(WIPO code: CA) (last revised March 2023)
by SMART & BIGGAR IP AGENCY CO., Patent and Trademark Agents, Vancouver
Canada
General Information
Area
9,984,670 sq. km.
Population
38,929,902 (estimated July 2022).
Capital
Ottawa, Ontario.
Languages
English, French (both official).
Currency
Canadian dollar (CAD); 100 cents = $ 1.00; the Canadian dollar has a value of approximately 0.74 U.S. dollar (February 2023).
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 September 2022 was $2,071,640 million of chained dollars (2012). Exports of goods from Canada in 2021 totaled $2,048,630 million of chained dollars (2012). Exports of services from Canada in 2021 totaled $483,986 million of chained dollars (2012). 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 |