Focus on Canada and the United States: Gross domestic product

Data and insights on economic activity in Canada and how it relates to the United States.

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Gross domestic product, income and expenditure, fourth quarter 2024

This release highlights the extent to which household spending in Canada is dependent on imports from the United States.

Gross domestic product by industry, January 2025

This release highlights the exposure of steel and aluminum producers in Canada to the U.S. market.

Gross domestic product by industry, December 2024

This release highlights the extent to which the intermediate inputs used by Canadian industries come from the United States.

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2025-03-28

Gross domestic product by industry, January 2025

The Daily

The manufacturing sector continued to be among the sectors with the highest exposure to the US market in 2023, relying on demand from the United States for 42% of its output. Primary metal manufacturing was one of the manufacturing subsectors that relied the most on exports to the United States, with 45% of its output attributed to direct exports to the United States and 61% of its output attributed to total demand from the United States.

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Analytical product The Daily
2025-03-25

Table 12-10-0100-01 - Value added in exports, by industry, provincial and territorial

Data table

The value added in exports database provides data on the exports and imports of industries, as well as on the direct and indirect impact of each industry's production for exports on industry and on total gross domestic product and jobs. Imports embodied in exports have also been expanded to show their United States (US) and non-US origins.

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Data product Data table
2025-03-13

National balance sheet and financial flow accounts, fourth quarter 2024

The Daily

Canada is a nation rich in natural resources. Canadian exports of minerals, energy and timber represent a key contributor to the Canadian economy and the economic activity of other countries who benefit from this trade, including the United States. In 2024, data on Canadian international merchandise trade showed that selected domestic exports of minerals, energy and timber products accounted for over $300 billion, with nearly three-quarters of this destined for the United States (on a customs basis).

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Analytical product The Daily
2025-02-28

Gross domestic product by industry, December 2024

The Daily

The United States continued to be the largest international supplier of goods and services to Canadian businesses in 2022. Imports from the United States accounted for 15.4% of all intermediate inputs (current purchases of goods and services) for Canadian industries.

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Analytical product The Daily
2025-02-28

Gross domestic product, income and expenditure, fourth quarter 2024

The Daily

In 2021, 13.3% of total household final consumption expenditures in Canada were dependent on imports from the United States.

Analytical product

Analytical product The Daily
2025-01-31

Gross domestic product by industry, November 2024

The Daily

Total exports accounted for 25.2% of Canadian gross domestic product (GDP) and more than 3.6 million jobs in 2022, the latest year for which value-added in exports data are available. The United States continued to dominate the export market, with exports to the US accounting for 17.8% of Canadian GDP and more than 2.4 million jobs in Canada.

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Analytical product The Daily