(WIPO code: CA) (last revised November 2020)
by SMART & BIGGAR IP AGENCY CO., Patent and Trademark Agents, Vancouver
Canada
General Information
Area
9,984,670 sq. km.
Population
37,971,020 (estimated April 2020).
Capital
Ottawa, Ontario.
Languages
English, French (both official).
Currency
Canadian dollar (CAD); 100cents = $ 1.00; the Canadian dollar has a value of approximately 0.75 U.S. dollar (October 2020).
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 2019 was $1,971,300 million of chained dollars (2012). Exports of goods from Canada in 2019 totaled $2,197,502 million. Exports of services from Canada in 2019 totaled $485,855 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 (2018-2019) | Filed | Granted |
| Patents | 39,027 | 23,093 |
| Trademarks | 63,442 | 24,917 |
| Copyright | 9,209 | 9,204 |
| Designs | 6,139 | 5,542 |