Canada: mineral exploration expenditures 2010-2023

In 2023, the spending intentions for mineral exploration expenditures in Canada were 2.5 billion Canadian dollars. Similarly, the total Canadian mineral exploration spending in 2022 amounted to an estimated 2.7 billion Canadian dollars. Canada's mining industry is an important part of the nation's economy.

Total mineral exploration expenditures in Canada from 2010 to 2023 (in billion Canadian dollars)

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Release date

June 2023

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

2010 to 2022

Supplementary notes

Notes: includes on-mine-site plus off-mine-site activities. Includes field work, overhead, engineering, economic and pre- or production feasibility studies, environmental and land access expenditures.
* Preliminary estimated spending.
** Spending intentions. The distribution of spending intentions by commodity group is estimated using preliminary estimates data and publicly available information.
This statistic was assembled using several editions of the report. Adapted from Statistics Canada, nrcan.gc.ca, 2010 to 2022. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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