Mineral Production of Canada - '000s Tonnes per Year

Shipments of gypsum, stone and sand and gravel to Canadian cement, lime and clay plants are not included in this table.

Stone Quarry Production
'000s Metric Tonnes per Year

	NWT	Yuk	BC	Alta	Sask	Man	Ont
1999	255	-	6,156	488	-	4,547	49,602
1998	336	-	6,321	633	-	4,992	50,689
1997	243	-	6,266	591	-	4,249	44,839
1996	203	-	6,050	549	-	3,298	39,620
1995	649	-	7,204	466	-	3,551	41,683

	Que	NB	NS	PEI	NFLD	Canada
1999	29,791	3,667	7,005	-	2,516	104,026	tonnes
1998	32,220	3,500	7,628	-	2,606	108,924	tonnes
1997	29,043	3,934	7,764	-	2,336	99,265	tonnes
1996	30,008	4,691	6,260	-	1,652	92,331	tonnes
1995	32,803	3,892	7,233	-	1,097	98,578	tonnes

Shipments of gypsum, stone and sand and gravel to Canadian cement, lime and clay plants are not included in this table.

Sand and Gravel Production
'000s Metric Tonnes per Year

	NWT	Yuk	BC	Alta	Sask	Man	Ont
1999	458	621	33,558	40,171	12,320	9,627	86,705
1998	419	690	31,908	43,998	12,032	10,135	88,186
1997	1,553	914	32,999	36,607	10,750	10,798	90,515
1996	1,657	1,309	35,674	30,141	9,279	8,803	86,571
1995	3,960	1,120	39,024	31,207	8,313	11,179	90,747

	Que	NB	NS	PEI	NFLD	Canada
1999	23,940	4,661	2,409	260	3,728	218,458	tonnes
1998	27,319	4,336	2,400	199	3,714	225,338	tonnes
1997	31,274	4,183	3,236	240	2,426	225,495	tonnes
1996	29,537	4,288	4,245	316	2,010	213,831	tonnes
1995	29,109	5,374	3,436	341	2,181	225,992	tonnes

 

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