Canada Imports

Last Release

Feb 28, 2025

Actual

71,630

Units In

CAD Million

70,490

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

May 06, 2025

Time to Release

1 Months 0 Days 12 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
71,630 Feb 2025	1,112 Jan 1971	24,870.41 CAD Million	1971-2025	Statistics Canada

In 2018, Canada imported mainly: consumer goods (20 percent of total imports); motor vehicles and parts (19 percent); electronic and electrical equipment and parts (12 percent); industrial machinery, equipment and parts (11 percent); basic and industrial chemical, plastic and rubber products (8 percent); metal and non-metallic mineral products (7 percent) and energy products (6 percent). Canada's major import partners were: the US (64 percent of total imports); the EU (10 percent), of which Germany (3 percent); China (8 percent); Mexico (3 percent) and Japan (2 percent).

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Canada's total imports rose 0.8% over a month to a fresh record high of CAD 71.6 billion in February 2025, marking a fifth consecutive monthly gain, after increasing by 2.4% in January. The largest contributors to the increase were imports of motor vehicles and parts (+5.8%), industrial machinery, equipment and parts (+3.1%), energy products (+5.2%) and metal and non-metallic mineral products (+3.5%). imports from the US rose 2.5% in February, while those from countries other than the US slumped by 2.0%.