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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 (2002) dollars
  • Chart 9  Quarterly operating profits of Canadian enterprises
  • Chart 10  Industrial capacity utilization rates, quarterly

Tables

Table 26  Employment, by industry group
  1997 2002 2007
  thousands of workers
All industries 13,706.0 15,310.4 16,866.4
Goods-producing sector 3,561.0 3,878.6 3,993.0
Agriculture 417.0 325.4 337.2
Forestry, fishing, mining, oil and gas 296.7 270.3 339.3
Utilities 115.3 131.9 138.0
Construction 721.0 865.2 1,133.5
Manufacturing 2,010.9 2,285.9 2,044.9
Services-producing sector 10,145.1 11,431.8 12,873.5
Trade 2,106.1 2,409.3 2,682.4
Transportation and warehousing 694.6 760.7 822.8
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing 865.0 895.1 1,060.4
Professional, scientific and technical services 777.8 987.1 1,136.9
Business, building and other support services 441.8 579.6 702.1
Educational services 916.6 1,007.4 1,183.2
Health care and social assistance 1,388.4 1,617.3 1,846.1
Information, culture and recreation 603.5 715.1 782.0
Accommodation and food services 871.0 985.1 1,069.4
Public administration 797.2 788.9 864.6
Other services 683.0 686.2 723.5
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 industry
  1998 2002 2006
  millions of chained (2002) dollars
All industries 922,584 1,068,765 1,193,905
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 24,471 23,293 27,847
Mining and oil and gas extraction 49,991 53,488 57,174
Utilities 28,554 28,883 30,128
Construction 46,929 57,775 74,087
Manufacturing 158,819 182,736 186,631
Wholesale trade 46,221 55,226 68,383
Retail trade 47,210 58,483 69,015
Transportation and warehousing 43,905 50,066 55,501
Information and cultural industries 28,255 38,229 43,147
Finance and insurance 55,749 63,630 73,872
Real estate and rental and leasing 112,258 131,410 148,027
Professional, scientific and technical services 38,056 48,481 55,377
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 18,771 24,853 30,524
Educational services 49,000 51,593 56,221
Health care and social assistance 61,765 68,142 74,780
Arts, entertainment and recreation 8,928 10,398 11,410
Accommodation and food services 22,931 25,408 27,365
Public administration 54,909 61,523 66,758
Other services 21,886 27,230 30,072
Note: Based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), 2002.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 379-0027.

Table 28  Retail trade, sales by trade group
  1997 2002 2007
  $ millions
All retail trade groups 246,818 319,525 412,207
New car dealers 52,879 69,161 77,197
Used and recreational motor vehicle and parts dealers 10,722 14,303 18,782
Gasoline stations 20,380 28,138 46,085
Furniture stores 5,277 7,467 10,131
Home furnishings stores 2,428 3,701 5,989
Computer and software stores 1,789 1,968 1,418
Home electronics and appliance stores 5,330 8,361 12,324
Home centres and hardware stores 8,765 12,517 21,541
Specialized building materials and garden stores 3,415 4,234 5,085
Supermarkets 45,293 54,344 65,292
Convenience and specialty food stores 6,907 7,694 10,124
Beer, wine and liquor stores 9,223 12,697 16,036
Pharmacies and personal care stores 16,106 20,410 28,358
Clothing stores 11,710 14,220 18,254
Shoe, clothing accessories and jewellery stores 4,076 4,926 5,586
General merchandise stores 29,694 38,420 48,624
Sporting goods, hobby, music and book stores 6,640 8,501 10,613
Miscellaneous store retailers 6,185 8,463 10,770
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
  1987 1997 2007
  units
Total 1,533,637 1,424,380 1,690,548
Manufactured in North America 1,118,119 1,257,702 1,278,920
Manufactured overseas 415,518 166,678 411,628
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 079-0003.

Table 30  Manufacturing industries
  1997 2002 2007
  $ millions
Sales 426,519 559,903 612,879
New orders 436,719 555,920 626,861
Annual average      
Month-end inventory 47,762 63,745 66,025
Month-end unfilled orders 34,879 45,117 53,262
  ratio
Total inventory to sales 1.35 1.37 1.30
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 304-0014.

Table 31  Consumer Price Index and major components
  1968 to 1977 1978 to 1987 1988 to 1997 1998 to 2007
  10-year average % change
All-items 6.4 7.4 2.8 2.1
Food 7.3 7.9 2.2 2.3
Shelter .. .. 2.6 2.6
Electricity 7.9 7.4 4.1 2.4
Water .. 7.4 5.9 4.2
Natural gas 7.6 9.7 1.4 8.1
Fuel oil and other fuel 11.4 11.5 3.7 8.3
Household operations and furnishings .. .. 2.0 1.0
Clothing and footwear 4.5 5.4 2.5 -0.2
Transportation 6.0 8.2 3.6 2.6
Gasoline 7.1 10.4 2.3 5.9
Health and personal care 6.1 7.1 2.9 1.6
Recreation, education and reading 5.5 6.3 3.6 1.1
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco products 5.3 10.4 3.9 5.8
.. not available for a specific reference period
Note: Compound rates of change.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 326-0021.

Table 32  Capital expenditures on construction
  2002 2004 2006
  $ millions
Total building construction 82,436.9 99,489.4 116,466.4
Total residential building construction 55,335.3 69,615.5 81,708.8
Single detached houses 19,219.2 23,247.3 25,519.4
Semi-detached houses 1,578.4 1,800.0 1,924.8
Apartments and row houses 6,562.0 10,045.4 12,444.1
Other residential buildings 27,975.6 34,522.8 41,820.6
Total non-residential building construction 27,101.6 29,873.9 34,757.6
Industrial building construction 4,206.0 3,950.8 4,080.2
Commercial building construction 14,058.1 16,917.7 19,534.1
Institutional building construction 8,837.6 9,005.4 11,143.2
Total engineering construction 42,838.7 53,469.9 79,212.1
Source: Statistics Canada, Investment and Capital Stock Division and CANSIM tables 026-0013 and 031-0002.

Table 33  Oil and gas marketable production
  1996 2001 2006
Crude oil and equivalent      
Volume (thousands of m3) 117,620.5 128,951.0 154,099.1
Value ($ millions) 19,071.7 24,912.0 54,454.0
Natural gas      
Volume (millions of m3) 153,578.3 171,350.6 171,690.0
Value ($ millions) 8,734.9 33,670.2 42,634.5
Natural gas by-products      
Volume (thousands of m3) 26,656.0 29,353.4 32,084.6
Value ($ millions) 2,838.7 4,579.0 7,953.9
Source: Statistics Canada, Manufacturing, Construction and Energy Division.

 

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Gross domestic product at market prices, chained (2002) dollars
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Chart 9 Quarterly operating profits of Canadian enterprises
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Chart 10 Industrial capacity utilization rates, quarterly
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Date Modified: 2008-03-19

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