The 2010 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

prime lending rate:

      2.4% (31 December 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 151 4.73% (31 December 2008 est.)

      Stock of narrow money:

      $560.8 billion (31 December 2010 est) country comparison to the world: 10 $470.9 billion (31 December 2009 est)

      Stock of broad money:

      $1.469 trillion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 12 $1.144 trillion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Stock of domestic credit:

      $2.963 trillion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 10 $2.606 trillion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Market value of publicly traded shares:

      $1.681 trillion (31 December 2009) country comparison to the world: 10 $1.002 trillion (31 December 2008)

      $2.187 trillion (31 December 2007)

      Agriculture - products:

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

      Industries:

      transportation equipment, chemicals, processed and unprocessed minerals, food products, wood and paper products, fish products, petroleum and natural gas

      Industrial production growth rate:

      5.8% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 57

      Electricity - production:

      620.7 billion kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 7

      Electricity - consumption:

      536.1 billion kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 8

      Electricity - exports:

      55.73 billion kWh (2008 est.)

      Electricity - imports:

      23.5 billion kWh (2008 est.)

      Oil - production:

      3.289 million bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 6

      Oil - consumption:

      2.151 million bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 11

      Oil - exports:

      2.001 million bbl/day (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 10

      Oil - imports:

      1.192 million bbl/day (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 15

      Oil - proved reserves:

      175.2 billion bbl country comparison to the world: 2 note: includes oil sands (1 January 2010 est.)

      Natural gas - production:

      161.3 billion cu m (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 5

      Natural gas - consumption:

      94.62 billion cu m (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 7

      Natural gas - exports:

      94.67 billion cu m (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 3

      Natural gas - imports:

      16.59 billion cu m (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 16

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

      1.754 trillion cu m (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 21

      Current account balance:

      -$40.21 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 184 -$38.08 billion (2009 est.)

      Exports:

      $406.8 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 10 $323.3 billion (2009 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 75.02%, UK 3.37%, China 3.09% (2009)

      Imports:

      $406.4 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 12 $327.3 billion (2009 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

      machinery and equipment, motor vehicles and parts, crude oil, chemicals, electricity, durable consumer goods

      Imports - partners:

      US 51.1%, China 10.88%, Mexico 4.56% (2009)

      Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

      $NA (31 December 2010 est.)

      $54.36 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Debt - external:

      $1.009 trillion (30 June 2010) country comparison to the world: 15 $781.1 billion (31 December 2008)

      Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

      $528.7 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 10 $494.6 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

      $602.5 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 11 $576.2 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Exchange rates:

      Canadian dollars (CAD) per US dollar - 1.0346 (2010), 1.1431 (2009), 1.0364 (2008), 1.0724 (2007), 1.1334 (2006)

      Communications ::Canada

      Telephones - main lines in use:

      18.251 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 16

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

      23.081 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 38

      Telephone system:

      general assessment: excellent service provided by modern technology

      domestic: domestic satellite system with about 300 earth stations

      international: country code - 1; submarine cables provide links to the US and Europe; satellite earth stations - 7 (5 Intelsat - 4 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean, and 2 Intersputnik - Atlantic Ocean region) (2007)

      Broadcast media:

      2 public television broadcasting networks each with a large number of network affilates; several private-commercial networks also with multiple network affiliates; overall, about 150 TV stations; multi-channel satellite and cable systems provide access to a wide range of stations including US stations; mix of public and commercial radio broadcasters with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), the public radio broadcaster, operating 4 radio networks, Radio Canada International, and radio services to indigenous populations in the north; roughly 2,000 licensed radio stations in Canada (2008)

      Internet country code:

      .ca

      Internet hosts:

      7.77 million (2010) country comparison to the world: 13

      Internet users:

      26.96 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 16

      Transportation ::Canada

      Airports:

      1,404 (2010) country comparison to the world: 4

      Airports - with paved runways:

      total: 514

      over 3,047 m: 18

      2,438 to 3,047 m: 20

      1,524 to 2,437 m: 148

      914 to 1,523