How Much Trade Does Canada Do With China? Less Than You Think

China is Canada’s third largest trading partner but it is a very distant third:

The US and Europe account for 60% and 8% of Canada’s exports respectively
China accounts for just 2.9% of Canada’s exports and 6% of Canada’s imports
- 25% of those exports are raw “mineral products” like copper and potash
- 10% of those exports are surface materials like wood, fish, and canola
Canada imports three times as much from China as it exports to China

Exports to China From Canada Broken Down by Province

In 2017 these were the official import / export numbers for Canada:

5 years ago