Strategic Lens

Defence and arms: Canada and China

First country

Second country

In 2025, China sold USD 15.7 million of arms and ammunition to Canada.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, China sold USD 15.7 million of arms and ammunition, and Canada sold almost none.

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

Canada's imports from China: arms and ammunition

USD million · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by Canada

2019: 13.8Low 13.8 / High 25.32025: 15.7

201913.8
202018.6
202125.3
202222.3
202315.5
202417.2
202515.7

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026