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Bermuda books C$25.9bn of direct investment in Canada; on an ultimate-investor basis its position is C$6.9bn. Canadian investment in Bermuda is C$141.0bn. A conduit centre, capped at Low. Approved reading

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Bermuda in our readings

Bermuda is in 1 of our country readings.

  • US tariffs and Canada Low

Each band as published in its reading, against that reading’s stated lines; the readings are never combined into one band.

Outlook to October 2027

  • Geopolitics and conflict Not yet set
  • Trade, tariffs and sanctions Low
  • Supply chains and chokepoints Not yet set
  • Energy and resources Not yet set
  • Technology and cyber Not yet set
  • Regulation and compliance Not yet set
  • Finance and markets Not yet set
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Seven categories, 12 months ahead. The outlook is our judgement, approved by the Principal. The index measures open data on 0–10; higher means more risk. How they are set

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Risks that reach Bermuda

  • US tariffs and Canada Low

    • F-0173 · A lasting break: the old lockstep does not return - US tariffs on Canadian goods above their 2024 level on 30 Sep 2027, re-scored after 20 Jan 2029 · 92%, our estimate, scored when it resolves · resolves by 30 Sep 2027 · Open · brief C-006

    US tariffs and Canada

Each forecast is our estimate, scored when it resolves, in the register’s own words.

Goods and chokepoints

Exhibit S-1 · Supply balance

How much Bermuda makes, buys and sells, good by good

Consumption = production + imports − exports (± stock change).
Reading the supply balance

Supply balance first, suppliers second.

One card per good, each in its own unit. Goods are never added together.

Each card shows the latest complete period: the newest with consumption and at least one of production, imports and exports on file.

Figures of 1,000 kb/d or more show in million barrels a day (mb/d).

What to watch

  • Apr 2027 Statistics Canada's next annual direct investment release, by immediate and ultimate investor. US tariffs and Canada
  • Quarterly Statistics Canada's quarterly international investment position, for Canada-wide totals (it has no direct investment detail by country). US tariffs and Canada
  • 30 Sep 2027 F-0173 resolves: US tariffs still above their 2024 level. US tariffs and Canada

Questions firms in this position often review

  • Which of the risks above reach our own suppliers, customers or assets in Bermuda?
  • Which of the forecasts above bear on our plans in Bermuda, and which outcome would change them?
  • Which dated items under What to watch fall inside our next planning cycle?

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US tariffs and Canada · Strature analysis, not from the brief

US tariffs and Canada: what is at stake for Bermuda

Bermuda books C$25.9bn of direct investment in Canada; on an ultimate-investor basis its position is C$6.9bn. Canadian investment in Bermuda is C$141.0bn. A conduit centre, capped at Low.

Theme band Low

C$25.9bn

Booked to Bermuda, immediate-investor basis (2025)

C$6.9bn

Controlled from Bermuda, ultimate-investor basis (2025)

C$141bn

Canadian direct investment in Bermuda (2025)

5.4

Canadian investment in Bermuda as a multiple of Bermuda's in Canada (2025)

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Risks

  • On an ultimate-investor basis Bermuda's position is C$6.9bn, 26.6% of the C$25.9bn booked to it: most of the tariff exposure sits with investors elsewhere.
  • Canadian-managed capital is also booked through Bermuda: four listed Brookfield partnerships are registered there (press report, 2025). Booking location does not change the US access of the assets beneath. Estimate from press or commentary
  • Bermuda's 15% corporate income tax has applied since 1 Jan 2025 to groups with revenue of EUR 750m or more. We have not assessed any investor's tax position.

Opportunities

  • Canada's C$141.0bn position in Bermuda is 5.4 times Bermuda's in Canada: far more Canadian capital is booked there than comes back.
  • Holdings booked to Bermuda were C$25.9bn in 2025, up from C$17.7bn in 2015 but down from C$26.1bn in 2024.

Uncertainties

  • Who stands behind the holdings booked to Bermuda but controlled elsewhere is not published.
  • How the holdings booked to Bermuda move during the tariff dispute will show only in Statistics Canada's next annual release.

What to watch

  • Apr 2027Statistics Canada's next annual direct investment release, by immediate and ultimate investor.
  • QuarterlyStatistics Canada's quarterly international investment position, for Canada-wide totals (it has no direct investment detail by country).
  • 30 Sep 2027F-0173 resolves: US tariffs still above their 2024 level.

Exposure by channel

Exposure band per channel, with the figure and the published line
ChannelFigureBandPublished line
Capital in CanadaCapital and financeC$25.9bn 2025Direct investment position in Canada (book value, immediate investor country)LowHigh ≥C$100bn · Medium ≥C$25bn and <C$100bn · Low ≥C$10bn and <C$25bn, or a pledge with nothing found placed

Bands follow the published materiality lines for this theme. A low-confidence figure alone caps a band at Medium.

Bermuda and Canada: direct investment positions, 2025 (C$bn)
Canadian direct investment position in the country (book value): C$141bn (2025)Outward (Canada's)141.0Direct investment position in Canada (book value, immediate investor country): C$25.9bn (2025)Inward, immediate25.9Direct investment position in Canada, ultimate investor basis (book value): C$6.9bn (2025)Inward, ultimate6.9

Immediate investor: the country where the investment is booked. Ultimate investor: the country of the company that controls it.

Drawn to scale from zero. Source: Statistics Canada, Table 36-10-0008-01, International investment position, Canadian direct investment abroad and foreign direct investment in Canada, by country, annual (book value); Statistics Canada, Table 36-10-0433-01, International investment position, Canadian direct investment abroad and foreign direct investment in Canada by ultimate investor country, annual (book value).

Briefs and questions

  • C-006 F-0173 A lasting break: US tariffs still above their 2024 level, 92%, our estimate, scored when it resolves.

Sources cited

Estimates from press or commentary

Our calculations

  • Canadian direct investment position in Bermuda as a multiple of Bermuda's position in Canada: 5.4 times (= Canadian position in the country / the country's position in Canada)
  • Ultimate-investor position as a share of the immediate-investor position in Canada: 26.6% (= ultimate-investor position / immediate-investor position × 100)
  • Share of all foreign direct investment in Canada booked to the country (immediate basis): 1.6% of FDI in Canada (= immediate-investor position / all FDI in Canada × 100)

Strature analysis, not from the brief: researched by Strature from public sources and kept in our country dossier, updated 26 Oct 2026. General research, not advice. Who else is exposed: US tariffs and Canada →

ISO 3166-1 name: Bermuda (BMU). Country and territory names follow common usage and imply no position on sovereignty.

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Cite this page Strature, “Bermuda”, Strature GPS, https://strature.net/gps/bmu/, 31 Oct 2026.

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