e balanced budgets since 1997,
although public debate continues over how to manage the rising cost
of the publicly funded healthcare system. Exports account for
roughly a third of GDP. Canada enjoys a substantial trade surplus
with its principal trading partner, the US, which absorbs about 85%
of Canadian exports. Canada is the US' largest foreign supplier of
energy, including oil, gas, uranium, and electric power.

GDP (purchasing power parity):
$1.165 trillion (2006 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):
$1.089 trillion (2006 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:
2.8% (2006 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP):
$35,200 (2006 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 2.3%
industry: 29.2%
services: 68.5% (2006 est.)

Labor force:
17.59 million (2006 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 2%, manufacturing 14%, construction 5%, services 75%,
other 3% (2004)

Unemployment rate:
6.4% (2006 est.)

Population below poverty line:
15.9%; note - this figure is the Low Income Cut-Off (LICO), a
calculation that results in higher figures than found in many
comparable economies; Canada does not have an official poverty line
(2003)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 23.8% (1994)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
33.1 (1998)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2% (2006 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
21.3% of GDP (2006 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $183.5 billion
expenditures: $181.8 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2005 est.)

Public debt:
65.4% of GDP (2006 est.)

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:
0.7% (2006 est.)

Electricity - production:
573 billion kWh (2004)

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

Electricity - consumption:
522.4 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
33.01 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
22.48 billion kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
3.135 million bbl/day (2004)

Oil - consumption:
2.294 million bbl/day (2004)

Oil - exports:
1.6 millio