Hong Kong and Canada have long-standing and close trade, investment and people-to-people relations. In 2024, Hong Kong was Canada's 4th largest market for fish and seafood and 4th largest export market for precious / semiprecious stones. Other major Canadian exports to Hong Kong include telecommunications equipment; fish, crustaceans, molluscs and aquatic invertebrates, and preparations thereof; and metalliferous ores and metal scrap. Hong Kong's major export to Canada in 2024 included electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, and electrical parts thereof; telecommunications equipment; and apparel and clothing accessories.
Hong Kong is an important entrepot for merchandise trade between Canada and the Chinese Mainland. In 2024, around 2.6% of the Mainland’s exports to Canada, and around 0.8% of the Mainland's imports from Canada, were routed through Hong Kong.
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China and Canada signed an Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (IPPA) in February 2016. Entered into force in September 2016, the IPPA gives additional assurance that the investments of Canadian investors in Hong Kong are protected. There are currently about 300 000 Canadian passport holders and over 100 Canadian companies in Hong Kong.
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