Canada imported US$563.9 billion worth of products from foreign suppliers in 2025. That dollar amount results from a 14.7% increase in spending compared to $491.7 billion spent during 2021.

Year over year, the overall value of products imported into Canada slowed to a 1.7% advance from $554.3 billion in 2024.

Based on the average exchange rate for 2025, the Canadian dollar diluted by -2% against the US dollar from 2024 to 2025. Canada’s weaker local currency made its imports paid for in stronger US dollars relatively more expensive when converted starting from the Canadian loonie.

Canada’s Best International Trade Suppliers

The latest available country-specific data shows that 81.7% of products imported into Canada was furnished by exporters in: United States of America (45.9% of the Canadian total), mainland China (11.5%), Mexico (6.8%), Germany (3.2%), Japan (2.7%), Vietnam (2.4%), South Korea (2.2%), Italy (1.7%), Brazil (1.5%), Switzerland (1.32%), France (1.29%) and the United Kingdom (1.26%).

From a continental perspective, 53.3% of Canada’s total imports by value in 2025 was purchased from fellow North American nations United States of America and Mexico. Asian trade partners furnished 25.5% of imported products bought by Canada while 14.5% worth originated from Europe.

Smaller percentages of Canadian imports came from suppliers in Latin America (4.5%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, Africa (1.5%), then Oceania (0.7%) led by Australia and New Zealand.

Given Canada’s population of 41.6 million people, its total US$563.9 billion worth of goods imported during 2025 translates to about $13,575 in yearly product demand from every person in the North American country. That per-capita average surpasses the $13,500 one year earlier in 2024.

Canada’s Top 10 Imports

The following product groups represent the highest dollar value in Canada’s import purchases during 2025. Also shown is the percentage share each product category represents in terms of overall imports into Canada.

1. Machinery including computers: US$87.5 billion (15.5% of total imports)
2. Vehicles: $87 billion (15.4%)
3. Electrical machinery, equipment: $51.9 billion (9.2%)
4. Mineral fuels including oil: $34.3 billion (6.1%)
5. Gems, precious metals: $26.2 billion (4.6%)
6. Plastics, plastic articles: $19.3 billion (3.4%)
7. Pharmaceuticals: $18.8 billion (3.3%)
8. Optical, technical, medical apparatus: $16.2 billion (2.9%)
9. Articles of iron or steel: $11.5 billion (2%)
10. Furniture, bedding, lighting, signs, prefab buildings: $9.6 billion (1.7%)

Canada’s top 10 imports generated almost three-fifths (64.3%) of the overall value of its product purchases from other countries.

Canada’s spending on imported gems and precious metals increased at the fastest pace among the top 10 import categories, up 36.5% from 2024 to 2025. Gold was a major driver for that percentage growth.

In second place was machinery including computers (up 5.9%) trailed by imports of furniture, bedding, lighting, signs and prefabricated buildings (up 3.9%).

The strongest decliners among Canada’s most valuable import product categories were vehicles (down -3.8% from 2024) and items made from iron or steel (down -3.2%).

At the more detailed four-digit Harmonized Tariff System code level, Canada’s 10 biggest export products by value in 2025 were cars (6.8% of the Canadian total), trucks (3.6%), automobile parts or accessories (3.3%), gold (2.9%), refined petroleum oils (2.7%), crude oil (2.3%), phone devices including smartphones (2.1%), computers or optical readers (also 2.1%), medication mixes in dosage (1.9%) then turbo-jets (1.6%).

Collectively, those major Canadian imports exceed one-quarter (29.2%) of the Canada’s overall import purchases.

For a more detailed view of imported goods at the four-digit HTS code level for the leading product categories, see the sections below.

Canada’s Top Machinery Imports

In 2025, Canadian importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of machinery including computers.

1. Computers, optical readers: US$11.9 billion (up 12.3% from 2024)
2. Turbo-jets: $8.8 billion (up 13.2%)
3. Piston engines: $4.9 billion (up 5.4%)
4. Taps, valves, similar appliances: $4.1 billion (up 3.9%)
5. Heavy machinery (bulldozers, excavators, road rollers): $3.68 billion (down -5.6%)
6. Machinery parts: $3.4 billion (up 9.8%)
7. Transmission shafts, gears, clutches: $3.4 billion (down -0.2%)
8. Centrifuges, filters and purifiers: $3.22 billion (down -2.8%)
9. Liquid pumps and elevators: $3.14 billion (up 0.2%)
10. Piston engine parts: $2.6 billion (up 9.6%)

Among these import subcategories, Canadian purchases of turbo-jets (up 13.2%), computers or optical readers (up 12.3%) then machinery parts (up 9.8%) grew at the fastest pace from 2024 to 2025.

