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It seems the videogame companies have been trying hard to keep price parity with USD prices in Canada at the distress of Canadians.  They may just want to discourage the easy import/export from USA to Canada (or from Canada to USA) since they share the same North American region specifications and products will work in both countries without any modification needed.  Digital game price parity is probably another reason.

But if you look at the following there might be hope for Canada in the future rise of their Canadian dollar.

 

U.S. goods and services trade with Canada totaled an estimated $662.7 billion in 2015. Exports were $337.3 billion; imports were $325.4 billion. The U.S. goods and services trade surplus with Canada was $11.9 billion in 2015. - https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/americas/canada

U.S. goods and services trade with China totaled an estimated $659.4 billion in 2015. Exports were $161.6 billion; imports were $497.8 billion. The U.S. goods and services trade deficit with China was $336.2 billion in 2015. - https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/china-mongolia-taiwan/peoples-republic-china

 

One of Trumps main objectives is to decrease the giant trade deficit with China and to make that plan viable he has to make US exports more competitive with a lower US dollar.  And a lower US dollar will usually correlate to a rise in the Canadian dollar.