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Production volume of gold in Canada in 2022, by province (in kilograms)

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Release date

August 2023

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

2022

Special properties

mine production; all figures are preliminary estimates

Supplementary notes

*Data not available. Adapted from Statistics Canada, nrcan.gc.caf, 2022. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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Ontario was the largest producer of gold in Canada in 2022, having produced roughly * kilograms of gold that year.

Golden overview

Gold is a soft, dense, yellow colored, precious transition metal that has multiple uses. The first known gold mine was in Ancient Egypt in 1320-1200 before common era. Gold's most common use is for jewelry. Found in the crust of the earth, it is also used in the medical industry, to make filings, crowns, and bridges for teeth. Additionally, it can also be used for stomach cancer treatments, in which colloidal gold is injected into the peritoneum. Gold is also used in the space industry. This occurs when NASA uses gold in their circuitry as a connector and conductor in their space shuttles.

Gold in Canada

Globally, Canada is the fifth-largest producer of gold as of 2021. Within Canada, gold is the most valuable mined mineral. It is fitting that as the largest producer of gold based on volume, Ontario also had the highest gold production value of all the Canadian provinces. Quebec was the second largest gold producer in Canada, having produced a **** percent share of Canada’s gold in 2020. As of 2019, Canada’s gold reserves amounted to an estimated metric tons.