| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $958.7 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
1.7% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $29,800 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 2.2%
industry: 29.2%
services: 68.6% (2003 est.) |
| Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : |
lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 23.8% (1994) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
2.8% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
17.04 million (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 3%, manufacturing 15%, construction 5%, services 74%, other 3% (2000) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $348.2 billion
expenditures: $342.7 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.) |
| Industries : |
transportation equipment, chemicals, processed and unprocessed minerals, food products; wood and paper products; fish products, petroleum and natural gas |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
0.2% (2003 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
566.3 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 28%
hydro: 57.9%
nuclear: 12.9%
other: 1.3% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
504.4 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Exports : |
38.4 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Imports : |
16.11 billion kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
wheat, barley, oilseed, tobacco, fruits, vegetables; dairy products; forest products; fish |
| Exports : |
$279.3 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
motor vehicles and parts, industrial machinery, aircraft, telecommunications equipment; chemicals, plastics, fertilizers; wood pulp, timber, crude petroleum, natural gas, electricity, aluminum |
| Exports - Partners : |
US 86.6%, Japan 2.1%, UK 1.4% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$240.4 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
machinery and equipment, motor vehicles and parts, crude oil, chemicals, electricity, durable consumer goods |
| Imports - Partners : |
US 60.6%, China 5.6%, Japan 4.1% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$1.9 billion (2000) |
| Economic Aid - Donor : |
ODA, $1.3 billion (1999) |
| Currency : |
Canadian dollar (CAD) |
| Currency Code : |
CAD |
| Exchange Rates : |
Canadian dollars per US dollar - 1.4011 (2003), 1.5693 (2002), 1.5488 (2001), 1.4851 (2000), 1.4857 (1999) |
| Fiscal Year : |
1 April - 31 March |
