Nicknamed “The Beautiful Province” (“La Belle Province” in French) and located in Eastern Canada, the province of Quebec shipped CDN$121.6 billion worth of exported products around the world in 2025.

That dollar amount results from a -2.16% slowdown starting from $124.26 billion starting five years earlier in 2021.

Year over year, the overall value of Quebec’s exported goods diminished by -2.22% compared to $124.34 billion for 2024.

Blessed with an abundance of natural resources, Quebec ranks as Canada’s third-best exporter by province or territory behind front-running provinces Ontario and energy-rich Alberta. The value of Quebec’s exported goods equals 21.8% of Canada’s overall export sales for 2025.

Exported products from the province of Quebec’s total revenues from its exports approximated to 24.7% of the province’s total economic output or nominal Gross Domestic Product (CDN$492.8 billion for 2025).

Given Quebec’s population of 9.1 million people, its total Cdn$121.6 billion in 2025 exports translates to roughly $13,425 for every resident in the Eastern Canadian province. That dollar metric lags the average $13,750 per person one year earlier in 2024.

Quebec’s unemployment rate was 5.3% at December 31, 2025, down from 5.5% one year earlier per YCharts.

Quebec’s Top 15 Exports

The following export products represent the highest dollar value for Quebec’s global shipments during 2025. Also shown is the percentage share each export category represents in terms of overall exports from Quebec.

Figures are shown at the more granular six-digit Harmonized Tariff System code level, for more precise product identification.

1. Large aircraft: CDN$8.9 billion (7.3%)
2. Unalloyed unwrought aluminum: $5.4 billion (4.5%)
3. Non-agglomerated iron ores, concentrates: $4.5 billion (3.7%)
4. Turbo-jets (high-thrust): $4.1 billion (3.4%)
5. Alloyed unwrought aluminum: $3.6 billion (3%)
6. Miscellaneous petroleum oils:: $3.5 billion (2.9%)
7. Unwrought copper cathodes, cathode sections: $2.7 billion (2.2%)
8. Medium-size aircraft: $2 billion (1.7%)
9. Turbo-jet, turbo-propeller parts: $1.7 billion (1.4%)
10. Ground flying trainers including flight simulators, parts: $1.6 billion (1.3%)
11. Refined copper wire: $1.51 billion (1.2%)
12. Chocolate, cocoa food preparations: $1.48 billion (1.2%)
13. Lumber sawn or chipped lengthwise: $1.3 billion (1%)
14. Gold (unwrought): $1.14 billion (0.9%)
15. Aircraft parts, including helicopter parts: $1 billion (0.8%)

Quebec’s top 15 exports generated over one-third (36.5%) of the overall value of the province’s global shipments.

High-thrust turbo-jets represent the fastest grower among Quebec’s top 15 export products, expanding in sales by 63.9% from 2024 to 2025.

In second place for Quebec’s improving export sales were unwrought copper cathodes or cathode sections which rose 52.1%.

Quebec’s shipments of cocoa food preparations or chocolate appreciated by 26.6% compared to 2024, ahead of exported parts of turbo-jets or turbo-propellers (up 16.2%).

Double-digit percentage declines were recorded for exports of unwrought gold fell by a -50.5% reduction from 2024, refined copper wire (down -34.5%) and lumber sawn or chipped lengthwise.

More Key Facts about Quebec’s International Trade

Quebec generated a Cdn$6.5 billion surplus exporting and importing products during 2025. That dollar amount reflects a -62.4% plummet compared to Quebec’s $17.3 billion in black ink for 2024.

Another way of saying surplus or deficit is positive or negative net exports. In a nutshell, the term “net exports” quantifies the amount by which foreign spending on a province’s goods or services exceeds or lags that same province’s spending on foreign goods or services.

Quebec’s spending on imported products totaled Cdn$115.1 billion for 2025, up from $106.8 billion one year prior.

Below are Quebec’s top 10 import products highlighting the province’s highest spending on foreign-made goods in 2025.

1. Aircraft including helicopter parts CDN$4.4 billion (3.9% of Quebec’s total imports)
2. Crude petroleum oils: $4.3 billion (3.8%)
3. Turbo-jet, turbo-propeller parts: $4.2 billion (3.6%)
4. Aluminium oxides (excluding artificial corundum): $2.8 billion (2.4%)
5. Miscellaneous petroleum oils: $2.6 billion (2.3%)
6. Light petroleum oils: $2.33 billion (2%)
7. Miscellaneous medications: $2.33 billion (2%)
8. Unrefined copper, copper anodes: $2.2 billion (1.9%)
9. Immunological products in measured doses: $1.6 billion (1.4%)
10. Turbo-jets (high-thrust): $1.3 billion (1.2%)

Quebec has highly positive net exports in the international trade of aircraft and aluminum. In turn, these cashflows indicate Quebec’s competitive advantages under related product categories.

Quebec’s Major Trade Partners

The following list shows the top 10 customers that purchased 85.4% worth of the total value of products exported from the province of Quebec during 2025.

1. United States: CDN$84.8 billion (69.8% of Quebec’s total exports)
2. mainland China: $4.7 billion (3.9%)
3. Netherlands: $2.3 billion (1.9%)
4. France: $2.2 billion (1.8%)
5. Japan: $2.1 billion (1.7%)
6. Germany: $2 billion (1.6%)
7. Mexico: $1.8 billion (1.5%)
8. United Kingdom: $1.5 billion (1.2%)
9. Italy: $1.4 billion (1.2%)
10. India: $1 billion (0.8%)

Quebec’s top trade partners in North America (United States and Mexico) bought three-quarters (71.2%) of the overall value of exported goods from La Belle Province. In 2024 North America’s share amounted to 75%.

Still, those percentages eclipse those for leading importers of Quebec’s products located in Europe (7.7%) and Asia (6.4%).

Quebecois Export-Related Companies

Below are some of Canada’s largest businesses that are involved in international trade either directly or indirectly. Their corporate headquarters are in the province of Quebec.

• Bank of Montreal (finance)
• Bell Canada (telecommunications)
• Bombardier Inc. (aerospace, defense)
• Canadian National Railway (transportation)
• National Bank of Canada (finance)
• Royal Bank of Canada (finance)
• Saputo Inc. (food processing)

Shown within brackets for each company is a summary of the international trade-related products or services which each business manages.
 
Quebec’s capital is Quebec City, nicknamed “la capitale nationale”. That moniker translates as “the national capital” in English.

See also Canada’s Top 10 Exports, Alberta’s Top Exports, Ontario’s Top Exportsand British Columbia’s Top Exports

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