Canada's response to U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods
The Government of Canada has a comprehensive plan to fight back against the unjustified U.S. tariffs imposed on Canadian goods while supporting Canada's interests, industries, and workers.
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Countermeasures in response to U.S. tariffs
Below is a timeline of Canada's countermeasures in response to U.S tariffs. If you need help finding which products currently have a counter tariff applied, please refer to the complete list of U.S products subject to counter tariffs.
Helping Canadian businesses and workers
The Government of Canada understands the uncertainty and concern many Canadians are feeling as a result of the unjustified tariffs imposed by the U.S. and is committed to using every tool at its disposal to protect Canadian businesses and workers.
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Canada's robust system of economic support programs is available to help businesses and workers directly impacted by U.S. tariffs.
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The government is also taking steps to mitigate the impact of Canada's tariff countermeasures on Canadian workers and businesses.
- Tariffs (with the exception of steel products) are automatically waived where goods are used for specified non-commercial or commercial uses (e.g., as inputs to automobile or aircraft manufacturing), as outlined in Chapter 98 and Chapter 99 of the Customs Tariff.
- Companies can apply for the Canada Border Services Agency Duties Relief Program and Duty Drawback Program to import commercial goods without paying tariffs, or receive a refund for tariffs paid, where goods are eventually exported.
- The government has also established a remission process to consider requests for exceptional relief from Canadian tariffs on U.S. goods.
- On April 16, the United States Surtax Remission Order (2025) entered into force. This action provides time-limited immediate relief for imports from March 4, 2025 until October 15, 2025 to a broad cross-section of Canadian businesses that rely on U.S. inputs to support their competitiveness as well as to entities integral to Canadians’ health and safety, such as hospitals, long-term care facilities and fire departments.
Impacts of unjustified U.S. trade actions
Canada and the United States have the world's most comprehensive and dynamic trading relationship, which supports millions of jobs in both countries. We are each other's largest trading partners with US$2.5 billion worth of goods and services crossing the border every day.
Canadian countermeasures are about protecting and defending Canada's interests, consumers, workers, and businesses.
How this affects individuals
The U.S. tariffs will impact Canadians and Americans alike. They will increase costs for consumers, put thousands of jobs at risk, and weaken North America's competitiveness in the global economy. Tariffs will upend production at U.S. auto assembly plants and oil refineries, and raise costs for American consumers—at gas pumps and grocery stores, whether for products made in Canada or U.S.-made products that use Canadian materials, putting American prosperity at risk.
Canada's countermeasure of applying tariffs on U.S. goods being imported into Canada raises the prices of those goods for sale in Canada, making them less desirable for Canadian consumers to purchase. By raising prices and reducing their demand by Canadian consumers, this sends a message to U.S. businesses and the U.S. government on the need to reverse the imposition of tariffs, for the benefit of both Canadians and Americans.
At the same time, to help reduce the financial burden on Canadian consumers as a result of higher prices on American products, the Government of Canada encourages Canadian consumers to switch from purchasing American products to those made in Canada. This will also help support Canadian businesses by increasing their domestic sales, especially if their exports are impacted by U.S. tariffs.
How this affects businesses
Canadian companies that rely on cross-border supply chains will face logistical and financial challenges. Businesses will likely see reduced demand from U.S. buyers due to increased prices, slowing overall economic growth in Canada.
With many U.S. businesses relying on Canadian imports, tariffs on Canadian goods and materials will raise prices considerably for American businesses and consumers, leading to inflationary pressures in the U.S. Tariffs will also disrupt American supply chains, which could cause delays and increased costs, making American-made products more expensive.
Due to the sudden uncertainty around trade relations, businesses on both sides of the border could delay investments, further slowing growth.
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