The core of Canada's energy industry has traditionally been defined as the production of petroleum, natural gas, hydroelectricity, coal and uranium, all of which are part of Canada's resource endowment.

 

There are also newer, and increasingly more important components of our energy industry - energy efficient alternative fuels and renewable energy, such as solar, wind, biomass and "small" hydro projects. Canada's energy industry also encompasses a wide variety of other activities, such as the transformation, transportation, distribution and refinement of energy products.

 

These activities include petroleum refining, petroleum and natural gas pipelines, retail gas service stations, the transmission and distribution of electricity, and the thermal production of electricity from various types of fossil fuels.