Several sectors propelled the jump in exports, including oil, aircraft parts and light trucks, but the largest increase came from metal and non-metallic mineral products, and that segment was driven by higher exports of unwrought gold, said Statistics Canada.

The Canadian economy achieved a trade surplus for the first time since the trade war began, as exports rebounded and imports fell in September, according to Statistics Canada.

Canada posted a small monthly international trade surplus in September, reversing a trend of seven consecutive months of deficits, data showed on Thursday. It registered a marginal trade surplus of C$153 million ($110.