Table 1
Industrial capacity utilization rates
| Third quarter 2014 |
Second quarter 2015 |
Third quarter 2015 |
Second quarter to third quarter 2015 | Third quarter 2014 to third quarter 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | percentage point change | percentage point change | |
| Total industrial | 83.0 | 81.4 | 82.0 | 0.6 | -1.0 |
| Forestry and logging | 84.4 | 91.5 | 90.0 | -1.5 | 5.6 |
| Mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction | 78.8 | 74.4 | 76.9 | 2.5 | -1.9 |
| Oil and gas extraction | 85.0 | 83.4 | 86.5 | 3.1 | 1.5 |
| Mining and quarrying | 67.2 | 57.2 | 58.0 | 0.8 | -9.2 |
| Electric power generation, transmission and distribution | 83.2 | 83.2 | 81.1 | -2.1 | -2.1 |
| Construction | 85.5 | 83.5 | 83.6 | 0.1 | -1.9 |
| Manufacturing | 83.2 | 82.4 | 83.1 | 0.7 | -0.1 |
| Food | 80.4 | 79.0 | 81.5 | 2.5 | 1.1 |
| Beverage and tobacco products | 75.4 | 79.4 | 80.0 | 0.6 | 4.6 |
| Beverage | 77.2 | 81.9 | 82.6 | 0.7 | 5.4 |
| Tobacco | 62.8 | 62.5 | 62.3 | -0.2 | -0.5 |
| Textiles | 77.6 | 77.2 | 80.7 | 3.5 | 3.1 |
| Textile mills | 87.8 | 90.3 | 96.4 | 6.1 | 8.6 |
| Textile product mills | 70.0 | 67.6 | 69.1 | 1.5 | -0.9 |
| Clothing | 70.5 | 70.8 | 74.3 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| Leather and allied products | 68.9 | 66.9 | 70.0 | 3.1 | 1.1 |
| Wood products | 93.4 | 96.0 | 98.6 | 2.6 | 5.2 |
| Paper | 89.4 | 91.7 | 92.3 | 0.6 | 2.9 |
| Printing and related support activities | 68.9 | 66.7 | 66.7 | 0.0 | -2.2 |
| Petroleum and coal products | 80.8 | 79.1 | 77.8 | -1.3 | -3.0 |
| Chemical products | 79.1 | 84.8 | 84.2 | -0.6 | 5.1 |
| Plastics and rubber products | 81.9 | 84.6 | 86.1 | 1.5 | 4.2 |
| Plastic products | 81.3 | 84.4 | 85.2 | 0.8 | 3.9 |
| Rubber products | 84.8 | 85.7 | 90.4 | 4.7 | 5.6 |
| Non-metallic mineral products | 76.7 | 73.5 | 72.2 | -1.3 | -4.5 |
| Primary metal | 82.3 | 74.3 | 74.9 | 0.6 | -7.4 |
| Fabricated metal products | 80.4 | 74.1 | 73.2 | -0.9 | -7.2 |
| Machinery | 82.3 | 79.2 | 76.2 | -3.0 | -6.1 |
| Computer and electronic products | 84.9 | 86.9 | 84.0 | -2.9 | -0.9 |
| Electrical equipment, appliances and components | 73.2 | 71.1 | 71.2 | 0.1 | -2.0 |
| Transportation equipment | 92.8 | 90.8 | 93.4 | 2.6 | 0.6 |
| Furniture and related products | 83.2 | 83.9 | 87.9 | 4.0 | 4.7 |
| Miscellaneous manufacturing | 78.2 | 83.1 | 87.1 | 4.0 | 8.9 |
Source(s):
CANSIM table 028-0002.
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