Canada and the United States are buying from - and selling to – each other every minute of every day. $2.5 million (USD) a minute, in fact.

Since you landed on this website, the dollar value of Canada-US trade across the border has been:

About Us

The Canada US Trade Council (CUSTC) is a voluntary initiative bringing together Canadian businesses, industry groups, and labour organizations that meet to share thinking about the issues in the Canada-US trade relationship. This is not an advocacy group, but instead a recurring conversation among organisations that share a common interest in a healthy, Canada-US trade relationship.

Our members

  • Advanced Biofuels Canada
  • Aluminium Association of Canada
  • Apotex
  • ArcelorMittal Dofasco
  • Association des fabricants de meubles du Québec
  • Bank of Canada
  • Building Owners and Managers Association of Canada
  • Business Council of Alberta
  • Business Council of Canada
  • Canada’s Building Trades Unions
  • Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance
  • Canadian Airports Council
  • Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
  • Canadian Association of Railway Suppliers
  • Canadian Bankers Association
  • Canadian Beverage Association
  • Canadian Cattle Association
  • Canadian Chamber of Commerce
  • Canadian Construction Association
  • Canadian Federation of Independent Business
  • Canadian Fuels Association
  • Canadian Institute of Steel Construction
  • Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters
  • Canadian Meat Council
  • Canadian Nuclear Association
  • Canadian Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Exporters Alliance
  • Canadian Real Estate Association
  • Canadian Steel Producers Association
  • Canadian Telecommunications Association
  • Chamber of Marine Commerce
  • Chemistry Industry Association of Canada
  • Confédération des Syndicats Nationaux
  • Conseil Du Patronat Du Québec
  • Colleges and Institutes Canada
  • Dairy Farmers of Canada
  • Dairy Processors Association of Canada
  • Domtar Corporation
  • EY - Canada
  • Food and Beverage Canada
  • Food, Health and Consumer Products of Canada
  • Forest Products Association of Canada
  • Glencore
  • Hydro-Québec
  • Innovative Medicines Canada
  • Insurance Bureau of Canada
  • Maple Leaf Foods
  • McCain Foods Limited
  • Mining Association of Canada
  • National Cattle Feeders Association
  • Railway Association of Canada
  • Residential Construction Council of Ontario
  • Restaurants Canada
  • Retail Council of Canada
  • Rio Tinto
  • Suncor
  • TC Energy
  • Teck Resources
  • TMX Group
  • Unifor
  • United Steelworkers
  • Universities Canada

Canada-US Trade

Trade between these two countries has expanded greatly over time, shaped in no small part by mutually beneficial agreements like the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (reached in 1988), the North American Free Trade Agreement (1994), and the Canada US Mexico Agreement (2020). In 2023, nearly $3.6 billion (USD) in goods and services crossed the border on an average day. 

$3.6 billion (USD) in trade between 
our two nations, every day.

 

$761,199 - 2024 (Millions USD)

two-way goods trade between Canada and United States

866,300

American jobs supported by Canadian investment in United States

Ontario

United States #1 Canadian trading partner

Energy Resources & Raw Minerals $131,434 - 2024 (Millions USD)

United States top export to Canada

What does the US buy from Canada? 

Here are some examples of what US customers bought based on the most recent data. American customers bought $421.21 (USD) billion of Canadian goods in 2024.

Power & Raw Minerals$131 billion
Automobiles & Transport Equipment$58 billion
Machinery & Electrical$39 billion
Base Metals$33 billion
Chemicals $23 billion

What does Canada buy from the US?

Here are some examples of the top purchases Canadians made of US goods in a year based on the most recent data. 

Automobiles & Transport Equipment$56 billion
Machinery & Electrical$53 billion
Power & Raw Minerals$29 billion
Chemicals$26 billion
Base Metals$17 billion
 

Contact Us

For media inquiries, or to learn more about the CUSTC, 
please contact us at contact@canadaustradecouncil.ca