Which group of leading industrialized countries is Canada a member of?
- OPEC
- The Arab League
- The European Union
- The G7
Answer: The G7
Canada is a member of the G7 group of leading industrialized countries, with the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy and Japan. Discover Canada says G8 because Russia was a member when it was written; Russia was suspended in 2014.
Learn more: Free trade, NAFTA and the G7
- 1988: Canada enacted free trade with the United States.
- 1994: Mexico joined, in the broader North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
- 2020: CUSMA replaced NAFTA.
- Canada is a member of the G7 group of leading industrialized countries.
- G7 members: Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy and Japan. Discover Canada says G8 because Russia was a member until 2014.
- After the Second World War, trade treaties such as the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), now the World Trade Organization (WTO), opened up world trade.