Canadian tech firms reaping benefits as non-energy export picture brightens

Toronto

SMALLER Canadian technology companies making products like robotics, drones and high-tech thermostats are proving to be some of the biggest winners as the country's recently struggling non-commodity export sector shows signs of revival.

Data released last week showed that Canada's trade deficit in July unexpectedly shrank on stronger non-energy exports, which had struggled for months. The Bank of Canada sees the sector as crucial to helping revive an economy hit by low oil prices.