North America
Canada
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Canada's #3 import source (world lens). Canada is the EU's #32 goods supplier.
Canada on the world stage
Total imports
$560.0bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$569.3bn
223 partners
#1 import source
USA
49.3%
#1 export dest.
USA
76.3%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Canada and the EU
EU imports from
€33.0bn
1.3% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€48.7bn
1.8% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #32 supplier
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 1.48
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
65
EUR/MWh
Consumer
116
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
175
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
70%
of generation
Wholesale 22 EUR/MWh · hybrid market
Power market
● Transmission bottleneckMarket model
Provincial markets (mixed: competitive + crown utility monopolies)
Direct PPA
Limited
grid access: limited
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Independent
Provincial regulators (Alberta Utilities Commission, Ontario Energy Board, Regie de l'energie Quebec, etc.); federal CER for interprovincial
A provincial patchwork where most provinces have vertically integrated crown utilities (Hydro-Quebec, BC Hydro, Manitoba Hydro) and only Alberta and Ontario have competitive wholesale markets, so interprovincial…
Tracked infrastructure
106 gas plants
23.0 GW · 10 building
14 coal plants
3.1 GW
190 wind farms
14.1 GW · 17 building
49 solar farms
2.4 GW · 3 building
19 nuclear plants
14.6 GW
132 hydro plants
76.1 GW · 1 building
5 steel plants
9,750 ktpa
14 coal mines
capacity n/a
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
321
51 production-backed
Acid-drainage prone
69
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Gold, Copper, Iron
Mine-water verifiability
Full reported-vs-real
MDMER effluent and receiving-water monitoring, purpose-built…
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Monitored ports (27)
Source: IMF PortWatch. Port count reflects monitoring coverage, not economic significance.
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
40.5
→ 45.1 by 2050
Fertility
1.34
below replacement
Working-age
65.1%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
30.4
→ 42.2 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 39.7M · still growing past 2100
By 2050: +15% (45.6M)