Canada is an energy superpower and a stable, trusted and innovative partner.
We have the resources, technologies and expertise to support economic growth, energy security and the global transition to a lower-carbon future.
Canada’s advantages
Our strengths provide international partners with reliable supply, reduced risk and confidence in long-term access. We offer:
- A tax-competitive country with a welcoming regulatory environment for new business investments
- One of the world’s most educated and skilled workforces
- Fiscal strength that allows us to act decisively – expanding infrastructure, diversifying markets and investing across value chains
- A reliable producer and exporter with high environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards, clean power, innovative technologies and a commitment to collaboration
Securing markets for our natural resources
Diversifying our markets strengthens Canada’s economy and contributes to global energy and resource security. We are strengthening our relationships with countries world-wide through agreements, joint declarations and memoranda of understanding while building new partnerships through our participation in trade missions and major international events.
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Energy and natural resources opportunities
Critical minerals
Canada is a supplier of choice for partners seeking responsibly sourced critical minerals for electric vehicles, batteries, renewable energy systems, advanced manufacturing and defence technologies.
- Canada produces 22 of the 34 minerals on its natural critical minerals list and is scaling production and processing to support partners around the world as they diversify away from concentrated and higher-risk suppliers.
- With a stable regulatory environment, strong environmental and social standards, and access to low-emissions electricity, Canada produces critical minerals with a lower carbon footprint and reduced supply-chain risk.
- Canada is investing to build complete, resilient, end-to-end value chains – turning raw materials into battery-grade and technology-ready materials.
Fuels (oil, natural gas, biofuels)
With the world’s fourth-largest oil reserves, abundant natural gas, and growing biofuels, LPG and LNG sectors, Canada produces energy at scale while applying high environmental, safety and regulatory standards.
- Canada’s energy sector combines strong emissions performance, robust regulatory oversight and a highly skilled workforce, positioning it as a partner of choice and destination for investment in a changing global energy landscape.
- Canada’s energy supply also benefits from direct access to export corridors that do not transit via geopolitically sensitive or constrained routes.
- Canada is creating the conditions for long-term, reliable economic growth and partnerships by responsibly advancing resource development, expanding and optimizing pipeline capacity and deepening collaboration with provinces and Indigenous Peoples to diversify export markets and reduce bottlenecks.
Forest products
Canada offers renewable forest products, produced to high standards with a commitment to innovation, sustainability and long-term value.
- With nearly 9% of the world’s forests and the largest area of independently certified forests globally, Canada offers international investors confidence in our legally sourced, sustainable wood, pulp, paper and fibre products.
- Canada aims to maximize the value of the entire tree by turning residual fibre into renewable fuels, bio-materials and low-carbon alternatives that help partners meet climate and sustainability goals without sacrificing performance or reliability.
Nuclear energy
Canada’s nuclear sector delivers reliable, low-carbon energy backed by decades of experience and global trust.
- Canada is the world’s second-largest producer of uranium, with the largest high-grade deposits on the planet – giving us the capacity to fuel our own reactors while exporting nearly 90% of our production to global markets.
- Canada’s homegrown CANDU technology serves as the backbone of its nuclear fleet, with 26 CANDU reactors deployed globally to help our partners achieve energy security while avoiding over 30 million tonnes of CO2 annually.
- As the first country in the G7 to deploy next-generation small modular reactors, Canada is driving the future of nuclear innovation.
Bringing investment to our communities
By connecting to new markets, we are attracting investment that drives economic growth at home.
