Table 4
Energy indicators

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  2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Primary energy availability (terajoules) 10,950,393 11,163,501 11,478,526 11,527,500 11,310,201 ..
Primary and secondary energy exports (terajoules) 9,305,984 9,491,341 9,444,883 9,810,695 9,641,137 ..
Primary and secondary energy residential consumption (terajoules) 1,239,970 1,286,677 1,338,166 1,313,015 1,296,130 ..
Established reserve, crude bitumen (closing stock,1 million cubic metres) 1,830 1,840 1,720 1,660 1,620 ..
Established reserve, crude oil (closing stock,1 million cubic metres) 644.7 606.1 590.0 603.8 752.3 ..
Established reserve, natural gas (closing stock,1 billion cubic metres) 1,590.8 1,569.7 1,504.1 1,532.2 1,621.2 ..
Recoverable reserves, coal (closing stock,1 million tonnes) 4,555.4 4,485.3 4,423.1 4,357.2 .. ..
Recoverable reserves, uranium (closing stock,1 tonnes) 452,000 439,000 429,000 444,000 .. ..
Total electricity generation (megawatt hours) 565,757,322 578,728,900 564,218,465 571,291,905 597,248,219 585,014,239
Hydro-electric generation (percent of total) 58.0 59.8 59.0 58.7 60.0 60.0
Nuclear generation (percent of total) 12.8 12.3 12.5 14.9 14.5 15.8
Generation from fossil fuel and other fuel combustion (percent of total) 29.2 27.9 28.5 26.4 25.4 24.2
Private sector research and development expenditures in alternative energy (million constant 1997 dollars) 228 196 204 .. .. ..
1. The size of the reserve at year-end.
Data sources: Statistics Canada, n.d. (no date), CANSIM tables 128-0002, 128-0009, 153-0012, 153-0013, 153-0014, 153-0017, 153-0018, 153-0019 and 127-0001.
Chiru, Radu, 2006, "Research and Development for New Energy Technologies in the Private Sector, Analysis in Brief, Catalogue no. 11-621-MIE2006050, Ottawa.