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Where does Canada get its natural gas? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Canada imported $1.6 billion of natural gas (3.2 million tonnes), 0.4% of the world total. The United States sold 87% of the total, followed by Trinidad and Tobago (7%) and Peru (6%). Canada was the world’s 29th-largest importer of natural gas.

Summary

Value
$1.6billion
Tonnes
3.2million tonnes
Share of world total
0.4%
World rank
29th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 9 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States1.4Tonnes: 2,773,636USD per tonne: $50086.8%Land
Trinidad and Tobago0.12Tonnes: 251,405USD per tonne: $4677.3%Sea
Peru0.09Tonnes: 203,745USD per tonne: $4635.9%Sea
Japan< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $205,8180%Air
China< 0.01Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $5050%Sea
United Kingdom< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $5040%Sea
Germany< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $5060%Sea
South Korea< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $1,4500%Sea
India< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $3410%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

The United States was its main source throughout the period

Value in USD billions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • United States 1.4
  • Trinidad and Tobago 0.12
  • Peru 0.09
  • Japan < 0.01
  • China < 0.01

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.031.4
Trinidad and Tobago00.12
Peru00.09
Japan0< 0.01
China0< 0.01

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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