force: 17.37 million (2004)
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 3%, manufacturing 15%, construction 5%, services 74%, other 3% (2000)
Unemployment rate:
7% (2004)
Population below poverty line:
NA
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.8% highest 10%: 23.8% (1994)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
31.5 (1994)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
1.9% (2004 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
19.4% of GDP (2004 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $151 billion
expenditures: $144 billion, including capital expenditures of NA
(2004 est.)
Public debt:
NA (2004 est.)
Agriculture - products:
wheat, barley, oilseed, tobacco, fruits, vegetables; dairy
products; forest products; fish
Industries:
transportation equipment, chemicals, processed and unprocessed
minerals, food products; wood and paper products; fish products,
petroleum and natural gas
Industrial production growth rate:
2% (2004 est.)
Electricity - production:
548.9 billion kWh (2002)
Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 28% hydro: 57.9% nuclear: 12.9% other: 1.3% (2001)
Electricity - consumption:
487.3 billion kWh (2002)
Electricity - exports:
36.13 billion kWh (2002)
Electricity - imports:
13 billion kWh (2002)
Oil - production:
3.11 million bbl/day (2004 est.)
Oil - consumption:
2.2 million bbl/day (2003 est.)
Oil - exports:
1.37 million bbl/day (2004)
Oil - imports:
987,000 bbl/day (2004)
Oil - proved reserves:
178.9 billion bbl including shale oil (2004 est.)
Natural gas - production:
165.8 billion cu m (2003 est.)
Natural gas - consumption:
55.8 billion cu m (2003 est.)
Natural gas - exports:
91.52 billion cu m (2003 est.)
Natural gas - imports:
8.73 billion cu m (2003 est.)
Natural gas - proved reserves:
1.691 trillion cu m (2004)
Current account balance:
$28.2 billion (2004 est.)
Exports:
$315.6 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Exports - commodities:
motor vehicles and parts, industrial machinery, aircraft,
telecommunications equipment; chemicals, plastics, fertilizers; wood
pulp, timber, crude petroleum, natural gas, electricity, aluminum
Exports - partners:
US 85.2%, Japan 2.1%, UK 1.6% (2004)
Imports:
$256.1 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, motor vehicles and parts, crude oil,
chemicals, electricity, durable consumer goods
Imports - partners:
US 58.9%, China 6.8%, Mexico 3.8% (2004)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$36.27 billion (2003)
Debt - external:
$570 billion (2004)
Economic aid - donor:
ODA, $2 billion (2004)
Currency (code):
Canadian dollar (CAD)
Currency code:
CAD
Exchange rates:
Canadian dollars per US dollar - 1.301 (2004), 1.4011 (2003),
1.5693 (2002), 1.5488 (2001), 1.4851 (2000)
Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March
Communications Canada
Telephones - main lines in use:
19,950,900 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
13,221,800 (2003)
Telephone system:
general assessment: excellent service provided by modern technology
domestic: domestic satellite system with about 300 earth stations
international: country code - 1-xxx; 5 coaxial submarine cables;
satellite earth stations - 5 Intelsat (4 Atlantic Ocean and 1
Pacific Ocean) and 2 Intersputnik
