Canada Critical Minerals Strategy
Canada's Critical Minerals Strategy, published in 2022 and updated in 2024, identifies 31 priority minerals critical to Canadian and allied industrial, defense and clean-energy requirements.
Canada Resource Benchmarks
Five Pillars of the Canadian Strategy
Responsible supply chain development
Increasing domestic production of critical minerals through responsible exploration and mining, with Indigenous consultation and environmental standards.
Domestic value chain
Developing domestic processing and manufacturing to capture more value before export, reducing dependence on foreign refiners and reducing export of raw ores.
Allied supply
Positioning Canada as a preferred supplier to allied nations through formal supply agreements, partnership frameworks and co-investment programs.
Recycling and recovery
Building domestic capacity to recover critical minerals from end-of-life products, reducing the demand for primary extraction over time.
Indigenous partnerships
Ensuring Indigenous communities are genuine partners in resource development, including equity ownership, employment and environmental governance.