2023–24 Annual Report of the Canada Energy Regulator – What the CER regulates: Energy in Canada
The CER works to keep energy moving in Canada while enforcing some of the strictest safety and environmental standards in the world.
In 2022, the direct energy sector made up 9.4 percent, or $245 billion, of Canada’s Gross Domestic Product.Footnote 1 The sector directly employed nearly 290,000 jobs in Canada, and its share of total employment, including indirect jobs, was estimated at 3.5 percent (or 696,100 jobs). The sector is estimated to directly employ nearly 16,000 Indigenous People. In that same year, energy exports represented 33 percent of Canada’s goods exports, valued at $240.5 billion.
The CER regulates over 71,000 kilometres (km) of pipeline in Canada.Footnote 2 If a pipeline system crosses provincial or international boundaries, it is regulated by the CER. If a pipeline system is contained within a province, it is generally under the jurisdiction of a provincial regulator.
The CER also regulates 86 operating international power lines that total 1,546 km in length, many of which transport power generated from renewable sources.
Additionally, the CER regulates pipeline tolls and tariffs, energy exports, oil and gas exploration and drilling, and offshore renewable energy in certain northern and offshore areas of Canada.
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