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Tables

• Table 20   Employment by industry group
• Table 21   Gross domestic product at basic prices, by industry
• Table 22   New motor vehicle sales in Canada
• Table 23   Retail trade, sales by trade group
• Table 24   Manufacturing industries
• Table 25   Consumer Price Index and major components
• Table 26   Capital expenditures on construction
• Table 27   Oil and gas marketable production

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• Chart 10   Real gross domestic product at market prices, chained (2002) dollars
• Chart 11   Quarterly operating profits of Canadian expenditures
• Chart 12   Industrial capacity utilization rates, quarterly
  

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Table 20  Employment, by industry group

	1998	2003	2008
	thousands of workers
All industries	14,046.2	15,672.3	17,125.8
Goods-producing sector	3,657.9	3,925.7	4,021.3
Agriculture	424.2	332.4	327.0
Forestry, fishing, mining, oil and gas	293.5	281.6	340.1
Utilities	114.7	130.5	151.8
Construction	731.9	906.0	1,232.2
Manufacturing	2,093.5	2,275.2	1,970.3
Services-producing sector	10,388.4	11,746.6	13,104.5
Trade	2,125.4	2,467.8	2,678.8
Transportation and warehousing	712.7	790.9	857.7
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing	847.9	917.0	1,075.4
Professional, scientific and technical services	849.8	1,003.6	1,200.0
Business, building and other support services	478.1	608.7	686.5
Educational services	930.0	1,027.1	1,192.8
Health care and social assistance	1,428.5	1,679.2	1,903.4
Information, culture and recreation	615.8	714.6	759.6
Accommodation and food services	911.4	1,005.5	1,073.5
Public administration	781.9	819.0	925.7
Other services	706.8	713.1	751.1
Note: Based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), 2002.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table 282-0008.

Table 20  Employment, by industry group

	1998	2003	2008
	thousands of workers
All industries	14,046.2	15,672.3	17,125.8
Goods-producing sector	3,657.9	3,925.7	4,021.3
Agriculture	424.2	332.4	327.0
Forestry, fishing, mining, oil and gas	293.5	281.6	340.1
Utilities	114.7	130.5	151.8
Construction	731.9	906.0	1,232.2
Manufacturing	2,093.5	2,275.2	1,970.3
Services-producing sector	10,388.4	11,746.6	13,104.5
Trade	2,125.4	2,467.8	2,678.8
Transportation and warehousing	712.7	790.9	857.7
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing	847.9	917.0	1,075.4
Professional, scientific and technical services	849.8	1,003.6	1,200.0
Business, building and other support services	478.1	608.7	686.5
Educational services	930.0	1,027.1	1,192.8
Health care and social assistance	1,428.5	1,679.2	1,903.4
Information, culture and recreation	615.8	714.6	759.6
Accommodation and food services	911.4	1,005.5	1,073.5
Public administration	781.9	819.0	925.7
Other services	706.8	713.1	751.1
Note: Based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), 2002.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table 282-0008.

 

Table 21  Gross domestic product at basic prices, by industry

	2000	2004	2008
	millions of chained (2002) dollars
All industries	1,026,242	1,124,998	1,225,824
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting	26,268	27,669	25,966
Mining and oil and gas extraction	51,519	55,672	55,308
Utilities	29,050	28,993	31,135
Construction	51,757	63,453	74,569
Manufacturing	188,925	184,814	175,794
Wholesale trade	52,519	59,990	70,341
Retail trade	52,579	62,666	74,635
Transportation and warehousing	48,921	52,169	56,697
Information and cultural industries	34,007	40,813	45,103
Finance and insurance	60,978	68,212	80,233
Real estate and rental and leasing	121,899	138,631	157,712
Professional, scientific and technical services	46,307	52,099	58,488
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services	21,809	27,363	31,094
Educational services	50,394	53,764	60,525
Health care and social assistance	65,968	71,589	79,262
Arts, entertainment and recreation	9,718	10,791	11,736
Accommodation and food services	24,544	25,656	27,741
Other services (except public administration)	57,968	64,085	69,441
Public administration	24,627	28,729	32,516
Note: Based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), 2002.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table 379-0027.

