Strategic Lens

Nuclear and space: Canada and France

First country

Second country

In 2025, Canada sold USD 153 million of nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft to France and bought USD 3.0 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft grew about 4.6 times, from USD 34.2 million in 2019 to USD 156 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Canada sold USD 153 million of nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft, against USD 3.0 million the other way.

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 exports to France: nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft

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

2019: 33Low 2 / High 293.22025: 153.4

201933
2020112.3
202115
20222
2023121.6
2024293.2
2025153.4

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026