Canada exported $14.6 million in military goods to Israel in 2025
Canada exported $14.6 million worth of military goods to Israel in 2025, according to a new report released by Global Affairs Canada.
The report says 50 military export permits were used to authorize sales to Israel last year, despite the federal Liberal government’s earlier pledge to halt new approvals for military exports that could be used in Gaza.
Ottawa announced in January 2024 that it had paused approvals of new military export permits to Israel and later suspended dozens of existing permits over concerns the equipment could contribute to violations of international humanitarian law during Israel’s military campaign in Gaza.
However, the newly released report confirms that two new military export permits were still issued in 2025.
Last year, The Maple reported that the permits covered components related to Israel’s Iron Dome missile defence system. The two permits were valued at $37.2 million.
The report also notes that Israel remains on Canada’s Automatic Firearms Country Control List, which permits Canadian companies to export prohibited firearms, weapons and related components to listed countries.
According to the report, $7.2 million worth of exports fell under a category covering “electronic equipment, ‘spacecraft’ and components, not specified elsewhere on the Munitions List.”
Another $4.3 million fell under a category covering “bombs, torpedoes, rockets, missiles, other explosive devices and charges and related equipment and accessories, and specially designed components therefor.”
The figures do not include most Canadian-made military components shipped to Israel indirectly through the United States, which are largely exempt from Canadian export controls and reporting requirements.
An investigation published last year by the Arms Embargo Now coalition identified hundreds of shipments of Canadian-made F-35 fighter jet components, aircraft parts, explosives and flammable materials sent to U.S. facilities supplying the Israeli military.
The coalition also documented 433 shipments of Polish-made TNT routed through Quebec’s Port Saguenay to U.S. Army ammunition plants producing bombs later supplied to Israel.
The Liberal government previously voted against an NDP-backed motion that called for closing the U.S. export loophole. The government argued that tightening controls on military exports to the United States could damage economic relations with Washington.
The latest export data is likely to intensify scrutiny of Canada’s military trade relationship with Israel as the war in Gaza continues and calls grow for a full arms embargo.