THe Canadian Catalyst Initiative

Building the Canada That Should Already Exist

A national framework

to unite infrastructure,

digital power,

Arctic sovereignty,

And..

economic purpose.

Flowchart illustrating the Canadian Catalyst Initiative, starting with Northern Spine infrastructure, followed by submarine deployment, data layer, and civic tools.
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Geography

  • World’s 2nd-largest country by total area (≈9.98 million km²)

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population

  • Population density: just 4.2 people/km²—one of the lowest globally, with ~95% of Canadians living within 150 km of the U.S. border

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Critical Minerals

  • Among the world’s top rare earths reserves (over 15.2 million tonnes of rare earth oxide)

  • 830,000 tonnes rare earth elements ranking in the global top 8

  • 3rd-largest uranium reserves globally, powering French and other clean-energy grids

  • A major global supplier of strategic minerals: potash (#1), niobium (#2), platinum (#4), gold (#5), nickel (#5), iron ore (#8), cobalt (#7), lithium (#8), titanium (#4)

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Energy & oil

  • 82% of Canada’s electricity comes from non-emitting sources (hydro, nuclear, wind, solar)

  • Canada ranks in the top 10 globally for clean energy production

  • 4th-largest proven oil reserves globally (~163 billion barrels of oil equivalent, Q1 2024)

  • 5th-largest producer of natural gas (190 billion m³/year)

  • Home to Athabasca oil sands, which supply 13 % of global oil reserves

Canada is a

globally vast and

underpopulated

nation with:

  • Massive oil, gas, uranium, and rare earth reserves

  • World-leading positions in key minerals

  • A strong but underleveraged economy and geography