Canadian Military Goods Exports, Annual Reports from 1990

Reports from 1990 onward provide official statistics on the value, destination, and categories of controlled military goods and technology exported by Canada. The collection is published by Global Affairs Canada, with early reports issued as numbered annuals and later publications sometimes consolidating multiple years. The information is archived and out of date, intended for research or recordkeeping purposes only.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in Canadian military exports based on reported value and destination data.
• Researching the evolution of export control categories and reporting formats over time.
• Studying Canada's defense trade relationships with specific countries based on destination information.

Strengths

• Official government reports from Global Affairs Canada.
• Covers a long time series starting from 1990.
• Provides statistics on value, destination, and categories of exports.

Limitations

• Data is archived and explicitly noted as out of date.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada

Collection Method

Official government reporting on exports of controlled military goods and technology.

Time Range

1990 onward

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 12:32:25.437250; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada (export destinations global)