Country profile
Canada
For Canada, Rare Context holds 3 assets and rights in 2 classes and figures on mine production and reserves. It is the largest producer of potash among the countries the USGS lists.
Assets and rights
Each class links to its page for Canada.
Mine production and reserves
29 commodities in the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries, the ones where Canada ranks highest first.
| Commodity | Mine production, 2025 | World rank | Reserves, 2025 | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potash, K2O equivalent | 15,000,000 t/year +4% | #1 of 12 | 1,100,000,000 t | #2 of 10 |
| Niobium (columbium), niobium content | 6,000 t/year −13% | #2 of 6 | 640,000 t | #3 of 5 |
| Peat | 2,000,000 t/year +14% | #2 of 12 | 720,000,000 t | #4 of 8 |
| Gemstones | 13,000,000 carats/year −2% | #2 of 12 | 110,000,000 carats | #5 of 7 |
| Talc and pyrophyllite, unspecified minerals | 150,000 t/year 0% | #2 of 2 | — | — |
| Palladium | 16 t/year −6% | #3 of 5 | — | — |
| Gold, gold content | 200 t/year 0% | #4 of 13 | 3,200 t | #5 of 13 |
| Nickel, nickel content | 140,000 t/year +12% | #4 of 9 | 2,200,000 t | #8 of 9 |
| Platinum | 5 t/year −12% | #4 of 5 | — | — |
| Wollastonite | 30,000 t/year +50% | #4 of 4 | — | — |
19 more commodities
| Commodity | Mine production, 2025 | World rank | Reserves, 2025 | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt | 13,000,000 t/year +23% | #5 of 23 | — | — |
| Mica (natural), scrap and flake | 14,000 t/year 0% | #6 of 10 | — | — |
| Titanium mineral concentrates, ilmenite | 360,000 t/year 0% | #7 of 11 | 50,000,000 t | #3 of 9 |
| Cobalt, cobalt content | 3,500 t/year +4% | #7 of 12 | 220,000 t | #7 of 12 |
| Iron ore, usable ore | 69,000,000 t/year −1% | #7 of 17 | — | — |
| Lithium, lithium content | 5,600 t/year +16% | #8 of 9 | 1,600,000 t | #6 of 10 |
| Iron ore, iron content | 41,000,000 t/year −2% | #8 of 17 | 2,300,000,000 t | #8 of 17 |
| Graphite (natural) | 8,000 t/year −32% | #8 of 18 | 5,900,000 t | #10 of 15 |
| Magnesium compounds, magnesium oxide (MgO) content | 230,000 t/year 0% | #9 of 12 | — | — |
| Molybdenum, molybdenum content | 2,200 t/year +43% | #10 of 15 | 64,000 t | #10 of 15 |
| Copper, copper content | 500,000 t/year −3% | #12 of 14 | 7,000,000 t | #13 of 14 |
| Silver, silver content | 400 t/year +9% | #13 of 14 | 4,900 t | #12 of 12 |
| Gypsum | 3,600,000 t/year 0% | #16 of 19 | 450,000,000 t | #5 of 9 |
| Sand and gravel (industrial) | 3,800,000 t/year 0% | #17 of 20 | — | — |
| Potash, recoverable ore | — | — | 4,500,000,000 t | #1 of 4 |
| Platinum-group metals, platinum-group-metal (PGM) content | — | — | 310 t | #5 of 5 |
| Iron ore, crude ore | — | — | 6,000,000,000 t | #7 of 17 |
| Antimony, antimony content | — | — | 78,000 t | #8 of 13 |
| Rare earths, rare-earth-oxide (REO) equivalent | — | — | 830,000 t | #10 of 11 |
World rank among the countries the USGS lists for each commodity, largest first. A percentage is the change on the year before.
Largest owners in Canada
By number of assets and rights they own, operate or hold here. Grid operators and users are not counted.
Data on this page
- Berkeley Offsets Database. Berkeley Offsets Database, CC BY 4.0.
- USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026. USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026, CC0 1.0.