Office of the Chief Economist reports and publications
Read all the latest trade and economic reports and publications from the Office of the Chief Economist.
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- Canada’s State of Trade
- Annual trade reports
- Quarterly economic and trade reports
- Monthly trade reports
- International investment
- Inclusive trade
- Global value chains
- Trade diversification
- Impacts of trade agreements
Canada’s State of Trade
- Canada’s State of Trade 2026: The rise of services in Canada’s trade landscape
- Canada’s State of Trade 2025: Small and medium enterprises taking on the export challenge Archived
- Canada’s State of Trade 2024: Supply chains Archived
- Canada’s State of Trade 2023: Inclusive trade Archived
- Canada’s State of Trade 2022: The benefits of free trade agreements Archived
- Canada’s State of Trade 2021: A closer look at foreign direct investment (FDI) Archived
Annual trade reports
Quarterly economic and trade reports
We’ve updated the way we title the quarterly reports. They are now titled by the season of publication (example, Winter 2026) instead of the data timeframe.
- Summer 2026
- Spring 2026 Archived
- Winter 2026 Archived
- 2025 - Quarter 2 Archived
- 2025 - Quarter 1 Archived
- 2024 - Quarter 4 Archived
- 2024 - Quarter 3 Archived
- 2024 - Quarter 2 Archived
- 2024 - Quarter 1 Archived
- 2023 - Quarter 4 Archived
- 2023 - Quarter 3 Archived
- 2023 - Quarter 2 Archived
- 2023 - Quarter 1 Archived
- 2022 - Quarter 4 Archived
- 2022 - Quarter 3 Archived
- 2022 - Quarter 2 Archived
- 2022 - Quarter 1 Archived
Monthly trade reports
- June 2026
- May 2026 Archived
- April 2026 Archived
- March 2026 Archived
- February 2026 Archived
- January 2026 Archived
- December 2025 Archived
- November 2025 Archived
- October 2025 Archived
- September 2025 Archived
- August 2025 Archived
- July 2025 Archived
- June 2025 Archived
- May 2025 Archived
- April 2025 Archived
- March 2025 Archived
- February 2025 Archived
- January 2025 Archived
- December 2024 Archived
- November 2024 Archived
- October 2024 Archived
- September 2024 Archived
- August 2024 Archived
International investment
- 2026-07 - Exploring China's investment landscape: Decoding the narratives
- 2025-12 - Key drivers of FDI location: Theoretical perspectives and recent global trends Archived
- 2024-01 - Reshoring trend? What the evidence shows Archived
- 2023-06 - Understanding Canada's performance on the OECD's FDI regulatory restrictiveness index Archived
- 2021-04 - Canada’s performance as measured by the World Bank’s ease of doing business index Archived
- 2021-02 - Explaining the volatility of foreign direct investment flows Archived
Key facts about Canada’s competitiveness for foreign direct investment
- May 2026
- December 2025 Archived
- September 2025 Archived
- May 2025 Archived
- January 2025 Archived
- November 2024 Archived
- May 2024 Archived
- May 2023 Archived
Inclusive trade
The impact of women in trade
- 2022-12 - Summary of “Closing the gender gap: Identifying women’s exporting success using firm-level data for Canada”, a presentation at the WTO World Trade Congress on Gender Archived
- 2020-04 - Women-owned small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and trade barriers Archived
- 2019-10 - Women-owned exporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) Archived
The impact of Indigenous Peoples in trade
- 2024-09 - Atāmitowin: Identifying and overcoming challenges facing Indigenous exporters Archived
- 2023-09 - Adàwe: Export experiences of Indigenous entrepreneurs Archived
The impact of other under-represented groups in trade
- 2021-02 - Immigrant-led small and medium-sized enterprise exporters in Canada Archived
The impact of small and medium-sized enterprises in trade
- 2024-01 - Characteristics of small and medium-sized enterprises exporters in Canada Archived
- 2023-07 - Canada’s environmental and clean technology sector: 2021 Archived
Global value chains
- 2022-07 - The position and length of Canadian supply chains Archived
- 2021-11 - Identification of vulnerable Canadian imports Archived
- 2020-06 - Vulnerability of Canadian industries to disruptions in global supply chains Archived
Trade diversification
- 2026-07 - Determinants of CETA preferential rate utilization (2018-2024): A France-Canada comparative analysis
- 2025-07 - Export performance and longevity of new Canadian exporters between 2005 and 2018 Archived
- 2022-01 - Price or quantity effect? The impacts of the pandemic on Canadian trade Archived
Growing Canada’s exports to overseas markets by 50%
Impacts of trade agreements
- 2026-07 - Canada-Colombia: 15 years of free trade
- 2025-12 - Economic Impact Assessment of a Canada-Indonesia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA)
- 2024-11 - Economic impact of the Canada–Peru Free Trade Agreement, 15th anniversary Archived
- 2024-01 - Measuring the firm-level impact of the Canadian Technology Accelerator program Archived
- 2023-12 - The growth of supply chain trade within the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership Archived
- 2023-06 - Canada’s trade performance under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) after three years: Has the CPTPP delivered on its promise? Archived
- 2023-04 - Economic impact of the Canada–Chile Free Trade Agreement: 25th anniversary Archived
- 2022-09 - CETA@5: Delivering trade benefits during unprecedented times Archived
- 2022-08 - Economic impact of the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Archived
- 2020-12 - Canada-United Kingdom Trade Continuity Agreement: Economic impact assessment Archived
- 2020-02 - The Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement: Economic impact assessment Archived
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