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Economy Overview

$1.518 trillion (2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 14 $1.494 trillion (2012 est.) $1.469 trillion (2011 est.) note: data are in 2013 US dollars

Agriculture Products

transportation equipment, chemicals, processed and unprocessed minerals, food products, wood and paper products, fish products, petroleum, natural gas

Industries

1.4% (2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 139

Industrial Production Growth Rate

19.08 million (2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 32

Labor Force

2%

Labor Force by Occupation

agriculture: 13%

manufacturing: 6%

construction: 76%

services: 3% (2006 est.)

other: 7.1% (2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 75 7.3% (2012 est.)

Unemployment Rate

9.4% note: this figure is the Low Income Cut-Off (LICO), a calculation that results in higher figures than found in many comparable economies, Canada does not have an official poverty line (2008)

Population Below Poverty Line

2.6%

Household Income or Consumption by Percentage Share

lowest 10%: 24.8% (2000)

highest 10%: 32.1 (2005) country comparison to the world: 105 31.5 (1994)

Distribution of Family Income Gini Index

$687.8 billion

Budget

revenues: $740.8 billion (2013 est.)

expenditures: 37.7% of GDP (2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 52

Public Debt

1 April - 31 March

Central Bank Discount Rate

3% (31 December 2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 169 3% (31 December 2012 est.)

Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate

$699.1 billion (31 December 2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 9 $648.8 billion (31 December 2012 est.)

Stock of Narrow Money

$1.539 trillion (31 December 2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 12 $1.488 trillion (31 December 2012 est.)

Stock of Broad Money

$3.126 trillion (31 December 2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 9 $3.091 trillion (31 December 2012 est.)

Stock of Domestic Credit

$2.016 trillion (31 December 2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 6 $1.907 trillion (31 December 2011) $2.16 trillion (31 December 2010 est.)

Market Value of Publicly Traded Shares

-$59.5 billion (2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 189 -$62.27 billion (2012 est.)

Reserves of Foreign Exchange and Gold

$1.331 trillion (31 December 2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 15 $1.191 trillion (31 December 2011)

Debt External

$1.038 trillion (31 December 2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 8 $992.2 billion (31 December 2012 est.)

Stock of Direct Foreign Investment at Home

$1.047 trillion (31 December 2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 9 $991.6 billion (31 December 2012 est.)

Stock of Direct Foreign Investment Abroad

Canadian dollars (CAD) per US dollar -1.03 (2013 est.) 0.9992 (2012 est.) 1.0302 (2010 est.) 1.1431 (2009) 1.0364 (2008)

Exchange Rates

618.9 billion kWh (2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 7
Year

GDP Official Exchange Rate

  • 1.6% 2013 est.

Taxes and Other Revenues

  • -2.9% of GDP (2013 est.)

Budget Surplus or Deficit

  • 86.3% of GDP (2013 est.)

Fiscal Year

  • 1% (2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 22 1.5% (2012 est.)

GDP Purchasing Power Parity

    $1.825 trillion (2013 est.)

GDP Real Growth Rate

    $43,100 (2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 19 $42,900 (2012 est.) $42,700 (2011 est.) note: data are in 2013 US dollars

GDP Per Capital

    21.5% of GDP (2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 72 21.2% of GDP (2012 est.) 21.1% of GDP (2011 est.)

Gross National Saving

    55.8%

GDP Composition by end Use

  • household consumption
    21.6%
  • government consumption
    24.6%
  • investment in fixed capital
    0.2%
  • investment in inventories
    30.1%
  • exports of goods and services
    -32.3%
  • imports of goods and services
    1.7%

GDP Composition by Sector of Origin

  • agriculture
    28.4%
  • industry
    69.9% (2013 est.)
  • services
    wheat, barley, oilseed,

Inflation Rate Consumer Prices

    1% (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 140 0.25% (31 December 2009 est.)

Current Account Balance

    $458.7 billion (2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 12 $462.9 billion (2012 est.)

Exports

    Motor vehicles and parts, industrial machinery, aircraft, telecommunications equipment, chemicals, plastics, fertilizers; wood pulp, timber, crude petroleum, natural gas, electricity, aluminum

Exports Partners

    $471 billion (2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 11 $474.9 billion (2012 est.)

Exports Commodities

  • US
    74.5%
  • China
    4.3%
  • UK
    4.1%

Imports

    Machinery and equipment, motor vehicles and parts, crude oil, chemicals, electricity, durable consumer goods

Imports Partners

    $68.55 billion (31 December 2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 31 $65.82 billion (31 December 2011 est.)

Imports Commodities

  • US
    50.6%
  • China
    11%
  • Mexico
    5.5%
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