(WIPO code: CA) (last revised January 2024)
by SMART & BIGGAR IP AGENCY CO., Patent and Trademark Agents
Canada
General Information
Area
9,984,670 sq. km.
Population
40,528,396 (October 2023).
Capital
Ottawa, Ontario.
Languages
English, French (both official).
Currency
Canadian dollar (CAD); 100 cents = $ 1.00; the Canadian dollar has a value of approximately 0.754 U.S. dollar (January 2024).
Trading partners
Ranked by total trade: the United States of America, the European Union and China.
Primary industries
The gross domestic product at basic prices in October 2023 was $2,207,681 million of chained dollars (2017). Exports of goods from Canada in 2022 totaled $2,087,011 million of chained dollars (2017). Exports of services from Canada in 2022 totaled $517,852 million of chained dollars (2017). Main exports are consumer goods, energy products, metal and non-metallic mineral products, industrial chemicals and plastic products, forestry products, and motor vehicles and parts.
General Remarks
Canada is the largest country in the western hemisphere and second largest in the world. Canada has a federal political system, with ten provincial governments, three territorial governments, and a federal government.
| Statistics (2021-2022) | Filed | Granted |
| Patents | 39,709 | 19,525 |
| Trademarks | 79,808 | 27,265 |
| Copyright | 11,163 | 11,183 |
| Designs | 9,067 | 6,700 |