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Measuring the sharing economy in the Canadian Macroeconomic Accounts

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Released: 2017-02-21

The paper "Measuring the sharing economy in the Canadian Macroeconomic Accounts" is now available.

This paper explores whether and how certain sharing economy activities such as ride services and accommodation services that use digital platforms are captured (or not) in Canada's system of macroeconomic accounts and key indicators like gross domestic product, household consumption and imports and exports of services.

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The article "Measuring the sharing economy in the Canadian Macroeconomic Accounts," which is part of Latest Developments in the Canadian Economic Accounts (Catalogue number13-605-X), is now available.

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