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Important dates
The following documents provide information about the public-offering schedule.
Sales schedule
Every 2 years, a 2-year schedule is produced for each posting request acceptance period.
The schedule includes corresponding public offering notice publication and sale dates for:
- Crown oil sands rights
- rights for petroleum and natural gas
The schedule is initially distributed as an attachment to an Information Letter.
Read the 2024-2025 sales schedule:
Sales calendar
The same information is also available in an annual wall calendar. It shows public offering sale dates for Crown oil sands rights, petroleum and natural gas rights.
View the 2024 calendar:
Public offering statistics
We provide statistics about public offerings in various formats.
Public offering of Crown oil sands rights : average price/HA - Athabasca, Cold Lake and Peace River area, (1998- 2023) is the open record with statistics for each public offering from 1998 to the present. XLS documents can be found under the related tab.
Fiscal-year summary
Here is an annual summary of oil sands public offerings (leases and permits) by fiscal year (April to March).
| Year | Bonus Received | Hectares Sold | Avg.$/ha |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | $112,744,635.97 | 106,472.119 | $1,058.91 |
| 2022/23 | $70,496,559.55 | 100,585.310 | $700.86 |
| 2021/22 | $63,721,336.97 | 59,256.780 | $1,075.34 |
| 2020/21 | $2,866,252.14 | 32,192.000 | $89.04 |
| 2019/20 | $10,951,752.46 | 98,567.600 | $111.11 |
| 2018/19 | $3,905,363.16 | 34,325.680 | $113.77 |
| 2017/18 | $52,152,723.94 | 222,791.986 | $234.09 |
| 2016/17 | $13,273,744.93 | 55,458.49 | $239.35 |
| 2015/16 | $1,688,367.99 | 39,909.48 | $42.30 |
| 2014/15 | $24,094,431.58 | 45,695.20 | $527.29 |
| 2013/14 | $25,101,567.24 | 96,160.00 | $261.04 |
| 2012/13 | $13,723,641.34 | 90,385.16 | $151.84 |
| 2011/12 | $78,298,413.54 | 309,090.79 | $253.32 |
| 2010/11 | $54,927,475.58 | 365,969.60 | $150.09 |
Additional years
Calendar-year summary
Here is an annual summary of oil sands public offerings (leases and permits) by calendar year.
| Year | Bonus Received | Hectares Sold | Avg.$/ha |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $64,277,435.17 | 80,829.319 | $795.22 |
| 2022 | $125,627,317.50 | 134,535.640 | $933.78 |
| 2021 | $5,385,239.48 | 39,706.450 | $165.63 |
| 2020 | $147,420.16 | 3,712.000 | $39.71 |
| 2019 | $12,272,234.55 | 113,728.760 | $120.67 |
| 2018 | $6,351,270.80 | 25,297.65 | $251.16 |
| 2017 | $51,788,069.98 | 230,086.46 | $225.08 |
| 2016 | $11,779,836.36 | 44,152.89 | $266.80 |
| 2015 | $22,912,974.71 | 61,477.48 | $372.71 |
| 2014 | $4,663,614.30 | 31,039.20 | $150.25 |
| 2013 | $28,195,948.34 | 146,814.32 | $192.05 |
| 2012 | $10,707,641.68 | 78,578.84 | $136.27 |
| 2011 | $104,684,641.78 | 497,378.79 | $210.47 |
| 2010 | $26,768,573.42 | 130,321.60 | $205.40 |
Additional years
Contact
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