Table 4
Energy indicators

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  2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Primary energy availability (terajoules) 11,478,526 11,527,500 11,307,113 11,176,879 11,654,755 ..
Primary and secondary energy exports (terajoules) 9,444,883 9,810,695 9,641,137 9,833,549 10,246,727 ..
Primary and secondary energy residential consumption (terajoules) 1,338,166 1,313,015 1,296,644 1,243,425 1,344,404 ..
Established reserve, crude bitumen (closing stock,1 million cubic metres) 1,720 1,660 1,620 3,340 3,500 ..
Established reserve, crude oil (closing stock,1 million cubic metres) 590.0 603.8 752.3 712.6 .. ..
Established reserve, natural gas (closing stock,1 billion cubic metres) 1,469.5 1,497.5 1,553.7 1,577.7 .. ..
Recoverable reserves, coal (closing stock,1 million tonnes) 4,423.1 4,404.2 4,315.6 4,468.8 4,395.1 ..
Recoverable reserves, uranium (closing stock,1 tonnes) 429,000 444,000 431,000 423,400 .. ..
Total electricity generation (megawatt hours) 564,218,465 571,291,905 597,810,875 585,097,531 603,572,420 603,059,380
Hydro-electric generation (percent of total) 59.0 58.7 60.1 60.0 60.6 61.8
Nuclear generation (percent of total) 12.5 14.9 14.5 15.8 14.6 14.7
Generation from fossil fuel and other fuel combustion (percent of total) 28.5 26.4 25.4 24.2 24.8 23.5
1. The size of the reserve at year-end.
Source(s): Statistics Canada, CANSIM tables 128-0009, 153-0012, 153-0013, 153-0014, 153-0017, 153-0018, 153-0019 and 127-0001, accessed May 13, 2009.
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