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Where does Canada get its cars? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Canada imported $38.7 billion of cars (2.1 million tonnes), 4% of the world total. Its main sources were the United States (40%), Mexico (15%) and Japan (14%). Canada was the world’s 5th-largest importer of cars.

Summary

Value
$38.7billion
Tonnes
2.1million tonnes
Share of world total
4%
World rank
5th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States15.6Tonnes: 780,302USD per tonne: $20,03040.4%Land
Mexico5.9Tonnes: 355,128USD per tonne: $16,53715.2%Sea
Japan5.6Tonnes: 310,260USD per tonne: $17,89314.3%Sea
South Korea5.2Tonnes: 331,882USD per tonne: $15,70913.5%Sea
Germany2.8Tonnes: 142,522USD per tonne: $19,5557.2%Sea
China1.5Tonnes: 87,620USD per tonne: $17,3973.9%Sea
United Kingdom0.54Tonnes: 33,421USD per tonne: $16,0411.4%Sea
Slovakia0.44Tonnes: 22,029USD per tonne: $19,8481.1%Sea
Italy0.42Tonnes: 15,338USD per tonne: $27,1761.1%Sea
Hungary0.18Tonnes: 12,475USD per tonne: $14,6950.47%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.13Tonnes: 7,563USD per tonne: $17,2470.34%Sea
Sweden0.13Tonnes: 7,081USD per tonne: $18,2490.33%Sea
South Africa0.08Tonnes: 4,704USD per tonne: $16,9690.21%Sea
Vietnam0.07Tonnes: 4,079USD per tonne: $18,1560.19%Sea
France0.04Tonnes: 2,011USD per tonne: $20,0650.1%Sea
Austria0.03Tonnes: 2,440USD per tonne: $12,3530.08%Sea
Thailand0.03Tonnes: 2,375USD per tonne: $11,6170.07%Sea
Taiwan0.03Tonnes: 2,109USD per tonne: $12,8560.07%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.02Tonnes: 1,097USD per tonne: $15,8440.04%Sea
Finland0.01Tonnes: 678USD per tonne: $15,2580.03%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

The United States was its main source throughout the period

Value in USD billions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • United States 15.6
  • Mexico 5.9
  • Japan 5.6
  • South Korea 5.2
  • Germany 2.8

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States7.315.6
Mexico15.9
Japan1.15.6
South Korea0.085.2
Germany0.312.8

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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