Illinois sells more goods to Canada than to its next three largest foreign markets combined
934 Canadian-owned businesses employ 33,450 workers in Illinois
$19.8 billion in annual exports of goods to Canada
$63.8 billion in annual imports of goods from Canada
Did you know?Canadian National Railway (CN) has been a longtime
engine of economic growth in Illinois; the company
invested $150 million across the state in 2022 alone and
more than $1 billion over the last five years. Now CN is
exploring a new Chicagoland Logistics Hub in Minooka,
to move even more goods through Illinois. CN
investments have helped Will County maintain its
position as the largest inland port in the United States,
served by CN’s new transload facility in Bridgeview and
its Chicago Intermodal Terminal in Harvey. If the new
Logistics Hub goes ahead, it would expand CN
operations with new jobs in addition to the estimated
1,500 already employed by CN operations in the Prairie
State.
Download the Illinois State trade fact sheet