An analysis of Canadian international & interprovincial manufacturing export flows: 1974-1990

This thesis examined the changing internal and external export patterns of Canadian manufactured products in the years 1974, 1979, 1984, and 1990. Hechscher—Ohlin\u27s comparative advantage trade framework was used to guide the analysis. Internally, provincially biased shipping patterns were found over the four time periods analyzed. The percentage of intraprovincial shipments increased, and interprovincial shipments decreased through time. This suggests that the provinces exhibited signs of increasing provincialism. Externally, except for 1990, primary export flow destinations to the USA as a percentage of total exports increased over time while those to the other OECD countries decreased. Secondary export flow destinations, to the rest of the world, did not always exhibit clear regional origin destination patterns over the four time periods examined. In terms of export flows over time, Canadian comparative advantage of manufactured exports contracted proportionately between the provinces and expanded externally to the USA and to the developing countries — most notably in 1990 to the Pacific Rim countries