Canada's Historical Trade Data from 1800 to 2016

A 216-year record of Canada's international trade from 1800 to 2016, compiled by Giovanni Federico and Antonio Tena Junguito. This dataset is part of the Federico-Tena World Trade Historical Database, which tracks changes in global commerce. The data was harvested from the e-cienciaDatos Dataverse repository and last updated in May 2024.

Use Cases

• Modeling long-term trade elasticity and economic growth based on the 1800-2016 time series.
• Analyzing Canada's integration into the global economy over two centuries.
• Benchmarking historical trade policy impacts using the documented trade flows.

Strengths

• Covers a significant 216-year time span from 1800 to 2016.
• Developed by established economic historians Giovanni Federico and Antonio Tena Junguito.
• Part of a larger, structured world trade database project.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file format are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect the collection and aggregation biases inherent to the original historical sources.

Provenance

Source

Federico-Tena World Trade Historical Database project.

Collection Method

Likely compiled from historical national accounts, customs records, and trade statistics.

Time Range

1800 to 2016

Freshness

Last updated 2024-05-05 04:51:02; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada