Multinational enterprises contribute significantly to the Canadian economy in various domains. Within the Canadian corporate sector in 2019, foreign and Canadian multinational enterprises (MNEs) were responsible for nearly one-third of gross domestic product (GDP) growth, for more than half of the employment increase, and for almost all of the growth in international trade in goods and services.
Outside Canada, Canadian firms demonstrated their integration with global value chains as they continued to expand their activities in foreign markets. Sales by their affiliates operating abroad grew faster than sales from their domestic operations.
Data on multinational enterprises in Canada, as well as on Canadian multinational enterprises abroad, are now available for 2019. These data provide an overview of their activities prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused disruptions in global value chains.
More detailed information on operating revenues, assets and employment, by country, can be found in the product "Activities of Multinational Enterprises: Interactive Tool". It also includes provincial data on number of jobs, GDP and international merchandise trade, by type of multinational enterprise.
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