For over 150 years, Canada has been more than just a great neighbour to the United States – we’re the U.S.’s best customer, closest security partner, and largest supplier of energy. Beyond our common North American geography, we share values and interests, and deep connections with powerful, multi-layered economic ties.
Canada is the largest customer for the majority of states and is the United States’ top export market, with 2-way trade and investment totalling over $1 trillion in 2019.
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106 Canadian-owned businesses employ 9,735 workers in Alabama.
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Canada’s Magna International, the world’s third largest auto supplier, marked the 10th anniversary of its Kamtek operation in Birmingham, Alabama this year. A $60 million expansion added 150,000-square-feet of space and 250 new jobs.
Canada and the United States fight forest fires for each other, perform search and rescue, and together staff NORAD’s Elmendorf-Richardson base in Anchorage.
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Salmon fishing accounts for 60% of all jobs in Alaska’s fishing industry, and the state produces 60% of all American seafood. Alaska General Seafoods is owned by Vancouver’s Jim Pattison Group and the Canadian Fishing Company and operates two salmon plants in Ketchikan, Naknek, and Egegik.
Canada is the largest foreign direct investor and employer in Arizona, and its businesses do $3.2 billion worth of trade annually.
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Canadians are a huge part of the fabric of Arizona communities. They make up the largest group of foreign homeowners in the state, with 97% of all internationally-owned residences in Greater Phoenix alone being Canadians.
Walmart (started in Bentonville, Arkansas) operates a growing chain of 411 stores in Canada serving more than 1.2 million customers daily.
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Canadian company West Fraser is the largest lumber producer in North America and has been operating and investing in Arkansas since 2001.
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OpenText is Canada’s largest software company. Its Bay Area location in San Mateo has 700 team members and is part of the 23,300 jobs and $1.3 billion in salaries Canadian companies contribute to Northern California’s economy.
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The two most famous Ryans — Gosling & Reynolds — in Hollywood are both Canadian. So are some other Hollywood favorites like Sandra Oh, the creative minds and producers of The Handmaid’s Tale, and of course, the three most popular preschool programs in the world: Paw Patrol, PJ Masks and Peppa Pig.
61% of those imports are in energy, including $2.3 billion in crude petroleum in 2017. That petroleum was sent to Colorado’s only refinery, Suncor in Commerce City.
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Every holiday season, Durango, Colorado-based company REI runs a “Polar Express” Train Ride which works closely with Canadian railroads to operate a festive experience for Canadian and American children alike.
Connecticut imports $1.6 billion in aircraft & parts from Canada, and exports $451 million in financial, business, and professional services.
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When Farmington-based THRESHOLD was looking to export for the first time ten years ago, Canada was the first country to which it looked. Market access, proximity and ease of doing business are all factors that keep this partnership strong.
Delaware imported $1 billion in crude petroleum from Canada last year.
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Since 1961, Newark-based Miles Scientific Corporation has been manufacturing high quality chromatography products. Canada is its largest export market and Canadian customers include pharmaceutical and life-science companies along with universities and research institutions.
Over 3.5 million Canadian tourists visited Florida in 2018, double the next international partner. Canadians spend over $6.5 billion to the Florida tourism industry every year, resulting in over $680 million in state taxes.
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Florida is the top US residential purchase destination among Canadians. On average, Canadians purchase $5 billion of real estate annually. To date, Canadians own $60 billion in residential properties in Florida and contribute $600 million every year in property taxes.
There are over 300 Canadian-owned companies operating in Georgia. These companies account for nearly 34,000 jobs and contribute $1.4 billion in salaries.
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Georgia-based UPS plans to invest more than $500 million towards facility expansions and technological enhancements in Canada, adding more than 1,000 new jobs.
Canadians are consistently the 2nd largest group of international tourists to visit Hawaii (second only to Japan). In 2018, Canadians contributed over $1 billion to Hawaii’s economy.
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Mahi Pono LLC is a combined venture of California-based Pomona Farming LLC and Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment Board which is committed to sustainable farming & in the long-term aims to equip Maui residents with the tools for self-sufficiency in agriculture.
Idaho exported $108 million in pearls, gems, precious metals & jewelry in 2019.
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Canadian company Midas Gold Corp reopened mining in the historic Stibnite Mining District, bringing significant economic growth to Idaho and helping to finance the environmental restoration of the site.
Illinois sells more goods to Canada than to its next three largest foreign markets combined — Mexico, China & Germany.
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394 Canadian-owned businesses employ 48,906 workers in Illinois, with major Illinois-based Canadian companies including one of North America’s largest banks BMO Financial Group and widely recognized convenience store brand Circle K playing a vital role in the Illinois economy.
