(WIPO code: CA) (last revised March 2022)
by SMART & BIGGAR IP AGENCY CO., Patent and Trademark Agents, Vancouver
Canada
General Information
Area
9,984,670 sq. km.
Population
38,246,108 (estimated July 2021).
Capital
Ottawa, Ontario.
Languages
English, French (both official).
Currency
Canadian dollar (CAD); 100cents = $ 1.00; the Canadian dollar has a value of approximately 0.80 U.S. dollar (November 2021).
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 December 2020 was $1,941,070 million of chained dollars (2012). Exports of goods from Canada in 2019 totaled $2,008,193 million. Exports of services from Canada in 2019 totaled $455,034 million. 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 (2019-2020) | Filed | Granted |
| Patents | 37,999 | 21,005 |
| Trademarks | 68,385 | 57,743 |
| Copyright | 8,765 | 8,749 |
| Designs | 7,408 | 5,343 |