Trade Confidence Index Mid-Year 2026: Five Trends Shaping the Future of Canada's Trade Resilience
EDC's Trade Confidence Index reached 71.7 at mid-year, up two points since year-end 2025 and slightly below the historical average of 72.4.
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EDC's Trade Confidence Index reached 71.7 at mid-year, up two points since year-end 2025 and slightly below the historical average of 72.4.
EDC Economics expects West Texas Intermediate crude oil to average around US$86 per barrel in 2026 and US$82 per barrel in 2027.
EDC facilitated $135 billion in business in 2025, supporting an estimated $97 billion of GDP and approximately 580,000 full-time equivalent jobs.
EDC served 27,873 customers in 2024 (2023: 27,377).
EDC supported $131.4 billion in exports, foreign investment and trade development activities in 2023, including $27.7 billion in emerging markets compared to $27.6 billion in 2022.
EDC supported $133.4 billion in exports, foreign investment and trade development activities in 2022, including $27.6 billion in emerging markets compared to $22 billion in 2021.
EDC supported $102.3 billion in exports, foreign investment and trade development activities in 2020.
EDC set a target to reduce its exposure to the most carbon-intensive sectors by 15 per cent over five years against a December 31, 2018 baseline, with exposure targeted to decline to $19.1 billion by 2023, a decrease of approximately $3.3 billion.
EDC had net income of $348 million in the third quarter of 2020, compared with a net loss of $119 million a year earlier.
The position against the Canada Account statutory limit was $11,024 million at March 31, 2020, up from $7,820 million (millions of Canadian dollars).
Total GHG emissions avoided are 6,062,382 tCO2/yr, an increase of 46 per cent over the previous year.
The position against the statutory limit was $7,820 million at March 31, 2019, compared with $1,657 million at March 31, 2018.
In January of 2014, EDC became the first Canadian institution to issue a Green Bond, an issue of USD 300 million.
EDC issued its first dedicated Climate Change Policy in January 2019.
The position against the statutory limit of $20 billion was $1,657 million at March 31, 2018, down from $3,020 million a year earlier.
EDC issued its inaugural Green Bond in January 2014, funding nine transactions totaling USD 308 million.