Canadian steelmakers offset some U.S. tariff pain with domestic demand - BNN Bloomberg
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Published: October 16, 2026 at 6:47a.m. EDTRon Wells, president of the United Steelworkers local 1005, joins BNN Bloomberg to discuss the state and future of Canada's steel industry. TORONTO -- Canada’s steel industry, among the sectors hit first and hardest by U. S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs, is starting to turn a corner thanks to an uptick in mining, energy and AI data centre projects as well as government support, although the impact has not been even across the country. While Canada is a small producer globally and steel contributes less than 1 per cent to national GDP, it is one sector in which Prime Minister Mark Carney’s efforts to make Canada’s economy less reliant on the United States appear to be having some success, albeit with a heavy dose of government intervention. Steel companies have been diversifying away from the U. S. and focusing on domestic demand since Trump increased tariffs on imported steel from 25 per cent to 50 per cent in June 2025, steelmakers, analysts and union representatives said. Canada used to send around 90 per cent of its steel exports to the U.
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