“Southwest Ontario, the country’s energy centers and parts of Quebec are more harder than the Ottawa region,” the author of the study says.
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A new study that examines the economic impact of US charges in Canadian cities states that Ottawa-Gadino will be relatively well-threatened to withstand threatened trade turmoil.
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce Study Evaluates US President Donald Trump’s possible impact 41 in Canadian cities.
It shows cities with economies that rely on crude oil exports, automobile and accessories production. St. John, NP, Calgary, Windsor, Kitchen-Campbridge-Waterloo and Brandford are topped in Canada’s most fee-informed cities.
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Ottawa-Gadino ranked 29th in the list of 41 Canadian cities.
The study found that the cost of the national capital region was 10.9 percent above the average Canadian city.
Ottawa-Gadino has 812 export companies, producing $ 8 billion worth of goods by 2023. They were the cause of 8.4 percent of the regional economic production.
“Ottawa’s economy trade is not exposed. It focuses more on high -tech and public sector government jobs,” Chamber’s chief economist study writer Stephen Top said in an interview.
“This is not to say that there are no fares in the Ottawa-Kateino, but I would say that Southwest Ontario, the country’s energy centers and some parts of Quebec would be much more difficult than the Ottawa region.”
Earlier this month, he agreed to suspend his administrative directive for 30 days, with a fee of 10 per cent of Canadian energy exports and 25 per cent of all other Canadian exports.
Canadian Business Chamber of Commerce Lyrics used Canada Data, predicting that any Canadian cities would be more affected by those fees. It examined the economic data for 41 census in Canada with more than 100,000 people in Canada.
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Researchers have created a “US -payment code” to reflect both the export of the economy of each city and the fact that the US relying on the US as a buyer.
The study concluded that “our modeling estimates that this fee will impose a steep success for the value of Canada’s energy export, which explains why St. John, New Francewick and Calcari are more vulnerable to Alberta.”
Canadian energy exports to the United States were more than $ 176 billion in 2024.
St. John is the homeland of the Irving Oil Refinery, the largest crude oil refinery in Canada, which can be processed over 320,000 barrels a day. More than 80 percent of the production exported to the US New Brunswick’s seafood, and forest products are also affected by fees.
Cities in south Ontario, including Windsor, Kicner, Waterloo, Cambridge, Brandford, Quelb and Hamilton, rely on car parts and steel production.
The Windsor has a Windsor for the Ford and Stelynis, while the second largest vehicle component manufacturer of Canada is headquartered. Hamilton is Canada’s steel capital, which is operated by Archelarmitial Tofasco and Stelko.
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Quebec has three cities with an average risk of higher than average, including the Sakunu-Lock-St. Jeen, who is responsible for one-third of Canada’s aluminum production. Most of them (85 percent) are handling American Trois-Rivier’s aluminum, forestry and agricultural food products, while drummondville exported wooden products and furniture to the United States
TAPP, the senior vice president of the research, data and analysis, said his team is now working to understand how Canada’s retaliation fees can affect the local economies here.
Already, there is a strong feeling to avoid US products among Canadian consumers, he said.
“I think people are truly shocked and saddened. He said that our greatest friendship and trading partner, for a lot of meaningful reasons, would come out, and think that it would be more difficult than such countries.”
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