in the Fort à la Corne area, with a number of kimberlites exceeding a surface area of 200 hectares.
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