According to Statistics Canada, the energy sector contributed almost one-tenth to Canada’s nominal gross domestic product in the first half of 2019. During that time, the energy sector directly employed over a quarter of a million people and indirectly supported many jobs in other sectors of the economy. In October, energy production in Canada declined in several sectors compared to the same month in 2018. Taking the biggest hit was coal production, down 9.3 per cent. Production of Crude oil and equivalent product was off 1.7 per cent, the second monthly year-over-year decrease in three months. Alberta accounts for about 79 per cent of total Canadian production. Saskatchewan has about 10 per cent of total production. In terms of electrical generation, Alberta at 6.3 million Mega-Watt hours and Saskatchewan at 1.8 million generated the most electricity from combustible fuels in October.