Canada's Military Exports to
54 countries that did not have troops deployed in
Iraq and/or Afghanistan, or fighting internal wars, 2007-2009
(in Cdn$)

Recipient
Country

2007  2008 2009

Totals

Antigua & Barbuda 0 0 1,200 1,200
Argentina 120,000 3,300 21,979 145,279
Austria 669,524 857,069 753,482 2,280,075
Bosnia & Herzegovina 0 0 3,214 3,214
Botswana 77,190 3,836,694 953,356 4,867,240
Brazil 685,278 245,796 15,790,600 16,721,674
Brunei Darussalam 0 3,850 0 3,850
Cameroon 7,000 0 0 7,000
Cayman Islands 5,465 0 0 5,465
Chile 575,526 123,001 16,000 714,527
China 66,163 36,097 7,696 109,956
Costa Rica 0 0 380 380
Cuba 0 0 1,000 1,000
Cyprus 3,400 0 400 3,800
Dominica 0 0 700 700
Dominican Republic 0 0 431 431
Ecuador 3,217,525 972,565 1,425,527 5,615,617
Egypt 7,083,575 1,413,469 431,693 8,928,737
Fiji 396 0 0 396
Ghana 0 1,716 0 1,716
Greenland 86,745 62,200 45,138 194,083
Guam 22,145 0 163,986 186,131
Guatemala 89,708 75,310 0 165,018
Guyana 0 55,000 33,792 88,792
Haiti 0 0 1,619 1,619
Hong Kong 296 11,000 0 11,296
Indonesia 30,859 286,136 222,690 539,685
Kosovo 0 0 336,569 336,569
Kuwait 0 9,900 23,646 33,546
Lebanon 77,996 1,348,188 42,768 1,468,952
Libya 0 0 86,682 86,682
Macau 0 9,524 1,282 10,806
Malta 7,605 0 1,580 9,185
Morocco 0 0 2,024 2,024
Netherlands Antilles 0 0 413,700 413,700
Nicaragua 0 0 30,165 30,165
Oman 8,056,945 24,390,849 10,666 32,458,460
Panama 15,855 0 0 15,855
Peru 38,263 0 1,105,926 1,144,189
Qatar 44,290 6,936 0 51,226
Saudi Arabia 9,006,436 54,601,552 16,387,581 79,995,569
Senegal 7,826 0 513,660 521,486
Serbia 1,799 4,590 15,025 21,414
Slovenia 25,198 9,750 1,688 36,636
South Africa 7,140,940 23,973,255 2,480,483 33,594,678
Taiwan 173,850 39,993 776,681 990,524
Tanzania 2,138 1,519 6,041 9,698
Trinidad and Tobago 250 3,018 4,650,741 4,654,009
Tunisia 969,011 0 2,811 971,822
United Arab Emirates 798,920 1,703,786 424,944 2,927,650
Uruguay 1,256,960 150,000 0 1,406,960
Vietnam 0 0 153,752 153,752
Zambia 0 0 590 590
Zimbabwe 0 588 0 588
Totals 40,365,077 114,236,651 47,343,888 201,945,616

 

Details: Canada's Military Exports to
54 countries with no troops deployed
in foreign or internal wars, 2007-2009
(in Cdn$)
 

