Canada has an economy smaller than Texas.
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The Rob Carson ShowSep 7, 2026
The claim that Canada's economy is smaller than Texas's is contradicted: Texas's 2025 GDP of about $2.9 trillion exceeds Canada's roughly $2.32 trillion in current US dollars, and Texas also leads on PPP.
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… We let the Brits in. We let the Australians in. I don't know if we still let New Zealand in. I think we do. And I'd like to see these differences go away. I hope that we will both back down. Uh, Canada has an economy smaller than Texas. Sure, we can beat them up, but why, why do we have to do that? I think we need to find another way out. I don't like their left-wing policies. I don't like the games they're playing with China, but I also think we both need to step back a bit. …
The Rob Carson Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. Texas produced about $2.9 trillion in 2025 per BEA data, while Canada produced about $2.32 trillion in current US dollars per World Bank figures, so Texas out-produced Canada by more than half a trillion dollars.[1][2]
Contradicts. A Tabarrok fact table using BEA and World Bank/IMF data shows Texas GDP of $2.9 trillion (nominal) versus Canada's $2.3 trillion, and Texas ahead on PPP GDP ($3.0 trillion vs $2.75 trillion international dollars).[3]
Contradicts. A Texas-Canada comparison citing a $2.9T Texas GDP against a $2.4T Canada GDP states Texas's economy is 20-25% larger than Canada's.[4]
Context. Canada's economy is C$3.25 trillion in Canadian dollars, which is the same economy expressed in a different currency and does not make it larger than Texas in the standard US-dollar comparison. One outlet (thehub.ca) describes the Texas economy as roughly matching Canada's in size, which is a loose characterisation rather than a contrary figure.[1][2][5]
Sources
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- 1Texas congressman says his state alone out-earns all of Canada — so why is Mark Carney still fighting?ca.finance.yahoo.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
- 2Texas $2.9 Trillion Economy Larger Than Canada and Italyunusualwhales.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
- 3Texas-Canada Fact of the Daymarginalrevolution.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 4Chris Powers (@fortworthchris) on Xx.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 5thehub.ca · 2026/08/06 · texass-economy-alone-nowTexas’s economy alone now matches Canada’s. Ottawa’s U.S ...thehub.ca · not rated · cited for: context
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