These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of imported machinery among Canadian businesses and consumers.

Canada’s Top Vehicles Imports

In 2025, Canadian importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of vehicles.

1. Cars: US$38.2 billion (down -4.1% from 2024)
2. Trucks: $20.1 billion (up 1.1%)
3. Automobile parts/accessories: $18.5 billion (down -1.4%)
4. Tractors: $3.6 billion (down -31.9%)
5. Trailers: $2.4 billion (down -8.8%)
6. Special purpose vehicles: $1.3 billion (down -1.5%)
7. Public-transport vehicles: $1.1 billion (up 34.5%)
8. Motorcycles: $641.9 million (down -12.4%)
9. Motorcycle parts/accessories: $291.2 million (up 11%)
10. Bicycles, other non-motorized cycles: $217.2 million (up 14.4%)

Among these import subcategories, Canadian purchases of public-transport vehicles (up 34.5%), bicycles and other non-motorized cycles (up 14.4%) then motorcycle parts or accessories (up 11%) grew at the fastest pace from 2024 to 2025.

These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of imported vehicles among Canadian businesses and consumers.

Canada’s Top Electrical Imports

In 2025, Canadian importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of electrical goods including consumer electronics.

1. Phone devices including smartphones: US$12.1 billion (down -2.4% from 2024)
2. Insulated wire/cable: $4.3 billion (up 5.1%)
3. Electrical converters/power units: $3.1 billion (up 8.7%)
4. Electric storage batteries: $2.7 billion (down -27.7%)
5. Lower-voltage switches, fuses: $2.6 billion (up 4.2%)
6. Electrical/optical circuit boards, panels: $2.5 billion (up 3.5%)
7. Electric water heaters, hair dryers: $2.1 billion (up 7.9%)
8. TV receiver/transmit/digital cameras: $1.96 billion (up 1.8%)
9. TV receivers/monitors/projectors: $1.9 billion (up 2.2%)
10. Electric motors, generators: $1.7 billion (up 2%)

Among these import subcategories, Canadian purchases of electrical converters and power units (up 8.7%), electric water heaters or hair dryers (up 7.9%) then insulated wire and cable (up 5.1%) grew at the fastest pace from 2024 to 2025.

These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of imported electrical goods among Canadian businesses and consumers.

Canada’s Top Mineral Fuels Imports

In 2025, Canadian importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of mineral fuels-related products.

1. Processed petroleum oils: US$15.3 billion (down -1.8% from 2024)
2. Crude oil: $12.8 billion (down -8.9%)
3. Petroleum gases: $3.2 billion (up 71.3%)
4. Electrical energy: $1 billion (up 21.4%)
5. Coal, solid fuels made from coal: $702.2 million (down -12.4%)
6. Petroleum oil residues: $499.5 million (down -0.7%)
7. Coke, semi-coke: $298.9 million (down -25.3%)
8. Petroleum jelly, mineral waxes: $270.6 million (down -13.4%)
9. Distilled tar: $59.8 million (down -29.2%)
10. Coal tar oils (high temperature distillation): $54.2 million (down -26.2%)

Among these import subcategories, Canadian purchases of petroleum gases (up 71.3%) and electrical energy (up 21.4%) grew from 2024 to 2025.

These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of imported mineral fuels-related goods among Canadian businesses and consumers.
 

 

See also Canada’s Top Trading Partners, Canada’s Top 10 Exports, Top Canadian Trade Balances and Canada’s Top 10 Major Export Companies

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Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Country Profiles. Accessed on February 27, 2026

Forbes Global 2000 rankings, The World’s Biggest Public Companies. Accessed on February 27, 2026

Imported Consumer Products, Canada’s Top 100 Imported Consumer Products. Accessed on June 19, 2025

International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database (GDP based on Purchasing Power Parity). Accessed on February 27, 2026

International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on February 27, 2026

X-rates.com, Exchange Rates: Canadian Dollar to US Dollar (monthly average 2025). Accessed on February 25, 2025