• The world’s second-largest country by land area
• Market-oriented economic system
• Leading sectors include automotive and other
manufactures, forest products, minerals, and
petroleum
• With a gross domestic product (GDP) of $1.73
trillion
• Four main industries oil and gas, energy,
manufacturing, tourism
• 22 million international visitors
• The agricultural and fishing industries
FACTS
ABOUT
CANADA‘S
ECONOMY
FACT 1:
7 5 % O F A L L
CANADIAN
EXPORT S L A N D I N
THE US
• exports $338 billion in goods
to the US
FACT 2:
CANADA HAS
$33.2 TRILLION
IN NATURAL
RESOURCES
• the third richest nation on earth in
natural resources
FACT 3 :
CANADA, WITH ITS WORLD-LEADING 125,567-MILE
COASTLINE, MAKES $4 BILLION A YEAR OFF SEAFOOD
FACT 4:
BEING
BILINGUAL
COSTS CANADA
ABOUT $2.4
BILLION PER
YEAR