- Conventional long form
- none
- Conventional short form
- Canada
- Local long form
- Local short form
- Name
- Ottawa
- Geographic coordinates
- 45 25 N, 75 42 W
- Time difference
- UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
- Daylight saving time
- +1hr, begins second Sunday in March; ends first Sunday in November
- Inflation
- 1.429%
- Total tax rate (% of commercial profits)
- 21.0%
- Real Interest Rate
- 2.082%
- Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP)
- 10.623%
- Current Account Balance
- US$ -51,194,833,228
- Labor Force, Total
- 19,942,444
- Employment in Agriculture
- 1.60%
- Employment in Industry
- 19.60%
- Employment in Services
- 78.80%
- Unemployment Rate
- 7.07%
- Imports of goods and services
- US$ 510,409,827,699
- Exports of goods and services
- US$ 474,219,233,794
- Total Merchandise Trade
- 52.74%
- FDI, net inflows
- US$ 31,602,041,571
- Commercial Service Exports
- US$ 79,795,711,383
- Commodities
- motor vehicles and parts, industrial machinery, aircraft, telecommunications equipment; chemicals, plastics, fertilizers; wood pulp, timber, crude petroleum, natural gas, electricity, aluminum
- Partners
- US 76.7%, China 4% (2015)
- Commodities
- machinery and equipment, motor vehicles and parts, crude oil, chemicals, electricity, durable consumer goods
- Partners
- US 52%, China 12%, Mexico 6% (2015)
- Country Risk Rating
- A3
- Changes in generally good but somewhat volatile political and economic environment can affect corporate payment behavior. A basically secure business environment can nonetheless give rise to occasional difficulties for companies. Corporate default probability is quite acceptable on average.
- Business Climate Rating
- A1
- The business environment is very good. Corporate financial information is available and reliable. Debt collection is efficient. Institutional quality is very good. Intercompany transactions run smoothly in environments rated A1.
- Abundant and diversified energy resources
- Fifth largest producer of oil and gas in the world
- Dynamic population growth (migration inflows)
- Solid banking sector, well capitalized and strictly supervised
- Very open to and highly dependent on the U.S. economy
- Inadequate research and development spending
- Loss of competitiveness of manufacturing companies against growth of emerging economy competitors
- High level of household debt
- Energy exports under threat (natural gas resources in United States)
- Inadequate gas pipeline infrastructures