Canada Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

GNP: $334.1 billion (1984), $12,940 per capita (1984); 61.4% consumption, 19.7% investment, 17.2% government, 0.8% net foreign trade; 0.4% change in inventories; real growth rate 4.7% (1984-85)

Natural resources: nickel, zinc, copper, gold, lead, molybdenum, pota'h, silver, fish, forests, wildlife

Agriculture: main products—livestock, grains (principally wheat), dairy products, feedgrains, oilseeds, tobacco; food shortages—fresh fruits and vegetables

Fishing: catch 1.34 million metric tons (1983)

Major industries: processed and unprocessed minerals, food products, wood and paper products, transportation equipment, chemicals, fish products, petroleum and nat ural gas

Shortages: rubber, rolled steel, fruits, precision instruments

Crude steel: 14.7 million metric tons produced (1984)

Electric power: 95,600,000 kW capacity (1985); 437.885 billion kWh produced (1985), 17,240 kWh per capita

Exports. $86.24 4 billion (f.o.b., 1984); principal items—transportation equipment, wood and wood products including paper, ferrous and nonferrous ores, crude petroleum, wheat, Ganada is a major food ex porter

Imports: $70.346 billion (f.o.b., 1984); principal items—transportation equipment, machinery, crude petroleum, communication equipment, textiles, steel, fabricated metals, office machines, fruits and vegetables

Major trade partners, imports—71.5% US, 5.9% Japan, 2.4% UK; exports—75.6% US, 5.1% Japan, 2.2% UK, 1.9% USSR (1984)

Aid: economic—(received US, $1.8 billion Ex-Im Bank, FY70-81); ODA and OOF economic aid commitments (1970-83), $15.8 billion

Budget: total revenues $58.78 billion; current expenditures $80.50 billion; budget deficit $22.8 billion (1984)

Monetary conversion rate: 1 402 G$=l S$1 (2 January 1986)

Fiscal year: 1 April-31 March

NOTE: The information regarding Canada on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Canada 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Canada 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.