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Overview

The following commodity based data comes from the various royalty reporting systems. The systems are calendar year based meaning they are not directly comparable to the fiscal year revenue reported in the financial statements (annual reports) and the revenue summaries below.

Data reported (each fall) on this page is;

  • In the calendar year data, amendments filed by industry are reflected in the year they amend (subject to periodic industry amendments)
  • The royalty system data includes only actual invoice data (any discrepancy in the numbers reported is due to rounding)
  • These calendar year numbers are not reported on financial statements, they are unaudited

Fiscal revenue collected summaries

Alberta Resource Revenues: Historical (1970 to latest) and Budget  ($ Millions)
This unaudited data is presented by fiscal year, and each year includes any revisions made in relation to that specific year, even if such revisions were filed by industry subsequent to the end of a calendar year which is amended.

* Numbers updated in the spring of 2022 are bolded.
Resource Revenue ($ Millions) Other Revenue ($ Millions)
Natural Gas and By-product Royalty Bonuses and Sales of Crown Leases
2015/16  $493
2016/17  $520
2017/18  $645
2018/19  $536
2019/20  $371

2020/21  $465		 2015/16  $203
2016/17  $203
2017/18  $564
2018/19  $360
2019/20  $120

2020/21  $24
Conventional Oil Royalty Rentals and Fees
2015/16  $689
2016/17  $724
2017/18  $965
2018/19  $1,149
2019/20  $1,175

2020/21  $466		 2015/16  $167
2016/17  $148
2017/18  $153
2018/19  $160
2019/20  $169

2020/21  $118
Oil Sands Royalty Freehold Mineral Tax
2015/16  $1,223
2016/17  $1,483
2017/18  $2,643
2018/19  $3,214
2019/20  $4,089

2020/21  $2,066		 2015/16  $79
2016/17  $57
2017/18  $67
2018/19  $67
2019/20  $75

2020/21  $60
Coal Royalty  
2015/16  $14
2016/17  $26
2017/18  $12
2018/19  $10
2019/20  $13

2020/21  $12		  
Non Renewable Resource Revenue Special Royalty Features
(the Drilling Royalty Credit and
New Well Royalty Rate program)
2015/16  $2,789
2016/17  $3,105
2017/18  $4,980
2018/19  $5,429
2019/20  $5,937

2020/21  $3,091		 2015/16  $0
2016/17  $0
2017/18  $0
2018/19  $0
2019/20  $0

2020/21  $0

Historical documents are also available for 1947 to 1954 and a summary of that document with annual numbers from 1947 to 1974.

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Contact

To contact the technical team supporting industry for Alberta Oil and Natural Gas royalties:

Hours: 8:15 am to 4:30 pm (open Monday to Friday, closed statutory holidays)
Email: [email protected]

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