Major Natural Resource Projects in Canada with Capital Thresholds and Locations

An annual inventory of major natural resource projects in Canada that are under construction or planned within the next 10 years. Natural Resources Canada publishes this snapshot, which includes project value, timing, and geographic location. Projects must meet specific capital worth thresholds, such as $50 million for energy and mining or $10 million for clean energy.

Use Cases

• Forecasting regional economic activity based on project value and timing information.
• Mapping infrastructure development based on the geographic location of projects.
• Analyzing sectoral investment trends based on project classification (e.g., extraction, processing, clean energy).
• Assessing project scale and eligibility based on the described capital worth thresholds.

Strengths

• Includes projects with defined capital thresholds: $50M for energy/mining, $20M for electricity/forestry, $10M for clean energy.
• Provides temporal context with projects planned within a 10-year horizon.
• Data is sourced from multiple authoritative databases, including federal, provincial, and territorial sources.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The disclaimer notes data is for illustrative purposes and accuracy/comprehensiveness is not guaranteed.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Natural Resources Canada

Collection Method

Compiled from federal, provincial, and territorial databases, publicly accessible websites, and other sources like CANOILS.

Time Range

Projects under construction or planned within the next 10 years.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 19:27:02.358683; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada