Currency: Canadian dollar (C$)
Ave. exchange rate: $1=1.1355

Nominal GDP: $1.077 trillion (2005)
Real GDP growth: 2.8% (2005)
Inflation: 2.11 percent (October 2006)
Unemployment: 6.3 percent (October 2006)

Total exports (FOB): $364.8 billion
Total imports (FOB): $317.7 billion

Principal exports: Petroleum and products, natural gas, motor vehicles and spare parts, lumber, wood pulp and newsprint, crude and fabricated metals, wheat
Principal imports: Motor vehicles and parts, industrial machinery, crude petroleum,chemicals, agricultural machinery

— In 2005, 85% of Canadian exports went to the United States.
— In 2005, 59% of Canadian imports came from the United States.

British Columbia
Major cities: Victoria (capital) and Vancouver
Population: 4.2 million (July 2005)
Real GDP growth: 4.0%
Total imports from Japan (2005): $3.97 billion
Total exports to Japan (2005): $3.54 billion
Principal exports: Lumber, natural gas, coal

Ontario
Major cities: Ottawa (national capital), Toronto (provincial capital)
Population: 12.5 million (July 2005)
Real GDP growth: 2.2% (2005)
Foreign-born population: 27.1%
Share in Canada’s total GDP: 39.4 %
Principal exports: Motor vehicles, machinery, electrical equipment