Nevada
- 60,300 Nevada jobs depend on trade with Canada
- 9,700 Nevadans are employed by Canadian-owned businesses
- Total Canada–Nevada goods trade: $2.1 billion
Cirque du Soleil’s Zumanity (photo: Jeremy Daniel, Richard Termine; costumes: Alan Hranitelj; ©2011 Cirque du Soleil)
An economic powerhouse and community supporter
A Las Vegas icon, Cirque du Soleil currently has seven shows on the Strip: Mystère, “O”, Zumanity, KÀ, The Beatles LOVE, Criss Angel BeLIEve, Viva ELVIS (through August 2012), and Zarkana (premiering November 2012), which collectively employ over 1,600 workers, including over 520 artists. The newest show, a collaboration with the Michael Jackson estate, will premiere in 2013. Cirque du Soleilalso takes pride in being a neighbor of choice and articulates its commitment through many long term social and cultural action programs, perhaps most notably its social circus program Cirque du Monde, a global program targeting at-risk youth which celebrated its
15thanniversary in 2010, and its support of initiatives in the local arts community.
Creating jobs in tough times
Barrick Gold of North America is the U.S. subsidiary of Barrick Gold of Canada, the largest gold producer in the world. The state’s largest international investor and exporter, Barrick has operated in Nevada since 1986 with seven mines responsible for 40% of Barrick’s global gold production. Over 1,000 new jobs have been added in Nevada since 2007, bringing in-state employment to over 4,450 and more than 500 Nevada vendors provided $957 million worth of services and equipment in 2011. Barrick is the only Canadian mining company ranked in the top 100 of the NASDAQ Global Sustainability Index and operates one of the largest corporate giving programs in Nevada, donating $3 million annually.
Powering northern Nevada
Tuscarora Gas Transmission Company, owned by TransCanada, is the primary source of natural gas for northern Nevada. Tuscarora is a 229-mile interstate natural gas pipeline system that services utilities, electric generators, municipalities, casinos, and industrial facilities primarily serving Reno and northern Nevada.
For more information on Nevada’s trade with Canada, please contact:
Consulate General of Canada
550 South Hope Street, 9th Floor • Los Angeles, CA 90071
Phone: (213) 346-2719 • Fax: (213) 346-2767 • lngls-td@international.gc.ca
August 2012
Unless otherwise mentioned, all figures are based on 2011 data in U.S. dollars (US$1.00=C$0.9891). Statistics Canada: tourism, based on combined same-day and overnight travel (5/2012 release); goods & services trade (2/2012 release). World Institute for Strategic Economic Research (WISER): Canada’s export ranking (2/2012 release). U.S. Census Bureau: trade (2/2012 release). Services trade data not available at a sub-national level. Figures may not add up due to rounding. Produced by the Embassy of Canada in Washington, D.C.
Supplemental content
Nevada–Canada facts
Foreign export markets
- % foreign-bound goods sold to Canada: 16%
Merchandise trade
- Nevada exports to Canada: $1.3 billion
- Nevada imports from Canada: $814 million
- Bilateral trade: $2.1 billion
Jobs*
- # jobs that depend on trade with Canada: 60,300
- # employed by Canadian-owned businesses: 9,700
* Job numbers from trade (2010 data) and Canadian-owned businesses (2009 data) are from a 2012 study commissioned by the Government of Canada
Tourism
- Nevada visits by Canadians: 1,603,200, $1.4 billion spent
- Nevada visits to Canada: 61,200, $34 million spent
Top exports
- Ores, slag & ash: $468 million
- Toys, games, sporting & recreation equipment: $165 million
- Telephones & AV recording equipment: $36 million
- Plastics & plastic articles: $34 million
- Beverages & alcohol: $25 million
- Iron & steel tubes, pipes & sheets: $23 million
- Books & printed material: $19 million
- Furniture & bedding: $19 million
- Optical, medical & precision instruments: $18 million
- Inorganic chemicals: $15 million
- Electric motors & generators: $12 million
- Pasta, breads & cereal preparations: $10 million
- Aluminum & aluminum articles: $9 million
Top imports
- Precious metals: $107 million
- Plastics & plastic articles: $94 million
- Paper & paperboard: $85 million
- Medicine, in dosage: $26 million
- Furniture & bedding: $25 million
- Rubber & rubber articles: $21 million
- Books & printed material: $17 million
- Natural gas & other gases: $17 million
- Wood pulp: $16 million
- Telecommunications parts: $15 million
- Fertilizers: $14 million
- Toys, games, sporting & recreation equipment: $13 million
- Optical, medical & precision instruments: $12 million
Nevada exports $1.3 billion in goods to Canada
- Minerals & metals (41%)
- Equipment & machinery (27%)
- Agriculture (5%)
- Plastics & rubbers (3%)
- Transportation (3%)
- Forest products (3%)
- Other (18%)
Nevada imports $814 million in goods from Canada
- Equipment & machinery (20%)
- Minerals & metals (18%)
- Forest products (16%)
- Plastics & rubbers (14%)
- Chemicals (8%)
- Agriculture (5%)
- Other (19%)