Key to
Munitions Categories

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Recipient
Country

Munitions
Category

2007

2008

2009

2-1 Small arms and automatic weapons
Antigua & Barbuda

2-1

0

0

1,200

2-2 Large weapons such as howitzers & cannon
Argentina

2-7

0

0

2,915

2-3 Ammunition
 

2-10

120,000

3,300

19,063

2-4 Weapons firing and aiming systems
Austria

2-1

36,210

37,895

56,395

2-5 Bombs, rockets, missiles, grenades
 

2-2

3,555

0

0

2-6 Tanks and armoured vehicles
 

2-3

38,256

243,734

12,400

2-7 Chemical, biological, radioactive agents & weapons
 

2-7

59,428

29,101

289,174

2-8 Energetic materials
 

2-10

532,025

546,289

395,513

2-9 Naval vessels of war
 

2-22

50

50

0

2-10 Aircraft, helicopters, unmanned airborne vehicles
Bosnia & Herzegovina

2-1

0

0

3,214

2-11 Electronic equipment
Botswana

2-3

0

80

0

2-12 High velocity kinetic energy weapons systems
 

2-4

0

3,359,570

0

2-13 Armoured equipment and constructions
 

2-10

77,190

477,044

953,356

2-14 Military training and simulation equipment
Brazil

2-1

0

0

2,613

2-15 Imaging or countermeasure equipment
 

2-2

487,890

0

233,652

2-16 Forgings and castings
 

2-3

0

0

33,045

2-17 Miscellaneous equipment
 

2-6

0

0

11,218

2-18 Production equipment
 

2-7

10,209

0

0

2-19 Directed energy weapon systems
 

2-10

101,240

142,489

300,110

2-20 Cryogenic and “superconductive” equipment
 

2-11

0

3,990

3,990

2-21 Software
 

2-14

0

80,000

13,156,624

2-22 Technology
 

2-15

0

19,315

0

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2-16

71,200

0

140,717

 

2-18

487,890

0

0

 

2-21

2

2

15,065,155

 

2-22

502,628

0

13,157,299

Brunei Darussalam

2-18

0

3,850

0

Cameroon

2-1

7,000

0

0

Cayman Islands

2-1

5,465

0

0

 

2-3

3,065

0

0

Chile

2-1

7,810

0

2,310

 

2-7

0

0

69

 

2-9

45,043

0

13,621

 

2-10

773

75,909

0

 

2-11

0

0

13,621

 

2-13

0

47,092

0

 

2-21

521,900

0

0

China

2-1

7,520

0

0

 

2-7

0

137

2,278

 

2-13

58,643

35,960

5,418

Costa Rica

2-1

0

0

380

Cuba

2-1

0

0

1,000

Cyprus

2-1

3,400

0

400

Dominica

2-1

0

0

700

Dominican Republic

2-3

0

0

431

Ecuador

2-10

441,750

37,200

0

 

2-11

2,775,775

915,365

57,802

 

2-15

2,775,775

919,720

0

 

2-18

0

15,645

0

 

2-21

0

0

1,367,725

 

2-22

2,775,775

899,720

0

Egypt

2-1

0

6,000

0

 

2-2

0

0

34,538

 

2-3

0

0

8,865

 

2-10

7,083,575

993,469

388,290

 

2-11

0

414,000

112,364

Fiji

2-1

396

0

0

Ghana

2-1

0

1,716

0

Greenland

2-1

86,745

62,200

45,138

Guam

2-7

22,145

0

0

 

2-9

0

0

163,986

Guatemala

2-1

89,708

75,310

0

Guyana

2-3

0

55,000

33,792

Haiti

2-1

0

0

1,619

Hong Kong

2-1

0

11,000

0

 

2-7

296

0

0

Indonesia

2-1

15,880

0

3,298

 

2-5

15,880

0

0

 

2-7

0

683

142

 

2-10

0

165,453

0

 

2-11

0

0

19,250

 

2-14

0

120,000

200,000

 

2-15

14,979

0

0

Ireland

2-1

7,879

0

500

 

2-2

12,800

0

35,259

 

2-3

230

0

0

 

2-11

140,790

0

45,948

 

2-17

0

12,100

0

Kosovo

2-2

0

0

13,281

 

2-3

0

0

6,013

 

2-6

0

0

313,328

 

2-7

0

0

3,947

Kuwait

2-3

0

9,900

0

 

2-6

0

0

22,809

 

2-7

0

0

837

Lebanon

2-1

77,996

1,308,188

42,768

 

2-14

0

40,000

0

Libya

2-2

0

0

6,355

 

2-3

0

0

328

 

2-14

0

0

80,000

Macau

2-7

0

0

1,282

 

2-13

0

9,524

0

Malta

2-1

7,605

0

1,580

Mexico

2-10

0

69,570

0

 

2-13

0

0

13,374

 

2-18

5,000

0

0

 

2-22

0

330

50

Moldova

2-1

0

0

926

Morocco

2-14

0

0

2,024

Netherlands Antilles

2-11

0

0

413,700

Nicaragua

2-1

0

0

30,165

Oman

2-3

3,987,874

0

0

 

2-4

3,955,775

265

10,666

 

2-5

105,864

0

0

 

2-10

0

24,000,000

0

 

2-11

0

390,584

0

 

2-14

7,433

0

0

 

2-22

0

24,000,000

0

Panama

2-1

15,855

0

0

Peru

2-1

36,340

0

0

 