Indiana sells more goods to Canada than to its next five largest foreign markets combined.
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VanWyn, an aerospace logistics company based in Ontario, is collaborating with graduate students at Purdue School of Engineering and Technology to find a breakthrough in the next step to space-to-earth power beaming. Grad students are exploring technology which would allow high altitude aircraft to share communications hundreds of thousands of square miles.
Iowa sells more goods to Canada than to its next three largest foreign markets combined — Mexico, Japan & China.
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Wiese Industries, one of America’s largest farm tillage tool manufacturers, is also one of the largest employers in Perry, Iowa. The company, owned by Saskatchewan-based Ralph McKay Industries, specializes in fertilizer knives and tillage tools for use by farmers across North America. McKay also owns and operates MD Products & Services in Mason City, representing a total of over $20 million worth of investments in Iowa.
Kansas exported $191 million in automobiles in 2019.
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Wichita-based Spirit Aerosystems — already a major supplier to Montreal’s Bombardier — will add to its Canada-based holdings with the 2020 closing on the purchase of Belgian aircraft component-maker Asco. As part of the deal, the Kansas company now becomes owner of Asco Canada, which employs approximately 160 people in a 115,000 square foot modern facility in Vancouver.
92 Canadian-owned businesses employ 6,245 workers in Kentucky.
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Canadian National is a critical part of the Canada–U.S. supply chain with its 20,000-mile network across the two countries. In 2019, Canadian National announced a $16 million investment in Kentucky’s 98-mile existing rail infrastructure in order to ‘boost capacity and network resiliency and to meet growing traffic.’
Louisiana imported $1.9 billion from Canada in 2019.
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In 2019, LaSalle Lumber Company opened the first new sawmill built in the state in more than two decades, bringing together two family-owned businesses that have been involved in the forest industry for generations. The new, highly-automated sawmill, which employs 115 people, is a joint venture between Hunt Forest Products of Louisiana, and Tolko Industries, Ltd. of Canada.
Maine exported $377 million worth of seafood to Canada in 2019.
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Since August 2016, Maine and Québec have partnered on an electric vehicle charging corridor that will link Québec City to tourist destinations across Maine. The corridor, which is the result of an agreement between Drive Electric Maine and Hydro-Québec’s Electric Circuit, will allow electric car drivers to commute from Maine’s southern border to Québec border crossings on routes 201 and 27.
154 Canadian-owned businesses employ 14,117 workers in Maryland.
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There are over 150 Canadian-owned companies operating in the state of Maryland. These companies account for over 14,000 jobs throughout the state and contribute $830 million in salaries.
Massachusetts exported $417 million worth of optical, medical & precision instruments to Canada in 2019.
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In 2019, 516 Canadian-owned companies operated in Massachusetts. These companies created over 37,000 jobs, while Massachusetts exported over $5 billion of goods and services to Canada. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics data, the average salary in Massachusetts is $63,910. This means that Canadian-owned businesses are directly responsible for $2.4 billion in salary dollars.
Michigan sells more goods to Canada than to its next seven largest foreign markets combined.
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Construction on the Gordie Howe International Bridge project between Detroit and Windsor officially began in October 2018. The $4.3 billion ($5.7 billion CAD) project will have six lanes and a total length of 1.5 miles and is expected to open to traffic in 2024. The structure’s clear span of 0.53 miles will make it the longest main span of any cable-stayed bridge in North America.
Canada sells more to Minnesota than it sells to Japan.
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The City of St. Cloud, Minnesota, in partnership with Vancouver-based Ostara and Ontario-based Lystek, has implemented a project to convert its waste streams into valuable fertilizer for farmers. Through the Nutrient Recovery and Reuse project, Ostara strips nutrients from waste to extract high-quality fertilizer pellets, while Lystek converts residual solid waste to liquid fertilizer.
Mississippi exported $827 million of automobiles to Canada in 2019.
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Resolute Forest Products, headquartered in Quebec, Canada, is a global leader in the forest products industry. The company owns or operates 40 manufacturing facilities in the United States and Canada. The company’s mill in Grenada, Mississippi, operates one of the most modern, high-speed and efficient newsprint machines in North America
Missouri sells more goods to Canada than to its next seven largest foreign markets combined.
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Canada’s Magna International Inc., one of the most diversified automotive suppliers in the world, employs 26,650 employees across 58 manufacturing & assembly facilities and 11 engineering, product development, and sales offices. In Liberty and Excelsior Springs, Missouri, Magna operates major automotive assembly facilities totaling over 560,000 square feet combined and employing over 260 local residents.
