Taxi and limousine service industry

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The taxi and limousine services industry generated operating revenue of $1.8 billion in 2006, up 7% compared with 2005. When combined with lower growth in operating expenses, the industry's operating margin (operating revenue less operating expenses) rose 21% compared with an average increase of only 1% from 2002 to 2005.

Most of this increase accrued to the unincorporated segment of the industry, which consists mainly of self-employed drivers. With this increase, the average operating margin per business (or per person, in the case of a self-employed driver) rose to $6,500 in 2006 compared with $5,800 a year earlier.

The unincorporated segment of the industry, which had 39,000 establishments, generated $1.1 billion in operating revenue in 2006. Operating revenue increased only 3% from 2005 but stable operating expenses enabled the strong growth in the operating margin.

Associations and companies, the incorporated segment of the industry, represented 1,700 establishments across Canada and accounted for $628 million in operating revenue in 2006.

Note: Along with the 2005 and 2006 data, revisions back to the reference year 2002 have also been released. The data from 2002 to 2006 are now estimated solely using tax returns from incorporated and unincorporated businesses in place of the survey that was conducted in 2002 and 2005.

Available on CANSIM: table 407-0001.

Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 4707.

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