Strategic Lens

Nuclear and space: Canada and Russia

First country

Second country

In 2025, Russia sold USD 22.7 million of nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft to Canada.

Constraints

  • BothTwo-way trade in nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft fell 66 percent, from USD 68.0 million in 2019 to USD 23.0 million in 2025.
  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Russia sold USD 22.7 million of nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft, 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 exports to Russia: nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft

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

2019: 63.1Low 0.3 / High 63.12025: 0.3

201963.1
202014.6
202114
20220.3
20250.3

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

Canada's imports from Russia: nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft

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

2019: 4.9Low 4.9 / High 262025: 22.7

20194.9
20205
20218.8
20228.6
202325.2
202426
202522.7

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026