The 2003 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

purchasing power parity - $934.1 billion (2002 est.)

      GDP - real growth rate:

       3.3% (2002 est.)

      GDP - per capita:

       purchasing power parity - $29,300 (2002 est.)

      GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 2.3% industry: 26.5% services: 71.2% (2001 est.)

      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):

       2.2% (2002 est.)

      Labor force:

       16.4 million (2001 est.)

      Labor force - by occupation:

       services 74%, manufacturing 15%, construction 5%, agriculture 3%,

       other 3% (2000)

      Unemployment rate:

       7.6% (2002 est.)

      Budget:

       revenues: $178.6 billion

       expenditures: $161.4 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA

       (FY 00/01 est.)

      Industries:

       transportation equipment, chemicals, processed and unprocessed

       minerals, food products; wood and paper products; fish products,

       petroleum and natural gas

      Industrial production growth rate:

       2.2% (2002 est.)

      Electricity - production:

       566.3 billion kWh (2001)

      Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 28% hydro: 57.9% other: 1.3% (2001) nuclear: 12.9%

      Electricity - consumption:

       504.4 billion kWh (2001)

      Electricity - exports:

       38.4 billion kWh (2001)

      Electricity - imports:

       16.11 billion kWh (2001)

      Oil - production:

       2.738 million bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

       1.703 million bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - exports:

       2.008 million bbl/day (2001)

      Oil - imports:

       1.145 million bbl/day (2001)

      Oil - proved reserves:

       5.112 billion bbl (37257)

      Natural gas - production:

       186.8 billion cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - consumption:

       82.25 billion cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - exports:

       109 billion cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - imports:

       4.46 billion cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

       1.691 trillion cu m (37257)

      Agriculture - products: wheat, barley, oilseed, tobacco, fruits, vegetables; dairy products; forest products; fish

      Exports:

       $260.5 billion f.o.b. (2002 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 87.7%, Japan 2%, UK 1.1% (2002)

      Imports:

       $229 billion f.o.b. (2002 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

       machinery and equipment, motor vehicles and parts, crude oil,

       chemicals, electricity, durable consumer goods

      Imports - partners:

       US 62.6%, China 4.6%, Japan 4.4% (2002)

      Debt - external:

       $1.9 billion $NA (2000)

      Economic aid - donor:

       ODA, $1.3 billion (1999)

      Currency:

       Canadian dollar (CAD)

      Currency code:

       CAD

      Exchange rates:

       Canadian dollars per US dollar - 1.57 (2002), 1.55 (2001), 1.49

       (2000), 1.49 (1999), 1.48 (1998)

      Fiscal year:

       1 April - 31 March

      Communications Canada

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       20,802,900 (1999)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       8,751,300 (1997)

      Telephone system:

       general assessment: excellent service provided by modern technology

       domestic: domestic satellite system with about 300 earth stations

       international: 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 535, FM 53, shortwave 6 (1998)

      Radios:

       32.3 million (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

       80 (plus many repeaters) (1997)

      Televisions:

       21.5 million (1997)

      Internet country code:

       .ca

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       760 (2000 est.)

      Internet users:

       16.84 million (2002)

      Transportation Canada

      Railways: total: 49,422 km standard gauge: 49,422 km 1.435-m gauge (129 km electrified) (2002)

      Highways:

       total: 1.408 million km

       paved: 497,306 km (including 16,900 km of expressways)

       unpaved: 911,494 km (2002)

      Waterways:

       3,000 km (including Saint Lawrence Seaway)

      Pipelines:

       crude and refined oil 23,564 km; natural gas 74,980 km

      Ports and harbors:

       Becancour (Quebec), Churchill, Halifax, Hamilton, Montreal, New

       Westminster, Prince Rupert, Quebec, Saint John (New Brunswick), St.

       John's (Newfoundland), Sept Isles, Sydney, Trois-Rivieres, Thunder

       Bay, Toronto, Vancouver, Windsor

      Merchant marine:

       total: 122 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 1,840,272