World Bank Group trade data for Canada, last updated on 2026-04-27. The dataset is part of the Transparency in Trade Initiative, which aims to provide free access to data on country-specific trade policies to support development goals. It is available in CSV format under a CC-BY-4.0 license.
Use Cases
- Analyzing Canada's market access and trade barriers based on World Bank policy indicators.
- Modeling the relationship between trade and poverty reduction using country-specific trade data.
- Benchmarking Canada's trade policies within a rules-based trading system framework.
Strengths
- Data originates from the authoritative World Bank Group.
- Available under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.
- Part of a global initiative (Transparency in Trade) focused on policy data.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank Group
- Collection Method
- Likely compiled from official national and international trade statistics as part of the World Bank's data portal.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-27 22:31:59.698925; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Canada