Hours worked and labour productivity in the provinces and territories, 1997 to 2022 (revised data)
Released: 2024-02-09
Revised data on provincial and territorial labour productivity and related measures from 1997 to 2022 are now available.
These data revisions reflect the incorporation of the new benchmark values from the provincial and territorial supply and use tables for 2020, as well as revised data from different sources. More specifically, the revisions are consistent with those incorporated in the provincial and territorial economic accounts and the provincial and territorial gross domestic product (GDP) by industry (released November 8, 2023), as well as in the national GDP by industry (released on November 30, 2023).
This release also reflects historical revisions to the Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours (released March 30, 2023).
With this release, the year 2017 has been adopted as the reference year instead of 2012 for real GDP data and related measures (including productivity and unit labour costs). The adoption of the new 2017 reference year affects only the data reported in table 36-10-0480-01; it had no impact on the data of the three other tables (36-10-0489-01, 36-10-0675-01 and 36-10-0676-01).
Did you know we have a mobile app?
Get timely access to data right at your fingertips by downloading the StatsCAN app, available for free on the App Store and on Google Play.
Note to readers
Provincial and territorial measures of labour productivity and related variables are consistent with the concepts of the Canadian System of Macroeconomic Accounts and with the input-output industry codes.
It is important to note that real output (used to measure productivity) is based on the value added measured at basic prices, not at market prices, which is consistent with the detailed framework by industry. Further, the real estate, and rental and leasing industry, which is part of the service-producing business sector, excludes the imputed rent for owner-occupied dwellings because there are no data on the number of hours that homeowners spend on dwelling maintenance services.
Next release
The data on hours worked and labour productivity in the provinces and territories for 2023 will be released on May 21, 2024.
Products
The Economic accounts statistics portal, accessible from the Subjects module of the Statistics Canada website, features an up-to-date portrait of national and provincial economies and their structure.
The Latest Developments in the Canadian Economic Accounts (13-605-X) is available.
The User Guide: Canadian System of Macroeconomic Accounts (13-606-G) is available.
The Methodological Guide: Canadian System of Macroeconomic Accounts (13-607-X) is available.
The study "Canadian regional labour statistics and inter-regional movements of paid workers, 2001 to 2021," which is part of Latest Developments in the Canadian Economic Accounts (13-605-X), is available.
Contact information
For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact us (toll-free 1-800-263-1136; 514-283-8300; infostats@statcan.gc.ca) or Media Relations (statcan.mediahotline-ligneinfomedias.statcan@statcan.gc.ca).
- Date modified: