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USD 106.62 billion (2021)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved January 2022
USD 2,015.98 billion (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021
USD 2,027.37 billion (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021
2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020* | 2021* |
3.0% | 2.4% | 1.9% | -5.3% | 5.7%* |
*Estimate
USD 52,791.23 (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021
USD 53,089.46 (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021
1.40% (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021
(2017 estimate)
1.7% (2020)
2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021* |
6.4% | 5.9% | 5.7% | 9.6%* | 7.7%* |
2016 | 2017 | 2019 | 2020* | 2021* |
88.8% | 88.8% | 86.8% | 117.5% | 109.9% |
*Estimate
2016 | 2017 | 2019 | 2020* | 2021* |
0.1% | 0.3% | 0.6% | –10.6% | –7.1% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: AAA
Moody's: Aaa
Standard & Poor's / Moody's
(January 2022)
USD 2,641 billion (2020)
World Bank
Cenovus Energy, Thomson Reuters, Intact Financial, Onex, Restaurant Brands International, Barrick Gold, Encana, Saputo, Industrial Alliance Insurance, Waste Connections, Valeant Pharmaceuticals, Bombardier, Metro, Emera, Hydro One, Canadian Tire, Lululemon Athletica, Air Canada, First Quantum Minerals, Empire, Shopify, Advanz Pharma, Constellation Software, Canadian Utilities, Laurentian Bank, Goldcorp, Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust, Power Corp of Canada, Magna International, National Bank of Canada, Rogers Communications, Teck Resources, TELUS, Husky Energy, Nutrien, George Weston, Fairfax Financial, Fortis (Canada), Canadian Pacific Railway, Pembina Pipeline, CGI Group, RBC, TD Bank Group, Bank of Nova Scotia, Brookfield Asset Management, Bank of Montreal, Manulife, Enbridge, Canadian Imperial Bank, Suncor Energy, Sun Life Financial, BCE, Canadian Natural Resources, TransCanada, Couche Tard, Canadian National Railway
USD 10.6 billion (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021
0.52% (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021
29.4% (2020)
World Bank - World Development Indicators (updated Feb 2022)
2.2% (2020)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
1.8% (2020)
Motor vehicles and parts, industrial machinery, aircraft, telecommunications equipment; chemicals, plastics, fertilizers; wood pulp, timber, crude petroleum, natural gas, electricity, aluminum
Cars and vehicle parts, delivery trucks, crude petroleum, refined petroleum (2019)
US 57%, China 11%, Mexico 5% (2019)
2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
USD 38.2 million | USD 47.8 million | USD 23.8 million |
2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
USD 57.4 million | USD 78.9 million | USD 48.7 million |
2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
USD 72.7 billion | USD 63.1 billion | USD 48.2 billion | USD 27.4 billion |
Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking:
23 out of 190 countries
Subcategories:
Starting a Business: 3 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 64 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 124 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 36 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 15 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 7 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 19 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 51 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 100 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 13 out of 190 countries
14 out of 141 countries
(2019)
Ranking: 15 / Score: 76.6 (Mostly Free)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Federal parliamentary democracy (Parliament of Canada) under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm; federal and state authorities and responsibilities regulated in constitution
English (official) 58.7%, French (official) 22%, Punjabi 1.4%, Italian 1.3%, Spanish 1.3%, German 1.3%, Cantonese 1.2%, Tagalog 1.2%, Arabic 1.1%, other 10.5% (2011 est.)
Catholic 39% (includes Roman Catholic 38.8%, other Catholic .2%), Protestant 20.3% (includes United Church 6.1%, Anglican 5%, Baptist 1.9%, Lutheran 1.5%, Pentecostal 1.5%, Presbyterian 1.4%, other Protestant 2.9%), Orthodox 1.6%, other Christian 6.3%, Mu
1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020* |
27.63 million | 30.65 million | 33.96 million | 35.68 million | 37.81 million* |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2018 |
69.1% | 75.7% | 79.5% | 81.4% |
0.5% (last available estimate, 2013)
34 (last available estimate, 2013)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Free
Political Rights: 1
Civil Liberties: 1 (2019)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed: 37.5%
Mobile: 89.2%
(2018)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)
Vancouver: 112th
Toronto: 115th
Montréal: 139th
Calgary: 153rd
Ottawa: 161st
(2019)