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Overview
The following commodity based data comes from the various royalty reporting systems. Those 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 on this page is;
- In the calendar year data, amendments filed by industry are reflected in the year they amend (this is subject to periodic industry amendments).
- This royalty systems 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.
- Reported each fall.
Fiscal revenue collected summaries
Alberta Resource Revenues: Historical (1970 to latest) and Budget ($ Millions)
This unaudited data is presented by calendar year, and each calendar 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 fall of 2020 are bolded.
Resource Revenue ($ Millions) | Other Revenue ($ Millions) |
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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 |
2015/16 $203 2016/17 $203 2017/18 $564 2018/19 $360 2019/20 $120 |
Conventional Oil Royalty | Rentals and Fees |
2015/16 $689 2016/17 $724 2017/18 $965 2018/19 $1,149 2019/20 $1,175 |
2015/16 $167 2016/17 $148 2017/18 $153 2018/19 $160 2019/20 $169 |
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 |
2015/16 $79 2016/17 $57 2017/18 $67 2018/19 $67 2019/20 $75 |
Coal Royalty | |
2015/16 $14 2016/17 $26 2017/18 $12 2018/19 $10 2019/20 $13 |
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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 |
2015/16 $0 2016/17 $0 2017/18 $0 2018/19 $0 2019/20 $0 |
Historical documents are also available for 1947 to 1954 and a summary of that document with annual numbers from 1960 to 1974.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]