Canadian Energy Statistics · May 2026

Statistics Canada · The Daily · Released 2026-07-31

Canadian Energy Statistics May 2026

Monthly production, trade and prices across the Canadian energy system — crude oil, natural gas and LNG, electricity, refined products — charted from 26 federal datasets: the release module's full life, Jan 2019 – Jun 2026, with companions back to 2007 and projections to 2050.

+2.7%
Primary energy production
Year over year — gains in five of six subsectors
25.8M m³
Crude oil & equivalents produced
+9.0% YoY — highest May since the series began in 2016
296.6M GJ
Natural gas exported
+8.0% YoY — 47.5M GJ shipped as LNG to Asia from Kitimat
49.0M MWh
Electricity generated
+5.5% YoY — hydro +11.0%, nuclear −16.8%
4.6M MWh
Power exported to the U.S.
+70.4% YoY — highest since January 2025

Terrain height · primary energy production · Jan 2020 → Jun 2026

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26 datasets · — series · — monthly observations, as published. Search filters by dataset title, description, series label, geography or table number. Each section exports as a PNG infographic.

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Primary release: Statistics Canada, Energy statistics, May 2026 (The Daily, released 2026-07-31). Companion tables from Statistics Canada and projections from the Canada Energy Regulator’s Canada’s Energy Future 2026. All data retrieved 2026-09-07–2026-09-13, per-dataset dates in the table below; unit conversions are stated in each dataset description.

26 datasets · agency, table or file, release and retrieval dates
Dataset Agency Table / file Release Retrieved