| |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
Rank |
| Population (million) |
31.7 |
32.0 |
32.3 |
32.3 |
33.3 |
i |
| Economic organizations |
APEC; IMF; NAFTA; OECD; WTO |
|
|
| National currency (NC) |
Canadian dollar |
|
|
|
|
| Exchange rate (NC in €) |
0.6322 |
0.6185 |
0.6628 |
0.7024 |
0.6813 |
|
| Exchange rate (NC in US$) |
0.7152 |
0.7694 |
0.8246 |
0.8819 |
0.9337 |
|
| Inflation rate |
2.8% |
1.8% |
2.2% |
2.0% |
2.1% |
i |
| GDP |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| GDP (billion US$) |
866 |
992 |
1135 |
1275 |
1426 |
i |
| GDP (per capita in US$) |
27341 |
31005 |
35132 |
39522 |
42816 |
i |
| GDP growth rate |
1.9% |
3.1% |
3.1% |
2.8% |
2.7% |
i |
| GDP (composition by sector): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Agriculture |
2% |
2% |
2% |
2% |
2% |
|
| Industry |
31% |
32% |
31% |
31% |
32% |
|
| Services |
67% |
66% |
67% |
67% |
66% |
|
| GDP (by type of expenditure): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Household consumption |
57% |
56% |
55% |
56% |
56% |
|
| Government consumption |
20% |
19% |
19% |
19% |
19% |
|
| Gross fixed capital formation |
20% |
20% |
21% |
22% |
22% |
|
| Trade: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Export (billion US$) |
272 |
317 |
360 |
388 |
420 |
i |
| Import (billion US$) |
240 |
274 |
314 |
350 |
380 |
i |
| Public debt (billion US$) |
667 |
n.a. |
783 |
863 |
912 |
i |
| Public debt (share of GDP) |
77% |
n.a. |
69% |
68% |
64% |
i |
| Unemployment rate |
7.6% |
7.2% |
6.8% |
6.3% |
6.0% |
i |
| Average working hours (per year) |
1734 |
1752 |
1738 |
1738 |
n.a. |
|
| Energy (billion KWh): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Electricity production |
566 |
n.a. |
609 |
n.a. |
613 |
i |
| Electricity consumption |
521 |
n.a. |
540 |
530 |
n.a. |
i |
| Crude oil and natural gas: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Natural gas reserves (billion m³) |
n.a. |
1673 |
1537 |
n.a. |
1648 |
i |
| Natural gas production (billion m³) |
n.a. |
165.8 |
178.0 |
n.a. |
187.0 |
i |
| Natural gas consumption (billion m³) |
n.a. |
91.0 |
92.8 |
n.a. |
92.9 |
i |
| Crude oil reserves (billion barrel) |
n.a. |
178.9 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
178.6 |
i |
| Crude oil production (bpd) |
n.a. |
2400000 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
3425000 |
i |
| Crude oil consumption (bpd) |
n.a. |
2300000 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
2371000 |
i |
| Raw materials: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Mineral resources |
lead; diamonds; iron ore; crude oil; natural gas; gold; potassium carbonate; coal; copper; molybdenum; nickel; silver; zinc |
|
| Agricultural resources |
fish; timber; barley; vegetables; fruit; tobacco; wheat |
|
| Organic and inorganic chemicals: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Export (billion US$) |
4.3 |
6.0 |
7.7 |
8.7 |
11.2 |
i |
| Import (billion US$) |
6.0 |
7.3 |
8.5 |
10.0 |
11.1 |
i |
| Plastic and rubber: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Export (billion US$) |
11.3 |
13.1 |
15.1 |
16.1 |
16.0 |
i |
| Import (billion US$) |
12.2 |
13.8 |
15.8 |
17.1 |
17.8 |
i |
| Important companies |
Agrium; Canadian Natural Resources; Enbridge; Encana; Husky Energy; Nexen; Nova Chemicals Corporation; Petro-Canada; Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan; Suncor Energy |
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