Manitoba's Profile
Economic Indicators in 2018
- Gross domestic product (GDP): $72.7 billion
- GDP per capita: $53,700
- Population: 1.4 million
- International merchandise exports and imports: 46.4% of GDP
Economic Activity by Sector in 2019
- Goods: 26.9% of GDP
- Manufacturing: 9.4% of total GDP
- Construction: 7.9% of total GDP
- Services: 73.1% of GDP
- Real estate, and rental and leasing: 13.0% of total GDP
- Health care and social assistance: 10.1% of total GDP
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Kyra Graham
Economics, Resources and International Affairs Division
Parliamentary Information and Research Service
Publication No. 2020-508-E
28 August 2020
Manitoba's Merchandise Trade
Manitoba's merchandise trade with the world in 2018: $33.7 billion
- Exports: $15.4 billion, a 9.6% increase from 2017
- Imports: $18.3 billion, a 6.6% increase from 2017
Trade deficit in 2018: $2.9 billion, a decrease from $3.1 billion in 2017
Exports in 2018: 2.6% of the total value of Canadian exports, unchanged from 2017
Imports in 2018: 2.9% of the total value of Canadian imports, unchanged from 2017
Exports as a percentage of GDP in 2018:
- Manitoba – 21.2%, an increase from 19.8% in 2017
- Canada – 26.3%, an increase from 25.7% in 2017
Imports as a percentage of GDP in 2018:
- Manitoba – 25.2%, an increase from 24.2% in 2017
- Canada – 28.4%, an increase from 27.8% in 2017
Exports in 2019:
- Resource‑based goods – 30.6%, a decrease from 35.6% in 2018
- Manufactured goods – 69.4%, an increase from 64.4% in 2018
Highest‑valued exports in 2019: Medications and wheat, together accounting for 21.4% of the total value of provincial exports
- Medications: $2.3 billion, an increase from $1.3 billion in 2018
- Wheat: $1.1 billion, a decrease from $1.2 billion in 2018
Major export destinations, by region, in 2019:
- United States, at 74.6% of the total value of exports
- Asia, at 13.8% of the total value of exports
- Americas (excl. U.S.), at 4.4% of the total value of exports
Major export destinations, by country, in 2019:
- United States, at $12.0 billion
- China, at $908.0 million
- Japan, at $527.2 million
Manitoba's Services Trade
Manitoba's services trade with the world in 2018: $5.8 billion
- Exports: $2.5 billion, a 2.7% increase from 2017
- Imports: $3.3 billion, a 2.3% increase from 2017
Trade deficit in 2018: $804.0 million, an increase from $794.0 million in 2017