The Shocking Truth about Alberta and Saskatchewan

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 --- Updated 2022 international export numbers appear below this video 

UPDATE: 2022 International EXPORTS

             highest - lowest

    (rounded to nearest billion)

Ontario .................. $226 Billion

Alberta ................... $205 Billion

Quebec .................. $111 Billion

British Columbia . $ 65 Billion

Saskatchewan ..... $ 53 Billion

Manitoba .............. $ 21 Billion

New Brunswick ... $ 19 Billion

Newfoundland+L $ 16 Billion

Nova Scotia .......... $ 7 Billion

PEI ........................ $ 2 Billion

NWT .................... $  2 Billion

Yukon .................. $   200 million

Nunavut ............... $  1 Billion

SOURCE: 

Statistics Canada. Table 12-10-0119-01  International merchandise trade by province, commodity, and Principal Trading Partners (x 1,000)

 https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1210011901

Note:  To arrive at the "annual totals" for each province you must select each province and the date range (January 20222 - December 2022).  Then add the months together remembering that the totals are multiplied by 1000.

Our Sources:
History
The following book (in the introduction) outlines how the Canadian Federal Government chose to create both Saskatchewan and Alberta:
Rennie, Bradford.  Alberta Premiers of the Twentieth Century


Area
For total areas (not just land area) of provinces in Canada:
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/11-402-x/2010000/chap/geo/tbl/tbl07-eng.htm
For total areas of other nations:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2147rank.html

Population
For provinces in Canada:
2016 Census Totals (including federal parliament representation per province):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_provinces_and_territories_by_population
The most recent 2019  Estimates:
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1710000901
Alberta Quarterly Population Report - Second Quarter of 2019 -- Produced by Alberta Government
https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/aa3bce64-c5e6-4451-a4ac-cb2c58cb9d6b/resource/ae2c77eb-3ce0-4f70-90a3-6a2329f49355/download/2019-q2-population-report.pdf
For nations in the world:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population_(United_Nations)


International Exports
For provinces in Canada:
Statistics Canada.  Internationalmerchandise trade by province, commodity, and Principal Trading Partners (x1,000).  Please note that there is no direct link to each province.  You will have to enter the search parameters for each province and then add all of the months of 2018 together.  https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1210011901
For nations in the world:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2078rank.html