Canada Metal Reserves
USGS reports 16 commodities with a reserve or production figure for Canada, led by Lithium at 22.86% of the reported global reserve. See Canada's price profile for live metal prices.
USGS assesses roughly 90 mineral commodities worldwide each year, but only compiles a country-level reserve or production breakdown for a given commodity where the underlying data supports one — the table below is every commodity that condition is met for in Canada. Each row pairs the reserve quantity with its share of the reported global total and last year's production, so it's possible to see at a glance which commodities this country is significant in and which it merely reports a smaller figure for.
Global Reserve Share by Commodity
Canada's Reported Commodities
| Commodity | Category | Reserve | Global Reserve Share | 2025 Production | Global Production Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antimony | Strategic | 78,000 metric tons (antimony content) | Not calculated | Not reported | Not calculated |
| Bauxite and Alumina | Base | Not reported | Not calculated | Not reported | Not calculated |
| Cadmium | Strategic | 0 metric tons | 0.00% | 1,300 metric tons | 5.70% |
| Cobalt | Battery | 220,000 metric tons (cobalt content) | 11.00% | 3,500 metric tons (cobalt content) | 1.13% |
| Copper | Base | 7,000 thousand metric tons, copper content | 0.71% | 320 thousand metric tons, copper content | 1.10% |
| Gold | Precious | 3,200 metric tons (gold content) | 4.85% | 200 metric tons (gold content) | 6.06% |
| Iron Ore | Base | 2,300 million metric tons, iron content | 2.64% | 69,000 thousand metric tons, usable ore | 2.65% |
| Lithium | Battery | 1,600,000 metric tons (lithium content) | 22.86% | 5,600 metric tons (lithium content) | 1.93% |
| Molybdenum | Base | 64 metric tons (molybdenum content) | 0.38% | 2,200 metric tons (molybdenum content) | 0.85% |
| Nickel | Base | 2,200,000 metric tons (nickel content) | Not calculated | 140,000 metric tons (nickel content) | 3.59% |
| Niobium | Strategic | 640,000 metric tons (niobium content) | Not calculated | 6,000 metric tons (niobium content) | 5.36% |
| Palladium | Precious | 310,000 kg PGM content | Not calculated | 16,000 kg palladium | 8.42% |
| Platinum | Precious | 310,000 kg PGM content | Not calculated | 5,000 kg platinum | 2.94% |
| Rare Earths | Rare-earth | 830,000 metric tons (rare-earth-oxide (REO) equi | Not calculated | Not reported | Not calculated |
| Silver | Precious | 4,900 metric tons (silver content) | 0.80% | 400 metric tons (silver content) | 1.54% |
| Titanium Mineral Concentrates | Strategic | 50,000 thousand metric tons, TiO2 content | Not calculated | 360 thousand metric tons, TiO2 content | 3.83% |
