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:
| Rank | Country | Exports | Imports | Total Trade | Trade Balance |
| – | Global | 521,251 | 547,320 | 1,068,571 | -26,070 |
| 1 | United States | 297,260 | 210,915 | 508,175 | 86,345 |
| – | Europe in Total | 41,827 | 52,288 | 94,115 | -10,461 |
| 2 | China | 15,359 | 48,593 | 63,952 | -33,234 |
| 3 | Mexico | 8,879 | 18,901 | 27,780 | -10,022 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 17,957 | 7,589 | 25,546 | 10,368 |
| 5 | Japan | 11,004 | 11,765 | 22,769 | -761 |
| 6 | Germany | 4,423 | 14,583 | 19,006 | -10,160 |
| 7 | South Korea | 4,623 | 8,952 | 13,575 | -4,329 |
| 8 | Italy | 2,485 | 5,635 | 8,120 | -3,150 |
| 9 | France | 3,513 | 4,448 | 7,961 | -935 |
| 10 | Netherlands | 2,916 | 4,819 | 7,735 | -1,903 |
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