Montana sells more goods to Canada than to its next nine largest foreign markets combined.
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Thanks to binational treasures such as Waterton Glacier International Peace Park—as well as other tourist attractions in the Big Sky State—Montanans enjoy visits from hundreds of thousands of Canadians each year, the most from any international destination.
58 Canadian-owned businesses employ 3,908 workers in Nebraska.
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Union Pacific Railway, headquartered in Omaha, employs 43,000 people, crosses 23 states and connects all major West and Gulf Coast ports to Canada and other international markets. As the country’s largest publicly traded freight railroad, Union Pacific provides a means for American businesses to compete on a global scale.
Over 60% of the Vegas Golden Knights’ hockey team is made up of Canadian players.
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Two million Canadian tourists come to Nevada every year and in the process spend over $1 billion annually. Canadian carriers such as Air Canada and WestJet help bring Canadians to town, and thanks to the weather, affordable housing, and growing economy, many stay on as seasonal snowbirds or full-time residents.
510,000 Canadian travelers spent $92 million in New Hampshire in 2017.
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In April 2019, seven organizations in New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont and Québec launched an effort to promote mountain biking and boost the area’s economy. The effort, entitled “Borderlands,” has a goal to make seven mountain biking areas encompassing 220 miles of trails more prominent by putting them under one marketing entity.
New Jersey sells more goods to Canada than to its next two largest foreign markets combined — Mexico and the U.K.
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A leader in the recovery and manufacturing of green packaging and tissue products, Quebec-based Cascades, Inc. recently created 170 new jobs when it opened a new 450,000 square foot state-of-the-art containerboard packaging solutions facility in Piscataway. The facility’s strategic location will allow Cascades to further consolidate its containerboard and packaging activities in the Northeastern U.S.
New Mexico & Canada traded $58 million in agricultural goods in 2019.
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Silent Falcon in Albuquerque and MicroPilot in Manitoba are working together to advance the safety of unmanned aircraft systems. With Silent Falcon manufacturing a solar-electric, carbon-fiber aircraft and MicroPilot providing cutting-edge autopilot systems, they successfully conducted a series of demonstration flights as part of NASA’s Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management program. Their collaboration will support new technologies that ensure safety in the skies as the full potential of unmanned aircraft systems becomes realized.
Canada’s Thomson Reuters employs over 16,000 New Yorkers.
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Entertainment and sports venues have increasingly become the target of violent acts and disruptions, risking the safety and enjoyment of the participants as well as athletes and performers. LifeRaft, a company based in Halifax, uses digital indicators to track suspicious activity and provide real-time feedback to security personnel. LifeRaft has become a trusted partner for major sports and entertainment providers in New York, helping them to detect threats and prevent security incidents, keeping New Yorkers safe while they have fun.
242 Canadian-owned businesses employ 26,951 workers in North Carolina.
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Gildan Yarns, the yarn spinning division of Gildan, a leading apparel manufacturer headquartered in Montreal, Canada, recently purchased a yarn-spinning facility in Eden, North Carolina. The company plans to invest $4.7 million to revamp and upgrade the site, adding 85 new jobs in the region.
North Dakota sells more goods to Canada than to all other countries combined.
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At the Cultivate Conference, held annually in Fargo, innovative Canadian companies present their agtech products to hundreds of Midwestern farmers, industry employees, and investors. As one of the world’s largest agricultural producers and exporters, Canada has a leading edge in emerging technologies and applications aimed at making agricultural practices more efficient, safe, and environmentally friendly.
Canada sells more to Ohio than it sells to the U.K.
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There were many reasons why Canada’s fast-growing MSW Plastics Inc. chose Ohio for its U.S. expansion, including proximity, infrastructure, and an existing facility. The Dayton-area location means shorter delivery times for U.S. customers. The investment involved the purchase and renovation of a vacant facility and is expected to create up to 35 jobs once operations reach full production levels.
Oklahoma & Canada traded $76 million in agricultural goods in 2019.
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The International Inter-Tribal Trade and Investment Organization (IITIO) supports and enhances the implementation of the global flow and exchange of Indigenous goods, services and investments. IITIO hosts an annual inter-tribal trade mission and conference which convenes tribal leaders, indigenous business stakeholders, academics, and policy experts from around the world.
139 Canadian-owned businesses employ 6,443 workers in Oregon.
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There are over 130 Canadian-owned companies operating in Oregon. These companies account for nearly 6,500 jobs throughout the state and contribute $335 million in salaries annually.
