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Real gross domestic product increased 0.3% in February, mainly on the strength of manufacturing. The mining sector, with the exception of oil and gas extraction, also contributed to the growth in February. In addition, some industries benefited from the Olympic Winter Games held in Vancouver, such as performing arts and spectator sports, accommodation services, as well as radio and television broadcasting. Retail trade also advanced, while wholesale trade and oil and gas extraction declined.
Manufacturing rises again
The output of the manufacturing sector grew 1.2% in February, with 14 of 21 major groups advancing. This increase accounted for nearly half of the overall growth in gross domestic product.
Durable goods manufacturing increased 1.4%, led by fabricated metal products, non-metallic mineral products, as well as computer and electronic products. Manufacturers of non-durable goods increased their production 1.1%, notably of pharmaceuticals and beverages. The manufacturing of transportation equipment and of petroleum and coal products was down.
Note to readers
The monthly gross domestic product (GDP) by industry data at basic prices are chained volume estimates with 2002 as their reference year. This means that the data for each industry and aggregate are obtained from a chained volume index multiplied by the industry's value added in 2002. For the 1997 to 2006 period, the monthly data are benchmarked to annually chained Fisher volume indexes of GDP obtained from the constant-price input-output tables.
For the period starting with January 2007, the data are derived by chaining a fixed-weight Laspeyres volume index to the prior period. The fixed weights are the industry output and input prices of 2006. This makes the monthly GDP by industry data more comparable with the expenditure-based GDP data, chained quarterly.
Revisions
With this release of monthly GDP by industry, revisions have been made back to January 2009. For more information about monthly GDP by industry, see the National Economic Accounts module on our website (www.statcan.gc.ca/nea-cen/index-eng.htm).
With the exception of oil and gas extraction, the mining sector increases
Overall, the mining sector increased 0.4% in February. However, excluding oil and gas extraction, the sector grew 7.6%. Support activities for mining and oil and gas extraction rose 12%, returning to the levels reached in the second half of 2008. As well, the output of potash mines and, to a lesser extent, of copper, nickel and coal mines increased. Conversely, oil and gas extraction decreased 1.8%, with both oil and natural gas output declining. Two successive fires at oil extraction facilities have led to reduced levels of production since December.
Wholesale trade falls
The volume of wholesaling activity declined 1.4% in February, following five consecutive monthly increases. All major wholesale trade groups fell, with the exceptions of buildings materials, petroleum products and other products (which include fertilizers).
Retail trade continues to advance
Value added in retail trade was up 0.6%. There were notable increases at clothing stores, beer, wine and liquor stores, new car dealers, and gasoline stations. However, building and outdoor home supplies stores as well as home furnishings stores recorded significant declines.
Construction edges up
Construction edged up 0.1% as residential building construction grew 2.2%, while engineering and repair works as well as non-residential building construction declined.
The finance and insurance sector declines slightly
The finance and insurance sector declined 0.2%, as the decrease in the volume of trading on the stock exchanges and in the activities of the insurance industries outweighed the increase in banking activities.
Available on CANSIM: table 379-0027.
Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 1301.
The February 2010 issue of Gross Domestic Product by Industry, Vol. 24, no. 2 (15-001-X, free), is now available from the Key resource module of our website under Publications.
Data on gross domestic product by industry for March will be released on May 31.
For more information, or to order data, contact the dissemination agent (toll-free 1-800-887-4623; 613-951-4623; iad-info-dci@statcan.gc.ca). To enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Bernard Lefrançois (613-951-3622), Industry Accounts Division.
Table 1
| September 2009r | October 2009r | November 2009r | December 2009r | January 2010r | February 2010p | February 2010 | February 2009 to February 2010 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seasonally adjusted | ||||||||
| month-to-month % change | $ millions¹ | % change | ||||||
| All Industries | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1,220,513 | 1.8 |
| Goods-producing industries | 1.3 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 339,470 | -0.1 |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.3 | -0.2 | -0.5 | 0.7 | 24,643 | -5.5 |
| Mining and oil and gas extraction | 3.0 | 0.4 | 1.6 | -1.2 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 51,195 | -7.1 |
| Utilities | -0.2 | 2.4 | -1.4 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 30,276 | 1.2 |
| Construction | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 72,426 | 3.2 |
| Manufacturing | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 158,763 | 3.6 |
| Services-producing industries | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 885,109 | 2.6 |
| Wholesale trade | 0.5 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 2.6 | -1.4 | 70,130 | 8.6 |
| Retail trade | 1.1 | 0.3 | -0.7 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 77,094 | 5.0 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 57,713 | 3.5 |
| Information and cultural industries | -0.3 | 0.1 | -0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 45,746 | -1.4 |
| Finance, insurance and real estate | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | -0.2 | 0.0 | 256,352 | 3.5 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | -0.3 | 0.0 | -0.2 | 0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | 60,131 | -1.6 |
| Administrative and waste management services | -0.4 | 0.2 | -0.1 | 0.3 | -0.0 | 0.1 | 29,622 | -3.6 |
| Education services | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 61,973 | 1.7 |
| Health care and social assistance | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | -0.1 | 81,973 | 1.8 |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | -0.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.6 | -0.5 | 6.1 | 11,850 | 5.2 |
| Accommodation and food services | -0.6 | 0.6 | -0.0 | 1.0 | -0.2 | 2.1 | 27,498 | 3.1 |
| Other services (except public administration) | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | 0.2 | -0.1 | -0.1 | 32,020 | -1.1 |
| Public administration | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 73,365 | 2.5 |
| Other aggregations | ||||||||
| Industrial production | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 242,161 | -0.7 |
| Non-durable manufacturing industries | 1.3 | -0.1 | 1.2 | -0.1 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 65,357 | 2.6 |
| Durable manufacturing industries | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 93,331 | 4.5 |
| Business sector industries | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1,013,846 | 1.8 |
| Non-business sector industries | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 206,719 | 1.9 |
| Information and communication technologies industries | -0.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 59,516 | 0.7 |
| Energy sector | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.6 | -0.5 | 0.7 | -0.3 | 79,356 | -4.7 |
