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 (Atlantic Ocean region)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 245, FM 582, shortwave 6 (2004)
Radios:
32.3 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
80 (plus many repeaters) (1997)
Televisions:
21.5 million (1997)
Internet country code:
.ca
Internet hosts:
3,210,081 (2003)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
760 (2000 est.)
Internet users:
16.11 million (2002)
Transportation Canada
Railways: total: 48,683 km standard gauge: 48,683 km 1.435-m gauge (2004)
Highways:
total: 1,408,800 km
paved: 497,306 km (including 16,900 km of expressways)
unpaved: 911,494 km (2002)
Waterways:
631 km
note: Saint Lawrence Seaway of 3,769 km, including the Saint
Lawrence River of 3,058 km, shared with United States (2003)
Pipelines:
crude and refined oil 23,564 km; liquid petroleum gas 74,980 km
(2003)
Ports and harbors:
Fraser River Port, Goderich, Montreal, Port Cartier, Quebec, Saint
John's (Newfoundland), Sept Isles, Vancouver
Merchant marine:
total: 169 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 1,784,229 GRT/2,657,499 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 22, cargo 49, chemical tanker 6, combination
ore/oil 1, container 1, passenger 6, passenger/cargo 65, petroleum
tanker 13, roll on/roll off 6
foreign-owned: 6 (France 1, Germany 3, United States 2)
registered in other countries: 112 (2005)
Airports:
1,326 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways: total: 503 over 3,047 m: 18 2,438 to 3,047 m: 15 1,524 to 2,437 m: 150 914 to 1,523 m: 245 under 914 m: 75 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 823 1,524 to 2,437 m: 67 914 to 1,523 m: 347 under 914 m: 409 (2004 est.)
Heliports: 319 (2004)
Military Canada
Military branches:
Canadian Armed Forces: Land Forces Command, Maritime Command, Air
Command, Canada Command (homeland security) to be operational in
early 2006 (2005)
Military service age and obligation: 16 years of age for voluntary military service; women comprise some 11% of Canada's armed forces (2001)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16–49: 8,216,510 (2005 est.)
Manpower