Canada - Market OpportunitiesCanada - Market Opportunities
While U.S. exporters will find opportunities across best prospect sectors outlined in this guide, U.S. businesses are finding new business opportunities in several of Canada’s key industrial, governmental, and consumer sectors. Public-Private Partnership (P3) opportunities exist within Canada’s public infrastructure and government projects. For example, the Defence Production Sharing Agreement allows for U.S. and Canadian companies to jointly work on research and produce aircraft components for the defense industry. Learn more at www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ad-ad.nsf/eng/ad01691.html.
In consumer product sectors, Canada's wide ethnic diversity and high level of consumer disposable income provide broad food and consumer goods selling opportunities. Bridging all the country’s industrial, governmental, and consumer buying channels is e‑Commerce, a large opportunity for U.S. exporters who seek to access the Canadian market. For example, Canadian SMEs are shifting rapidly to the Internet for business purchases with approximately 34 percent of office supplies online.
Mechanisms for facilitating trade at the U.S. – Canada border include pre-inspections and associated technological advances that streamline regulatory processing making "just-in-time" delivery of goods and services more efficient, and strengthening cross-border supply chains. This provides enhanced opportunities for U.S. firms seeking to enter the Canadian aerospace and automotive sector supply chains.
As of this writing, a low oil price cycle has significantly impacted the Canadian economy. The current market in the oil industry and other natural resource sectors - including renewable energy, mining, and environment-related sectors - is stressed by a growing demand for pipeline access and rolling stock, needed to convey increasing volumes of oil and gas produced in Canada. Nevertheless, opportunities exist in capital expenditures on equipment and automated control systems that improve efficiency, reduce energy consumption and emissions, and cut operating margins.
Prepared by our U.S. Embassies abroad. With its network of 108 offices across the United States and in more than 75 countries, the U.S. Commercial Service of the U.S. Department of Commerce utilizes its global presence and international marketing expertise to help U.S. companies sell their products and services worldwide. Locate the U.S. Commercial Service trade specialist in the U.S. nearest you by visiting http://export.gov/usoffices.
In consumer product sectors, Canada's wide ethnic diversity and high level of consumer disposable income provide broad food and consumer goods selling opportunities. Bridging all the country’s industrial, governmental, and consumer buying channels is e‑Commerce, a large opportunity for U.S. exporters who seek to access the Canadian market. For example, Canadian SMEs are shifting rapidly to the Internet for business purchases with approximately 34 percent of office supplies online.
Mechanisms for facilitating trade at the U.S. – Canada border include pre-inspections and associated technological advances that streamline regulatory processing making "just-in-time" delivery of goods and services more efficient, and strengthening cross-border supply chains. This provides enhanced opportunities for U.S. firms seeking to enter the Canadian aerospace and automotive sector supply chains.
As of this writing, a low oil price cycle has significantly impacted the Canadian economy. The current market in the oil industry and other natural resource sectors - including renewable energy, mining, and environment-related sectors - is stressed by a growing demand for pipeline access and rolling stock, needed to convey increasing volumes of oil and gas produced in Canada. Nevertheless, opportunities exist in capital expenditures on equipment and automated control systems that improve efficiency, reduce energy consumption and emissions, and cut operating margins.
Prepared by our U.S. Embassies abroad. With its network of 108 offices across the United States and in more than 75 countries, the U.S. Commercial Service of the U.S. Department of Commerce utilizes its global presence and international marketing expertise to help U.S. companies sell their products and services worldwide. Locate the U.S. Commercial Service trade specialist in the U.S. nearest you by visiting http://export.gov/usoffices.