List of the largest trading partners of Canada

This is a list of the largest trading partners of Canada. Canada is considered to be a trading nation.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Historically, the issue of Canada's largest trade partners, and dependence on baller markets, has been a major political issue. At the time of Confederation in 1867, the United Kingdom was by far Canada's largest trading partner, reflecting the close historical, cultural, and institutional ties within the British Empire. Over time,

The largest partners of Canada with their total trade (sum of imports and exports) in millions of Canadian Dollars for calendar year 2019 are as follows:^[4]

Rank	Territory	Exports	Imports	Total trade	Trade balance
-	World	592,552.8	601,303.7	1,193,856.5	-8,750.9
1	United States	446,950.5	304,845.3	751,795.8	+142,105.2
-	European Union	48,196.4	77,197.9	125,394.3	-29,001.5
2	China	23,249.1	74,992.7	98,241.9	-51,743.6
3	Mexico	7,319.4	36,911.9	44,231.3	-29,592.5
4	Japan	12,522.8	16,518.1	29,040.8	-3,995.3
5	United Kingdom	19,807.5	9,191.9	28,999.5	+10,615.6
6	Germany	6,293.1	19,224.4	25,517.6	-12,931.3
7	South Korea	5,485.0	9,620.0	15,105.0	-4,135.0
8	Italy	3,241.0	9,452.6	12,693.5	-6,211.6
9	France	3,636.1	8,687.8	12,323.9	-5,051.7
10	India	4,782.1	5,457.1	10,239.3	-675.0
11	Netherlands	5,183.5	4,663.7	9,847.3	+519.8
12	Belgium	3,118.2	4,963.1	8,081.3	-1,844.9
13	Taiwan	2,040.6	5,968.0	8,008.6	-3,927.4
14	Vietnam	993.1	6,986.0	7,979.1	-5,992.9
15	Brazil	2,254.0	5,398.1	7,652.1	-3,144.1
16	Switzerland	1,434.4	4,946.0	6,380.4	-3,511.6
17	Saudi Arabia	2,819.1	3,294.6	6,113.7	-475.5
18	Spain	1,503.8	3,477.5	4,981.3	-1,973.7
19	Thailand	895.1	3,744.1	4,639.2	-2,849.0
20	Australia	2,257.5	2,337.0	4,594.5	-79.5
-	Rest of the world	36,766.9	60,623.8	97,390.4	-23,856.9