May 11, 2026
Vancouver B.C.
Canada posted its first trade surplus since September 2025, and it matters.
This happened because in March exports jumped 8.5%, while imports fell 1.6%. The strength is encouraging for exporters, particularly in energy and resource sectors, though gains are concentrated and partly driven by higher prices rather than stronger volumes.
Vancity is a values-based financial co-operative serving the needs of its 588,000 member-owners and their communities, with offices and more than 60 branches located in Metro Vancouver and Squamish, the Fraser Valley, the Sunshine Coast, the Vancouver and Gulf Islands and Alert Bay, within the territories of the Coast Salish and Kwakwaka'wakw Peoples. With $41 billion in assets plus assets under administration, Vancity is Canada's largest credit union. Vancity uses its assets to help improve the financial well-being of its members while at the same time helping to develop healthy communities that are socially, economically, and environmentally sustainable.
