Canada is a country of enormous natural resources. It is the world's largest exporter of forest products and a top exporter of fish, furs and wheat. Minerals have played a key role in Canada's transformation into an urbanûindustrial economy. Alberta, British Columbia, QuΘbec and Saskatchewan are the principal mining regions. Ontario and the Northwest (NWT) and Yukon Territories are also significant producers. Canada is the world's largest producer of zinc and uranium; the second largest of nickel, asbestos, potash and gypsum. Oil and gas are exploited in Alberta, off the Atlantic coast and in the NWT û huge additional reserves are thought to exist in the high Arctic. Most exports go to the USA. Canada is also one of the world's top hydroelectricity producers.
