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Where Ontario's exports go

Every dollar of Ontario's domestic exports since 2000, by destination country, from Statistics Canada's trade data. The United States still takes most of it, but its share has fallen from 93.2% to 71.6%, and gold has become Ontario's second-largest export.

Ontario domestic exports by destination, 2000 to 2025 plus January to August 2026 (year to date). Each dot is $150 million. Data: Statistics Canada, Canadian International Merchandise Trade, Statistics Canada Open Licence. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Statistics Canada.

$265.98B

Ontario domestic exports in 2025

216

destinations in 2025

71.6%

went to the US, down from 93.2% in 2000

21.3%

was gold, up from 1.7% in 2000

What the data reveals

THE UNITED STATES

Still the biggest buyer, by a shrinking margin

The US took 93.2% of Ontario's domestic exports in 2000 and 71.6% in 2025 ($190.32 billion). From January to August 2026 it was 64.1%, a part-year figure that isn't directly comparable to a full year.

EVERYWHERE ELSE

Exports to the rest of the world grew six-fold

Exports to every other destination combined rose from $12.61 billion in 2000 to $75.66 billion in 2025, in nominal dollars (not adjusted for inflation).

GOLD

Gold is now Ontario's second-largest export

Precious metals and stones (HS chapter 71) were $56.56 billion in 2025, 21.3% of the total, behind only vehicles and parts (HS 87) at $59.98 billion. In 2000 they were 1.7%.

THE UNITED KINGDOM

Most of that gold goes to the UK

The UK received $40.19 billion of Ontario's gold exports in 2025, 71.1% of the total, and 95.4% of everything Ontario sent the UK was gold (HS 7108). The data shows where it goes, not why.

INTERACTIVE

How to explore it

Five views of the same dots

Radial, Years, Map, Product and Ranked rearrange the same 34,116 dots, each worth $150 million.

Follow a country

Click any dot to light up its country and open a panel with its top products, its gold share and a 2000 to 2025 trend line.

Move through the years

Drag the year slider or press Play to watch the ring change from 2000 to 2025. 2026 is marked year to date.

Search any destination

Type a country to jump straight to it. Search also finds countries listed under older names.

Read it as text

Open the Table for every published figure, or switch to a plain bar chart. Every number is exact, not rounded to dots.

Use the keyboard

Arrow keys walk around the ring with each step announced, Enter opens the panel and Escape steps back.

About the data

Every figure on this page and in the visualization is an exact sum of the published Statistics Canada rows. The dots only draw the shapes: each one is $150 million.

  • Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian International Merchandise Trade (CIMT) Web Application, Domestic Exports bulk files (catalogue 71-607-X), downloaded October 6, 2026. Statistics Canada Open Licence.
  • Domestic exports only, by province of origin: goods grown, extracted or made in Ontario. Re-exports are not included.
  • Customs basis, the only basis that breaks exports down by both province and destination country. Exports to the United States are compiled from US import records.
  • Nominal Canadian dollars, as published, not adjusted for inflation.
  • 2026 covers January to August only and is marked year to date wherever it appears.
  • Confidential and low-value transactions are published together under HS 9901 and shown as their own grey group. Nothing is estimated or filled in.
  • Destinations whose country codes changed over the period stay under the name in use at the time.
  • World map: Natural Earth (public domain).
  • Not affiliated with or endorsed by Statistics Canada.

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