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Gold, copper, potash and other minerals by province, Canada

Value of shipments in 2025 of Canada's leading minerals (Natural Resources Canada preliminary estimates, $ millions): gold, copper, nickel, iron ore (concentrates plus agglomerates, summed by Quadranac), potash (muriate of potash), diamonds, uranium, sand and gravel, and stone. Blank cells are values NRCan withholds for confidentiality or areas with no reported production of that mineral.

Reference period
2025, preliminary
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Source: Natural Resources Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
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Gold, copper, potash and other minerals by province, Canada: Gold ($ millions)6 areas ranked by Gold ($ millions). Highest: Ontario (8,789); lowest: Alberta (1.0).OntarioOntario: 8,7898,789QuebecQuebec: 5,2715,271NunavutNunavut: 3,7453,745British ColumbiaBritish Columbia: 2,0122,012ManitobaManitoba: 521521AlbertaAlberta: 1.01.0
Gold, copper, potash and other minerals by province, Canada: Gold ($ millions)6 areas ranked by Gold ($ millions). Highest: Ontario (8,789); lowest: Alberta (1.0).OntarioOntario: 8,7898,789QuebecQuebec: 5,2715,271NunavutNunavut: 3,7453,745British ColumbiaBritish Columbia: 2,0122,012ManitobaManitoba: 521521AlbertaAlberta: 1.01.0
Gold ($ millions), 2025, preliminary, sorted high to low. 6 areas ranked by Gold ($ millions). Highest: Ontario (8,789); lowest: Alberta (1.0). Not shown (confidential or not reported): Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Saskatchewan, Yukon, Northwest Territories. Full data in the table below.Source: Natural Resources Canada.

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Canada20,801.34,6143,396.8confidential or not reported9,493.7confidential or not reportedconfidential or not reported2,575.51,694.5
Newfoundland and Labradorconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reported1,208.5confidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reported12.919.8
Prince Edward Islandconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reported
Nova Scotiaconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reported82.3
New Brunswickconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reported71.9
Quebec5,270.9236.6861.2confidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reported
Ontario8,788.91,007.91,130.5confidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reported791.9853.1
Manitoba520.7confidential or not reported196.6confidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reported
Saskatchewanconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reported9,493.7confidential or not reportedconfidential or not reported64.7confidential or not reported
Alberta1confidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reported665confidential or not reported
British Columbia2,012.13,001.2confidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reported530.1191.7
Yukonconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reported1.1confidential or not reported
Northwest Territoriesconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reported1,247.5confidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reported
Nunavut3,744.6confidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reportedconfidential or not reported

Source: Natural Resources Canada, Preliminary estimate of the mineral production of Canada, by province and territory, 2025 (Mineral Information System, Table G01). Reference period: 2025, preliminary.

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Source agency
Natural Resources Canada
Dataset
Preliminary estimate of the mineral production in Canada, 2025 (Mineral Information System, Table G01; data valid as of March 19, 2026)
Table
Gold, copper, potash and other minerals by province, Canada
Data last updated
2026-11-10
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https://quadranac.com/tables/ca-leading-minerals/

Gold, copper, potash and other minerals by province, Canada (Canada, 2025, preliminary). Data: Natural Resources Canada, Preliminary estimate of the mineral production in Canada, 2025 (Mineral Information System, Table G01; data valid as of March 19, 2026). Retrieved 2026-11-10 via Quadranac, https://quadranac.com/tables/ca-leading-minerals/