Table 3
Canadian economic accounts key indicators – Seasonally adjusted at annual ratesNote 1

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Canadian economic accounts key indicators – Seasonally adjusted at annual rates

Table summary
This table displays the results of canadian economic accounts key indicators – seasonally adjusted at annual rates third quarter 2010, fourth quarter 2010, first quarter 2011, second quarter 2011, third quarter 2011, fourth quarter 2011, 2010 and 2011, calculated using millions of dollars at current prices units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Third quarter 2010 Fourth quarter 2010 First quarter 2011 Second quarter 2011 Third quarter 2011 Fourth quarter 2011 2010 2011
  millions of dollars at current prices
Gross domestic product by income and by expenditure                
Wages, salaries and supplementary labour income 854,420 866,472 879,204 884,288 892,404 902,052 849,618 889,487
  1.2 1.4 1.5 0.6 0.9 1.1 4.3 4.7
Corporation profits before taxes 177,084 193,648 202,988 200,364 208,952 219,352 180,723 207,914
  2.6 9.4 4.8 -1.3 4.3 5.0 21.2 15.0
Interest and miscellaneous investment income 68,756 71,120 73,308 72,472 73,052 74,132 70,039 73,241
  -3.8 3.4 3.1 -1.1 0.8 1.5 8.8 4.6
Net income of unincorporated business 106,144 106,996 108,932 110,372 113,052 114,924 104,989 111,820
  2.0 0.8 1.8 1.3 2.4 1.7 6.2 6.5
Taxes less subsidies 173,968 176,140 177,164 178,864 180,400 181,872 172,628 179,575
  1.6 1.2 0.6 1.0 0.9 0.8 5.2 4.0
Personal disposable income 1,012,152 1,029,168 1,037,980 1,044,100 1,046,004 1,059,224 1,013,778 1,046,827
  -1.3 1.7 0.9 0.6 0.2 1.3 4.9 3.3
Personal saving rateNote 2 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.0 3.4 3.4 4.8 3.8
  Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
  millions of chained (2002) dollars
Personal expenditure on consumer goods and services 842,863 852,009 853,256 857,423 861,189 867,441 841,466 859,827
  0.7 1.1 0.1 0.5 0.4 0.7 3.3 2.2
Government current expenditure on goods and services 281,114 283,002 282,589 283,796 285,410 285,512 280,846 284,327
  0.1 0.7 -0.1 0.4 0.6 0.0 2.4 1.2
Gross fixed capital formation 310,144 315,946 322,599 326,647 327,398 328,748 305,166 326,348
  2.9 1.9 2.1 1.3 0.2 0.4 10.0 6.9
Investment in inventories 15,584 185 9,925 21,471 10,530 6,446 8,872 12,093
  Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Exports of goods and services 446,035 455,537 460,821 453,725 470,877 476,203 445,967 465,407
  -0.3 2.1 1.2 -1.5 3.8 1.1 6.4 4.4
Imports of goods and services 583,246 582,528 593,403 612,521 610,248 613,573 570,377 607,436
  2.0 -0.1 1.9 3.2 -0.4 0.5 13.1 6.5
Final domestic demand 1,431,830 1,448,561 1,456,007 1,465,407 1,471,561 1,479,049 1,425,138 1,468,006
  1.1 1.2 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.5 4.5 3.0
Gross domestic product at market prices 1,328,350 1,338,481 1,350,705 1,348,662 1,362,512 1,368,445 1,324,993 1,357,581
  0.6 0.8 0.9 -0.2 1.0 0.4 3.2 2.5
Gross domestic product at basic prices by industry                
Goods producing industries 355,152 358,043 363,569 360,959 366,924 368,693 352,456 365,036
  0.9 0.8 1.5 -0.7 1.7 0.5 5.4 3.6
Industrial production 252,682 255,032 259,121 256,407 261,179 262,522 251,004 259,807
  0.7 0.9 1.6 -1.0 1.9 0.5 4.9 3.5
Energy sector 84,453 85,808 87,341 85,779 88,292 88,583 84,116 87,499
  0.8 1.6 1.8 -1.8 2.9 0.3 3.0 4.0
Manufacturing 159,643 158,967 161,317 160,589 161,955 164,428 158,326 162,072
  0.4 -0.4 1.5 -0.5 0.9 1.5 5.2 2.4
Non-durable manufacturing 65,248 64,264 65,081 64,487 64,390 64,455 65,151 64,603
  -0.9 -1.5 1.3 -0.9 -0.1 0.1 2.0 -0.8
Durable manufacturing 94,311 94,731 96,284 96,198 97,763 100,321 93,022 97,642
  1.4 0.4 1.6 -0.1 1.6 2.6 8.0 5.0
Construction 74,209 74,929 76,033 75,873 76,983 77,165 73,467 76,514
  1.6 1.0 1.5 -0.2 1.5 0.2 8.0 4.1
Services producing industries 887,059 895,707 901,505 903,120 908,871 912,336 886,794 906,458
  0.4 1.0 0.6 0.2 0.6 0.4 2.5 2.2
Wholesale trade 67,904 69,707 70,711 70,681 71,587 71,158 68,822 71,034
  -0.8 2.7 1.4 0.0 1.3 -0.6 5.4 3.2
Retail trade 75,539 76,430 76,162 76,457 76,798 77,909 75,634 76,832
  0.7 1.2 -0.4 0.4 0.4 1.4 3.9 1.6
Transportation and warehousing 57,837 58,127 59,431 59,339 60,033 60,171 57,569 59,743
  0.8 0.5 2.2 -0.2 1.2 0.2 4.0 3.8
Finance, insurance, real estate and renting 257,501 260,219 262,883 262,860 265,139 266,198 257,488 264,270
  0.2 1.1 1.0 0.0 0.9 0.4 2.5 2.6
Information and communication technologies 59,784 60,732 61,001 61,361 61,318 61,678 59,566 61,340
  1.3 1.6 0.4 0.6 -0.1 0.6 2.6 3.0
... not applicable
Note 1.

The first line is the series itself expressed in millions of dollars, seasonally adjusted at annual rates. The second line is the quarter-to-quarter percentage change at quarterly rates.

Note 2.

Actual rate.