Energy Production Data from Statistics Canada

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There are plenty of data, for instance this one about total supply starting in 1985:

Table 126-0001 - Supply and disposition of crude oil and equivalent, monthly (Cubic metres),   Jan 1985 to Jan 2012

Data are in cubic meters per month so in order to get figures in US barrels you need to multiply by 6.289.

Canada supply (src: Statistics Canada)

Note that in this dataset, Total Supply includes crude oil production plus total crude oil imports. Crude oil production matches exactly the data available on the EIA website.

Crude oil production from Statistic Canada compared to the EIA data (red line).

If you want to get data for crude oil production prior to 1985, you can use the following table which has been terminated:

Table 126-0002 - Crude oil and equivalent supply and disposition, monthly  (Cubic metres)  *Terminated*,  Jan 1948 to Dec 1992

It is shown as a green line on the figure below.

Crude oil production from Statistic Canada (Table 126-0002 in green and 126-0001 in blue) compared to the EIA data and BP. 

Natural Gas Liquids numbers are listed in different time series, monthly data can be found in this one but with a 6 months lag:

Table   132-0001 -  Supply and demand for natural gas liquids and liquefied petroleum gases, monthly (cubic metres)