Canada’s chemical industry sold a record $72.7 billion of product last year amid recovery from COVID-19 and strong consumer demand, according to the Chemistry Industry Association of Canada (CIAC).
Natural gas is a key input to the chemistry sector, the broad term that refers to manufacturing a myriad of products used in everyday items from plastics to agriculture and pharmaceuticals.
“Chemistry products go into 95 per cent of finished goods. It’s an important sector,” says CIAC president Bob Masterson. “It’s a sector that can grow as long as we fancy improving our lives and building a better world for tomorrow.”