Canada - Arms imports

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values)

The latest value for Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in Canada was 207,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 1,576,000,000 in 1961 and 28,000,000 in 1976.

Definition: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services. Figures are SIPRI Trend Indicator Values (TIVs) expressed in US$ m. at constant (1990) prices. A '0' indicates that the value of deliveries is less than US$0.5m.

Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Arms Transfers Programme (http://portal.sipri.org/publications/pages/transfer/splash).

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Year Value
1960 171,000,000
1961 1,576,000,000
1962 1,231,000,000
1963 1,045,000,000
1964 764,000,000
1965 563,000,000
1966 306,000,000
1967 237,000,000
1968 336,000,000
1969 516,000,000
1970 623,000,000
1971 455,000,000
1972 382,000,000
1973 80,000,000
1974 224,000,000
1975 195,000,000
1976 28,000,000
1977 28,000,000
1978 172,000,000
1979 235,000,000
1980 441,000,000
1981 452,000,000
1982 276,000,000
1983 649,000,000
1984 646,000,000
1985 848,000,000
1986 810,000,000
1987 787,000,000
1988 742,000,000
1989 67,000,000
1990 160,000,000
1991 751,000,000
1992 407,000,000
1993 198,000,000
1994 475,000,000
1995 408,000,000
1996 427,000,000
1997 362,000,000
1998 130,000,000
1999 198,000,000
2000 576,000,000
2001 538,000,000
2002 436,000,000
2003 152,000,000
2004 353,000,000
2005 118,000,000
2006 112,000,000
2007 476,000,000
2008 420,000,000
2009 101,000,000
2010 228,000,000
2011 336,000,000
2012 197,000,000
2013 202,000,000
2014 316,000,000
2015 408,000,000
2016 233,000,000
2017 331,000,000
2018 160,000,000
2019 174,000,000
2020 207,000,000

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade