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Ratio of exports to imports and value per capita of exports, imports and total trade, by year, 1868 to 1917
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| Excess of imports over total exports | Excess of total exports over imports | Ratio of total exports to imports entered for consumption | Estimated population | Value per capita of | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exports | Imports | Total trade | |||||
| $ | % | number | $ | ||||
| 1868 | 14,388,439 | - | 78.56 | 3,372,000 | 15.63 | 19.90 | 35.53 |
| 1869 | 6,898,368 | - | 89.08 | 3,413,000 | 16.48 | 18.50 | 34.98 |
| 1870 | 1,330,862 | - | 98.01 | 3,454,000 | 18.98 | 19.37 | 38.35 |
| 1871 | 16,731,120 | - | 80.13 | 3,518,000 | 19.18 | 23.94 | 43.12 |
| 1872 | 26,326,102 | - | 74.92 | 3,611,000 | 21.77 | 29.06 | 50.83 |
| 1873 | 38,565,149 | - | 69.03 | 3,668,000 | 23.43 | 33.94 | 57.37 |
| 1874 | 35,824,794 | - | 70.92 | 3,825,000 | 22.84 | 32.20 | 55.04 |
| 1875 | 40,561,426 | - | 65.45 | 3,887,000 | 19.77 | 30.21 | 49.98 |
| 1876 | 12,786,709 | - | 86.18 | 3,949,000 | 20.18 | 23.43 | 43.61 |
| 1877 | 18,984,740 | - | 79.83 | 4,013,000 | 18.72 | 23.45 | 42.17 |
| 1878 | 11,241,173 | - | 87.56 | 4,079,000 | 19.41 | 22.16 | 41.57 |
| 1879 | 7,915,850 | - | 89.94 | 4,146,000 | 17.07 | 18.98 | 36.05 |
| 1880 | - | 16,239,161 | 123.23 | 4,215,000 | 20.43 | 16.58 | 37.01 |
| 1881 | - | 6,831,489 | 107.55 | 4,337,000 | 22.44 | 20.86 | 43.30 |
| 1882 | 9,379,074 | - | 91.56 | 4,384,000 | 23.21 | 25.35 | 48.56 |
| 1883 | 24,407,292 | - | 79.97 | 4,433,000 | 21.98 | 27.49 | 49.47 |
| 1884 | 16,750,774 | - | 84.19 | 4,485,000 | 19.89 | 23.63 | 43.52 |
| 1885 | 12,544,394 | - | 87.42 | 4,539,000 | 19.21 | 21.98 | 41.19 |
| 1886 | 10,797,354 | - | 88.75 | 4,589,000 | 18.56 | 20.92 | 39.48 |
| 1887 | 15,596,968 | - | 85.16 | 4,638,000 | 19.30 | 22.66 | 41.96 |
| 1888 | 10,486,162 | - | 89.58 | 4,688,000 | 19.23 | 21.47 | 40.70 |
| 1889 | 21,887,285 | - | 79.94 | 4,740,000 | 18.40 | 23.02 | 41.42 |
| 1890 | 17,373,206 | - | 84.44 | 4,793,000 | 19.68 | 23.30 | 42.98 |
| 1891 | 14,063,585 | - | 87.39 | 4,844,000 | 20.12 | 23.02 | 43.14 |
| 1892 | 3,006,156 | - | 97.39 | 4,889,000 | 22.94 | 23.55 | 46.49 |
| 1893 | 740,176 | - | 99.36 | 4,936,000 | 23.18 | 23.33 | 46.51 |
| 1894 | - | 6,614,658 | 106.06 | 4,984,000 | 23.21 | 21.88 | 45.09 |
| 1895 | - | 8,637,593 | 108.58 | 5,034,000 | 21.71 | 20.00 | 41.71 |
| 1896 | - | 10,953,382 | 110.40 | 5,086,000 | 22.87 | 20.72 | 43.59 |
| 1897 | - | 27,839,876 | 126.11 | 5,142,000 | 26.15 | 20.73 | 46.88 |
| 1898 | - | 33,222,383 | 126.30 | 5,199,000 | 30.68 | 24.29 | 54.97 |
| 1899 | - | 5,534,421 | 103.71 | 5,259,000 | 29.45 | 28.40 | 57.85 |
| 1900 | - | 10,730,677 | 106.22 | 5,322,000 | 34.43 | 32.41 | 66.84 |
| 1901 | - | 16,808,449 | 109.46 | 5,403,000 | 36.00 | 32.89 | 68.89 |
| 1902 | - | 13,490,674 | 106.87 | 5,532,000 | 37.96 | 35.52 | 73.48 |
| 1903 | - | 416,042 | 100.19 | 5,673,000 | 39.87 | 39.63 | 79.50 |
| 1904 | 32,534,341 | - | 86.64 | 5,825,000 | 36.23 | 41.82 | 78.05 |
| 1905 | 50,145,058 | - | 80.07 | 5,992,000 | 33.62 | 41.99 | 75.61 |
| 1906 | 36,624,402 | - | 87.07 | 6,171,000 | 39.97 | 45.90 | 85.87 |
| 1907 | 57,650,641 | - | 76.92 | 6,302,000 | 30.48 | 39.63 | 70.11 |
| 1908 | 88,511,003 | - | 74.85 | 6,491,000 | 40.57 | 54.21 | 94.78 |
| 1909 | 28,295,149 | - | 90.18 | 6,695,000 | 38.82 | 43.05 | 81.87 |
| 1910 | 71,051,434 | - | 81.79 | 6,917,000 | 43.19 | 53.46 | 96.65 |
| 1911 | 161,744,898 | - | 64.20 | 7,158,000 | 40.51 | 63.11 | 103.62 |
| 1912 | 213,732,158 | - | 59.01 | 7,343,000 | 41.91 | 71.01 | 112.92 |
| 1913 | 293,072,711 | - | 56.27 | 7,530,000 | 50.07 | 88.99 | 139.06 |
| 1914 | 163,019,920 | - | 73.64 | 7,725,000 | 58.96 | 80.06 | 139.02 |
| 1915 | - | 5,996,197 | 101.32 | 7,928,000 | 58.20 | 57.45 | 115.65 |
| 1916 | - | 271,482,911 | 153.46 | 8,140,000 | 95.74 | 62.39 | 158.13 |
| 1917 | - | 333,880,197 | 139.50 | 8,361,000 | 141 04 | 101.10 | 242.14 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book, 1916-17. | |||||||
