Trade and gender: The Canada-Ireland story
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Two-way Canadian merchandise trade with Ireland averaged $3.8 billion annually during 2018 and 2019. This was up 56.7% compared to 2016 – the last full year before preferential tariff treatment under CETA was put into force in 2017.
In 2019, Canada exported $843 million in goods to Ireland and imported $3,020 million worth of goods.
In Canada, 4,082 jobs are directly or indirectly supported by merchandise exports to Ireland. Women hold 1,356 of these jobs.
Top 5 industries
Jobs held by women that are directly or indirectly supported by goods exports to Ireland:
- Wholesale trade: 188
- Chemical manufacturing: 163
- Crop and animal production: 124
- Finance and insurance: 107
- Professional, scientific, and technical services: 107
The number of Canadian businesses exporting goods to the Ireland in 2019 was 681, while the number of Canadian businesses importing goods from Ireland was 2,159.
Women-owned and equally owned businesses in 2017:
- Export value: 13.3%
- Import value: 15.4%
- Exporters: 21.9%
- Importers: 22.2%
Men-owned businesses in 2017:
- Export value: 86.7%
- Import value: 84.6%
- Exporters: 78.1%
- Importers: 77.8%
Women-owned and equally owned Canadian businesses make up a slightly larger portion of importers than exporters, and a larger portion of imports by value.
Notes: Women-, men- and equally owned businesses refer to Canadian-controlled private corporations. The reported fractions are of those for which data on gender of ownership are available.
Direct jobs: Initial trade transactions support jobs directly.
Indirect Jobs: Additional jobs supported indirectly due to an increase in business-to-business (e.g. supply chain) transactions that result from the initial trade.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Canadian Employer-Employee Dynamics Database 2017, Trade by Exporter Characteristics 2017, Trade by Importer Characteristics 2017 and Canadian Merchandise Trade Database 2019.
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