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Tables

• Table 26  Employment, by industry group
• Table 27  Gross domestic product at basic prices, by sector
• Table 28  Retail trade, sales by trade group
• Table 29  New motor vehicle sales in Canada
• Table 30  Manufacturing industries
• Table 31  Consumer Price Index and major components
• Table 32  Capital expenditures on construction
• Table 33  Oil and gas marketable production

Charts

• Chart 8  Gross domestic product at market prices, chained (1997) dollars
• Chart 9  Quarterly operating profits of Canadian enterprises
• Chart 10  Industrial capacity utilization rates, quarterly

Tables

Table 26  Employment, by industry group

	1996	2001	2006
	thousands of workers
All industries	13,421.4	14,946.2	16,484.3
Goods-producing sector	3,476.0	3,779.9	3,985.9
Agriculture	422.5	323.3	346.4
Forestry, fishing, mining, oil and gas	294.0	278.9	330.1
Utilities	124.1	124.4	122.0
Construction	709.7	824.3	1,069.7
Manufacturing	1,925.7	2,229.0	2,117.7
Services-producing sector	9,945.4	11,166.2	12,498.4
Trade	2,087.7	2,363.3	2,633.5
Transportation and warehousing	674.0	775.8	802.2
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing	861.4	876.7	1,040.5
Professional, scientific and technical services	706.7	986.5	1,089.9
Business, building and other support services	420.8	537.2	690.0
Educational services	913.0	981.6	1,158.4
Health care and social assistance	1,390.9	1,540.4	1,785.5
Information, culture and recreation	579.1	709.4	745.0
Accommodation and food services	847.9	943.2	1,015.0
Public administration	807.8	785.4	837.4
Other services	656.0	666.8	701.0
Note: Based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), 2002.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 282-0008.

 

Table 27  Gross domestic product at basic prices, by sector

	1997	2001	2005
	millions of chained (1997) dollars
All sectors	816,756	957,258	1,062,951
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting	20,426	21,927	25,488
Mining and oil and gas extraction	33,936	35,309	38,865
Utilities	26,684	25,158	27,948
Construction	42,995	52,575	63,689
Manufacturing	142,274	170,247	174,987
Wholesale trade	43,694	54,525	65,997
Retail trade	42,252	52,445	62,219
Transportation and warehousing	40,335	47,014	51,241
Information and cultural industries	27,981	38,679	43,383
Finance and insurance	49,497	57,610	64,745
Real estate and rental and leasing	105,960	123,106	140,544
Professional, scientific and technical services	30,289	42,449	47,535
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services	15,387	19,971	24,183
Educational services	42,313	43,846	47,073
Health care and social assistance	51,403	56,520	60,704
Arts, entertainment and recreation	7,405	8,663	8,996
Accommodation and food services	19,652	22,629	23,221
Public administration	49,482	54,414	59,462
Other services	19,194	23,562	26,225
Note: Based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), 2002.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 379-0017.

 

Table 28  Retail trade, sales by trade group

	1995	2000	2005
	$ millions
All retail trade groups	221,078	287,838	367,828
New car dealers	44,037	61,031	71,968
Used and recreational motor vehicle and parts dealers	8,810	12,872	15,331
Gasoline stations	17,872	26,676	38,408
Furniture stores	5,082	6,528	8,953
Home furnishings stores	2,206	2,975	4,768
Computer and software stores	1,286	2,210	1,593
Home electronics and appliance stores	4,918	7,002	10,211
Home centres and hardware stores	7,079	10,105	18,206
Specialized building materials and garden stores	2,900	3,485	4,500
Supermarkets	43,040	49,657	62,746
Convenience and specialty food stores	6,722	7,277	9,124
Beer, wine and liquor stores	8,963	11,107	14,443
Pharmacies and personal care stores	15,558	17,854	23,951
Clothing stores	11,193	13,461	16,116
Shoe, clothing accessories and jewellery stores	3,963	4,731	4,963
General merchandise stores	25,712	35,205	43,686
Sporting goods, hobby, music and book stores	6,010	7,899	9,464
Miscellaneous store retailers	5,727	7,762	9,398
Note: Based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), 2002.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 080-0014.

 

Table 29  New motor vehicle sales in Canada

	1986	1996	2006
	units
Total	1,515,920	1,204,557	1,666,327
Manufactured in North America	1,129,592	1,090,319	1,254,346
Manufactured overseas	386,328	114,238	411,981
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 079-0001.

 

Table 30  Manufacturing industries

	1996	2001	2006
	$ millions
Shipments	400,085	543,272	587,442
New orders	400,810	540,384	588,593
Annual average
Month-end inventory	45,834	65,315	62,694
Month-end unfilled orders	28,545	49,018	41,731
	ratio
Total inventory to shipments	1.38	1.44	1.28
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 304-0014.

 

Table 31  Consumer Price Index and major components

	1967 to 1976	1977 to 1986	1987 to 1996	1997 to 2006
	10-year average % change
All-items	6.2	7.7	3.0	2.1
Food	7.1	8.3	2.3	2.2
Shelter	..	..	2.8	2.5
Electricity	6.8	7.7	4.4	2.4
Water	..	8.2	6.3	3.8
Natural gas	6.6	10.6	0.6	8.7
Fuel oil and other fuel	10.6	12.3	3.3	7.7
Household operations and furnishings	..	..	2.1	1.0
Clothing and footwear	4.2	5.4	2.6	-0.2
Transportation	5.9	8.6	3.7	2.7
Gasoline	6.8	10.3	2.2	5.7
Health and personal care	5.9	7.3	3.0	1.6
Recreation, education and reading	5.5	6.5	3.8	1.1
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco products	5.1	10.8	3.6	6.0
.. not available for a specific reference period
Note: Compound rates of change.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 326-0001.

 

Table 32  Capital expenditures on construction

	2001	2003	2005
	$ millions
Total building construction	71,231.6	88,288.3	104,035.1
Total residential building construction	46,566.5	61,259.6	73,574.9
Single detached houses	14,353.9	20,954.7	23,350.8
Semi-detached houses	1,398.8	1,677.8	1,789.9
Apartments and row houses	5,446.4	7,926.4	11,394.2
Other residential buildings	25,367.4	30,700.7	37,040.0
Total non-residential building construction	24,665.1	27,028.7	30,460.2
Industrial building construction	4,551.3	3,972.0	3,792.4
Commercial building construction	12,884.5	14,164.6	17,139.6
Institutional building construction	7,229.3	8,892.1	9,528.2
Total engineering construction	46,154.7	47,385.5	62,739.7
Source: Statistics Canada, Investment and Capital Stocks Division and CANSIM tables 026-0013 and 031-0002.

 

Table 33  Oil and gas marketable production

	1995	2000	2005
Crude oil and equivalent
Volume (thousands of m3)	114,372.1	127,769.5	146,445.3
Value ($ millions)	15,321.0	30,512.1	49,259.6
Natural gas
Volume (millions of m3)	148,202.6	167,789.9	170,692.8
Value ($ millions)	6,830.8	27,827.7	51,088.3
Natural gas by-products
Volume (thousands of m3)	25,040.3	30,542.6	30,254.3
Value ($ millions)	1,772.4	5,660.7	7,941.5
Source: Statistics Canada, Manufacturing, Construction and Energy Division.

 

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