My Saskatchewan

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Being born and raised in Saskatchewan all my life, some things are inherent to my lifestyle. A wheat field or mustard crop meets you on almost every highway – where yes you can see for days because it’s so flat! Seeding happens in the summer (rain, please!) and harvest happens like clockwork each fall (no rain, thank you!) We have beautiful sunsets and Saskatchewan truly is the land of living skies! Farmers are our heroes and we’re proud of our industries in Western Canada.

Canada’s Oil Sands have three deposits in Canada: The Athabasca, Peace River, and Cold Lake areas in Alberta and Saskatchewan so it’s an industry that is truly front of mind where I live. Canada has the third largest oil reserves in the world with 97% of those reserves in the Oil Sands- 168 billion barrels with the potential of over 100 years of production! Already a source of thousands of jobs in Western Canada, over the next 25 years Canada’s Oil Sands have the potential to create another 800,000 jobs for my fellow Prairie neighbors (and those who choose to move here for that employment!)

In terms of jobs and growth, the Oil Sands will always be needed because petroleum products are an integral part of modern society. We rely on petroleum gas every single day (here on the Prairies getting most places on foot or bicycle is certainly not the same as living in a metropolis like Toronto) and of course on the Prairies we rely on crude oil for our gas furnaces to keep us warm when winters dip to extreme -50 wind chills (but honestly, anything below -20 all feels the same to me!)

Countless other products are made from crude oil including clothing, cosmetics, building materials and plastics, to name just a few. It’s an industry we’re extremely proud of here in Western Canada and crude oil is something that is as much a part of our daily lives here in Saskatchewan as those wheat fields and endless views.

For more information about the Oil Sands industry visit oilsandstoday.ca

This post was brought to you by the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers via sheblogs. The opinions expressed herein are those of the author and are not indicative of the opinions or positions of CAPP.