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The royalty revenue data below is on a fiscal year basis (April 1 to March 31) as reported in the department’s corporate documents.
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;
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.
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 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 |
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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 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Historical documents are also available for 1947 to 1954 and a summary of that document with annual numbers from 1947 to 1974.
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