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Bahamas
Official Title: Commonwealth of the Bahamas
General Information:
Nassau
Capital
Total Area
Currency
National Holiday
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Population (million) 0.368
13,940 km²
1 CAN$=0.75048 Bahamian dollar (BSD) (2016 - Annual average)
July 10 (1973, Independence Day)
Language(s)
English
Political Information:
Type of State
Constitutional Monarchy
Type of Government
Bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (16 seats; members appointed by the governor
general upon the advice of the prime minister and the opposition leader to serve five-year
terms) and the House of Assembly (38 seats; members elected by direct popular vote to serve
five-year terms).
Bilateral Product trade
Canada - Bahamas
700
600
Head of Government
Prime Minister
Perry Christie
Balance
500
Can.
Exports
400
Millions
Head of State
Governor General (Queen Elizabeth II)
Dame Marguerite Pindling
Can.
Import s
300
200
Ministers: Foreign Affairs and Immigration: Frederick Mitchell
Tot al
Trade
100
0
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Main Political Parties
Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) (29 of 38 seats)
Statistics Canada
Canadian Imports
from: Bahamas
Free National Movement (FNM) in opposition (9 of 38 seats)
Elections: Last:
n/a 2013. Next by 2017.
2016
Economic Information: (2016)
C hemi cal Pr o d .
A ni mal & Pr o d .
F o o d Pr o d .
M iner al Pr o d .
M ach. M ech. El ec. Pr o d .
A nt i q ues
Pr eci o us M et als/ st o nes
Sp eci al iz ed Inst .
T ext i les Pr o d .
M isc. A r t i cles
Pap er Pr o d .
B ase M et al Pr o d .
Gl ass & St o ne Pr o d .
Statistics Canada
IMF/Statistics Canada
Bahamas
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$11.85
Canada
$2,026.59
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$32,166.17
$55,938.56
GDP Growth rate: (%)
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0.01
1.43
M i ner al Pr o d .
Inflation: (%)
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0.40
1.41
F o o d Pr o d .
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12.15
7.00
GDP: (billion)
GDP per capita:
Unemployment: (%)
Product Trade and Investment: (2016)
Canadian Exports:
Canadian Imports:
Foreign Direct Investment in Canada
Canadian Direct Investment in Bahamas
Representation:
Foreign Representation in Canada
High Commissioner (Acting) Roselyn Horton
Canadian Representation Abroad
High Commissioner Sylvain Fabi
May 2017
Canadian Exports
to: Bahamas
M ach. M ech. El ec. Pr o d .
Statistics Canada
M i sc. A r t i cles
$121,510,964
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$13,634,818
n/a (million)
$19,958
n/a (million)
V eg . Pr o d .
C hemical Pr o d .
2016
B ase M et al Pro d .
Statistics Canada
Sources:
Statistics/Industry Canada
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/tdo-dcd.nsf/eng/Home
IMF
http://www.imf.org/external/ns/cs.aspx?id=28
www.international.gc.ca
HTML version: http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/jamaica-jamaique/bilateral_relations_bilaterales/fs-bahamas-fd.aspx?lang=eng
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