Canada Imports

Last Release

Aug 31, 2025

Actual

66,908.4

Units In

CAD Million

66,797.8

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Jan 07, 2026

Time to Release

23 Days 22 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
71,630 Feb 2025	1,112 Jan 1971	25,261.76 CAD Million	1971-2025	Statistics Canada

In 2018, Canada imported mainly: consumer goods (20 percent of total imports); motor vehicles and parts (19 percent); electronic and electrical equipment and parts (12 percent); industrial machinery, equipment and parts (11 percent); basic and industrial chemical, plastic and rubber products (8 percent); metal and non-metallic mineral products (7 percent) and energy products (6 percent). Canada's major import partners were: the US (64 percent of total imports); the EU (10 percent), of which Germany (3 percent); China (8 percent); Mexico (3 percent) and Japan (2 percent).

Latest Updates

Canada’s imports fell 4.1% month-on-month to C$64.1 billion in September 2025, accelerating from a 1% decline in August, with decreases in seven of eleven product sections. Imports of metal and non-metallic mineral products dropped 27.8%, driven by a 72.5% plunge in unwrought gold, silver, and platinum group metals after unusually high-value gold shipments from South Africa and Switzerland in August failed to repeat. Consumer goods imports fell 6%, with broad declines across subcategories. After two monthly gains, pharmaceutical and medicinal products slumped 13.8%, the largest negative contribution, mainly due to lower imports from Europe.