Canada
net exporterAnswer
Canada exports about 3.7 million barrels of crude a day. The largest buyers are USA (100%).
Data: 2025 annual averages
Key figures
- Crude oil exports, barrels per day
- 3.7 million
- Largest buyer
- USA · 100%
Where does Canada's oil go?
| Buyer | share | thousand b/d |
|---|---|---|
| USA | 100% | 4,549 |
UN Comtrade, JODI-Oil · 2025
Which chokepoints does Canada's oil pass through?
Canada's oil moves mostly by pipeline and does not pass through any of the major maritime chokepoints.
UN Comtrade · 2025
How much crude oil does Canada export?
Produces 4.2 million barrels a day. Uses 38% at home and sells 3.7 million (62%) abroad – 2 supertankers a day.
JODI-Oil · 2025
Canada: how did the 2026 oil crisis affect supplies and prices?
- February 28, 2026Iran closes the Strait of HormuzCanada: supplies keep flowing – yet the price still rises, because oil has one world priceWikipedia: 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
- March 11, 2026IEA countries release 400 million barrels from emergency stocksIEA, 11 Mar 2026
- September 11, 2026Drones hit Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline – the main route around HormuzCNBC, 14 Sept 2026
- September 28, 2026The East-West pipeline runs again, at lower capacitywnp.pl, 28 Sept 2026
Effect on supplies: model of oil routes (2025 flows), stranded = no sea route left on that day.
Main terminal: Hardisty (pipelines)
Sources
- UN Comtrade – crude oil imports by country of origin (HS 2709), as reported by the importing country · 2025
- JODI-Oil – national crude oil production, imports and exports · 2025
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CSV and JSON, CC BY 4.0 – credit “chokepoints.io” with a link. Volumes in thousand barrels per day, 2025 annual averages.
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