 

Table 22  New motor vehicle sales in Canada

	1988	1998	2008
	units
Total	1,565,501	1,428,932	1,674,619
Manufactured in North America	1,184,510	1,217,923	1,224,328
Manufactured overseas	380,991	211,009	450,291
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table 079-0003.

 

Table 23  Retail trade, sales by trade group

	1998	2003	2008
	$ millions
All retail trade groups	256,494	331,143	425,343
New car dealers	54,308	68,184	73,283
Used and recreational motor vehicle and parts dealers	11,038	14,394	19,374
Gasoline stations	19,607	29,951	52,974
Furniture stores	5,589	7,924	10,232
Home furnishings stores	2,563	3,972	6,088
Computer and software stores	1,838	1,884	1,399
Home electronics and appliance stores	5,800	9,090	13,292
Home centres and hardware stores	9,606	14,595	22,125
Specialized building materials and garden stores	3,474	4,316	5,016
Supermarkets	46,774	56,874	68,621
Convenience and specialty food stores	7,066	8,371	10,007
Beer, wine and liquor stores	9,774	13,294	16,670
Pharmacies and personal care stores	16,973	21,267	29,202
Clothing stores	12,211	14,567	18,349
Shoe, clothing accessories and jewellery stores	4,388	4,904	5,548
General merchandise stores	31,613	40,011	51,404
Sporting goods, hobby, music and book stores	7,183	8,676	10,795
Miscellaneous store retailers	6,689	8,871	10,964
Note: Based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), 2002.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table 080-0014.

 

Table 24  Manufacturing industries

	1998	2003	2008
	$ millions
Sales	441,153	563,634	604,518
New orders	442,585	554,950	614,631
Annual average
Month-end inventory	51,175	62,303	66,634
Month-end unfilled orders	40,859	36,621	64,532
	ratio
Total inventory to sales	1.4	1.33	1.33
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table 304-0014.

 

Table 25  Consumer Price Index and major components

	1969 to 1978	1979 to 1988	1989 to 1998	1999 to 2008
	10-year average % change
All-items	6.9	6.9	2.5	2.3
Food	8.6	6.7	2.1	2.4
Shelter	..	..	2.2	3.0
Electricity	8.2	7.0	3.8	2.3
Water	..	7.3	5.4	5.0
Natural gas	9.4	7.7	2.2	8.6
Fuel oil and other fuel	12.4	10.4	2.4	12.4
Household operations, furnishings and equipment	..	..	1.8	1.0
Clothing and footwear	4.5	5.5	2.1	-0.5
Transportation	6.3	7.8	3.4	2.9
Gasoline	7.2	9.7	1.6	8.0
Health and personal care	6.4	6.9	2.6	1.5
Recreation, education and reading	5.4	6.5	3.3	1.0
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco products	5.3	10.3	3.5	5.6
.. not available for a specific reference period
Note: Compound rates of change.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table 326-0021.

 

Table 26  Capital expenditures on construction

	2003	2005	2007
	$ millions
Total building construction	88,348.9	105,909.9	131,051.8
Total residential building construction	61,256.6	74,597.4	89,117.7
Single detached houses	20,954.7	23,351.7	27,363.4
Semi-detached houses	1,677.8	1,790.0	2,268.9
Apartments and row houses	7,926.4	11,398.8	13,715.5
Other residential buildings	30,697.7	38,057.0	45,769.8
Total non-residential building construction	27,092.3	31,312.5	41,934.1
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	47,174.0	66,638.3	79,805.3
Source: Statistics Canada, Investment and Capital Stock Division and CANSIM, tables 026-0013 and 031-0002.

 

Table 27  Oil and gas marketable production

	1997	2002	2007
Crude oil and equivalent
Volume (thousands of m3)	122,463.7	136,969.8	160,584.3
Value ($ millions)	18,131.2	29,956.1	60,915.7
Natural gas
Volume (millions of m3)	156,841.5	172,197.2	167,195.2
Value ($ millions)	10,109.5	23,719.7	39,210.5
Natural gas by-products
Volume (thousands of m3)	26,183.2	28,862.6	31,361.3
Value ($ millions)	2,552.0	3,994.7	8,691.2
Source: Statistics Canada, Manufacturing and Energy Division.

 

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