Research
Quantifying Canada’s clean energy economy
May, 2019
Summary
Clean Energy Canada engaged Navius Research to estimate the size of the clean energy economy in Canada. Navius worked with Clean Energy Canada to come up with workable definitions for what constitutes the clean energy economy and then quantified its contribution to Canadian GDP, investment and employment. This project is intended to help Clean Energy Canada promote a broader dialogue about the benefits of expanding the clean energy economy, a sector which is often under-defined in national statistics.
Highlights:
- An average of $30.8 billion was invested annually in the clean energy economy between 2010 and 2017.
- The clean energy economy generated $56.3 billion of GDP and employed 298,000 workers in 2017.
- These estimates suggest that the clean energy economy represents 3% of Canada’s total GDP and 2% of jobs.
- The clean energy economy is growing more quickly than the overall economy.
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This study was commissioned and funded by Clean Energy Canada.
To learn more about this research, please contact Noel Melton.
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