In 2023, Canada boasted approximately 103 advanced mining projects for critical minerals, distributed across its provinces and territories, with the exception of Prince Edward Island. The government of Canada has established a list of 31 minerals that are deemed critical minerals, and as of present, Canada is able to produce only 21 of these minerals domestically.
Estimated number of critical mineral projects and infrastructure in Canada in 2023, by type
the total number of projects is estimated based on a map provided by the source
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Alberta: advanced projects and smelters or refineries for lithium, nickel, cobalt, and titanium.
British Columbia: advanced projects, smelters or refineries, and mines for molybdenum, niobium, aluminum, copper, zinc, bismuth, indium, and germanium.
Manitoba: advanced projects and mines for nickel, copper, and cobalt.
New Brunswick: advanced projects for tin, tungsten, indium, and gallium.
Newfoundland and Labrador: advanced projects, mines, and smelters or refineries for rare earth elements, nickel, cobalt, antimony, and fluorspar.
Northwest Territories: advanced projects for rare earth elements, cobalt, bismuth, and copper.
Nova Scotia: advanced projects for tin, tungsten, indium, and gallium.
Nunavut: advanced projects for zinc, copper, nickel, cobalt, and platinum group elements.
Ontario: advanced projects, mines, and smelters or refineries for chromium, graphite, nickel, cobalt, and platinum group elements.
Quebec: advanced projects, mines, and smelters or refineries for lithium, magnesium, rare earth elements, graphite, titanium, nickel, cobalt, platinum group metals, vanadium, niobium, and aluminum.
Saskatchewan: advanced projects, mines, and smelters or refineries for uranium, potash, and helium.
Yukon: advanced projects for copper and tungsten.
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