2-3

1,227

0

0

 

2-10

0

0

1,000,000

 

2-11

695

0

0

 

2-13

0

0

5,926

 

2-15

0

0

100,000

Qatar

2-7

44,290

0

0

 

2-11

0

6,936

0

Saudi Arabia

2-1

0

1,257,804

2,896,250

 

2-2

0

0

3,146,144

 

2-4

2,200,000

0

0

 

2-5

4,814,084

156,009

5,894,359

 

2-6

4,814,184

52,716,009

11,734,343

 

2-7

338

0

698

 

2-9

0

104,594

948,221

 

2-10

1,574,469

5,808

1,079,889

 

2-11

13,908

0

2,866,408

 

2-14

3,537

3,537

2,866,408

 

2-18

0

1,761

189,987

 

2-21

400,000

471,600

1,224,048

 

2-22

0

533,174

4,132,900

Senegal

2-1

7,826

0

0

 

2-13

0

0

513,660

Serbia

2-7

1,799

4,590

15,025

Slovenia

2-1

0

0

300

 

2-3

0

9,750

0

 

2-7

0

0

1,388

 

2-10

20,208

0

0

 

2-11

4,990

0

0

South Africa

2-1

17,455

2,500

22,730

 

2-2

10,130

0

0

 

2-3

0

0

1,970

 

2-5

19,600

0

0

 

2-6

6,824,919

13,044,611

113,010

 

2-7

0

0

880

 

2-10

122,000

142,240

849,680

 

2-11

156,961

137,504

292,442

 

2-13

6,824,919

21,583,942

0

 

2-14

5

1,450,191

0

 

2-17

0

0

2,050

 

2-21

5

1,526,191

1,318,571

 

2-22

5

9,388,323

1,010

Taiwan

2-1

21,484

10,178

0

 

2-7

0

332

0

 

2-10

42,219

0

0

 

2-11

109,992

25,312

711,104

 

2-13

0

916

59,350

 

2-14

0

3,000

6,102

 

2-22

155

255

125

Tanzania

2-1

2,138

1,519

2,969

 

2-3

518

0

3,072

Trinidad and Tobago

2-1

250

0

250

 

2-3

0

3,018

0

 

2-11

0

0

4,650,000

 

2-13

0

0

491

Tunisia

2-1

12,445

0

0

 

2-3

0

0

2,811

 

2-10

956,566

0

0

United Arab Emirates

2-1

28,545

0

9,276

 

2-2

0

0

10,473

 

2-3

7,362

63,045

13,059

 

2-6

260,000

150,000

375,000

 

2-7

2,028

0

2,673

 

2-10

985

0

14,463

 

2-11

100,000

0

0

 

2-13

400,000

150,000

0

 

2-21

100,000

1,340,741

0

 

2-22

100,000

0

0

Uruguay

2-6

1,256,960

150,000

0

Vietnam

2-2

0

0

21,483

 

2-3

0

0

269

 

2-5

0

0

132,000

Zambia

2-1

0

0

490

 

2-3

0

0

100

Zimbabwe

2-3

0

588

0

Note:
None of these figures include any "dual-use" military hardware, even when sold directly to the armed forces of foreign governments. 

Sources:
Troops Deployed (2007-2009):
War in Afghanistan:
Afghan and NATO military and police strength over time
War in Iraq: Multi-National Force – Iraq

Canadian Military Exports, 2007-2009.  (All figures, except for the United States)
Report on Exports of Military Goods from Canada 2007-2009
Published by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT), March 11, 2011.

Table 5: Exports of Military Goods and Technology by Destination and Export Control List (ECL) Item

United States
Since DFAIT's above-cited report does not include any data on Canada's exports to the United States, estimates in COAT's tables for the missing U.S. figures are based on statements by the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI). For example, CADSI rports:
"The United States market accounts for 80% of Canada’s defence exports and the technologies developed by Canadian partners are intertwined with U.S. technology."

Canada's Defence Industry: Industry Engagement on the Opportunities and Challenges Facing the Defence Industry and Military Procurement

The fact that 80% of Canada's military exports went to the United States was also confirmed by CADSI's president, Tim Page, in his testimony to the City of Ottawa's Corporate Services Committee on June 2, 2010, when he supported lifting the 20-year ban on holding arms trade shows at municipal facilities.
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