Canada sells more to Pennsylvania than it sells to Japan.
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Philadelphia-based Aramark Corporation is one of the world’s leading providers of contract food, facilities and uniform services, working wherever people work, learn, recover, and play. With operations in 19 countries, Aramark has counted on Canada as one of its top international markets, serving everything from NHL arenas and urban educational institutions to remote work sites.
Canada sells more to Rhode Island than it sells to Singapore.
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In 2019, 32 Canadian-owned companies operated in Rhode Island. These companies created over 1,000 jobs in Rhode Island, while the state exported over $750 million of goods and services to Canada.
566,000 Canadian travelers spent $250 million in South Carolina in 2017.
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Bausch + Lomb, a division of Canada-based Bausch Health Companies Inc., recently completed a $25 million expansion of its Greenville Solutions Plant, installing a new assembly line and creating 30 new jobs, bringing total employment at the upstate South Carolina site to 500.
South Dakota sells more goods to Canada than to its next six largest foreign markets combined.
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Founded in South Dakota, Rosenbauer America builds firefighting and emergency vehicles for Midwestern U.S. fire departments. Now the largest fire truck apparatus and emergency response vehicle manufacturer in the world, Rosenbauer ships almost 100 trucks per year to fire stations across Canada.
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Maplehurst Bakeries, LLC is a subsidiary of Toronto, Ontario-based Weston Foods. Weston Foods—Canada’s largest fresh and frozen baking company—is a leader in the North American baking industry, producing breads, rolls, donuts, cakes, pies, bagels, tortillas, cookies, crackers and more. In Lebanon, Tennessee the plant’s employees raised funds through monetary contributions, bake and pizza sales to donate $12,000 to a local charitable organization.
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Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC), an aircraft engine manufacturer, keeps North Texas working and agricultural aircraft flying around the world. Air Tractor, the 50-year-old Texas company based in Olney with more than 200 owner-employees, keeps innovating, including new P&WC engines from Canada.
Utah imported $198 million worth of live animals from Canada in 2019.
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Listen Technologies Corp. is a Bluffdale, Utah-based producer of assistive listening systems designed to overcome the challenges of noise, distance, clashing conversations and hearing loss to deliver precise and personalized audio for consumers. In late 2019, Listen technologies Corp. acquired Kingston, Ontario’s AudioConexus Inc., a multilingual tour service marketer that helps sightseeing vendors engage customers with audio-tour technology.
Vermont sells more goods to Canada than to its next nine largest foreign markets combined.
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Since July 2017, Vancouver-based Rogers Sugar Inc., one of Canada’s leading food companies, has been the parent company of Websterville, VT based Highland Sugarworks. Highland holds a valuable foothold of production and distribution of branded and private label all-natural maple syrup products to retail and wholesale markets throughout the U.S., operates out of a 37,600 square foot facility and employs 24 people.
Virginia sells more goods to Canada than to its next two largest foreign markets combined — China & Mexico.
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There are nearly 220 Canadian-owned companies operating in the Commonwealth of Virginia. These companies account for over 17,000 jobs throughout the Commonwealth and contribute $1 billion in salaries.
Canada’s Waste Connections employs 15,000 Washingtonians.
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There are over 400 Canadian-owned companies operating in the state of Washington. These companies account for over 25,000 jobs throughout the state and contribute $1.5 billion in salaries.
Canada sells more to West Virginia than it sells to Singapore.
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Montréal-based Bombardier is a global manufacturer of planes and trains, including commercial aircraft used by airlines to connect cities around the world and right here in West Virginia. Bombardier operates a growing aircraft maintenance facility in Bridgeport to service those airliners, employing more than 400 West Virginians in management and high-tech jobs.
Wisconsin sells more goods to Canada than to its next four largest foreign markets combined.
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Wisconsin based company Pacific Cycle Inc., a division of Montreal’s Dorel Industries Inc., designs, markets and distributes high quality bicycles and other recreational products around the world. As the parent company of such legendary brands as Schwinn, Mongoose and Kid Trax, Pacific Cycle sells more bicycles than any other company in North America and is one of the most prolific bicycle suppliers in the world.
Over 10,000 Canadian travelers visit Wyoming per year, adding upwards of $13 million to the state’s economy.
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Canada-based BluEarth Renewables is leading the charge for wind power in Wyoming, announcing the development of two new wind farms near Rock River and Medicine Bow. The Two Rivers Wind and Lucky Star Wind projects are expected to employ approximately 400 workers during construction and three dozen permanent employees ongoing, generating tens of millions in sales and property taxes for the state and local communities.
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