Table 1
Business sector: Labour productivity and related variables for Canada1 – Seasonally adjusted
| Fourth quarter 2023 | First quarter 2024 | Second quarter 2024 | Third quarter 2024 | Fourth quarter 2024 | First quarter 2025 | Second quarter 2025 | Third quarter 2025 | Fourth quarter 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % change from the previous quarter | % change from the previous quarter | % change from the previous quarter | % change from the previous quarter | % change from the previous quarter | % change from the previous quarter | % change from the previous quarter | % change from the previous quarter | % change from the previous quarter | |
| Canada | |||||||||
| Labour productivity | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | -0.7 | 1.1 | -0.1 |
| Real gross domestic product (GDP) | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.6 | -0.5 | 0.9 | -0.2 |
| Hours worked | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | -0.2 | -0.1 |
| Hourly compensation | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.2 | -0.2 | 1.3 | 0.5 |
| Unit labour cost | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| Unit labour cost in US dollars | -1.2 | 1.8 | -1.2 | 0.4 | -2.1 | -2.4 | 4.2 | 0.7 | -0.6 |
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | First quarter 2025 | Second quarter 2025 | Third quarter 2025 | Fourth quarter 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % change from the previous year | % change from the previous year | % change from the previous year | % change from the previous year | % change from the previous year | % change from the same quarter of the previous year | % change from the same quarter of the previous year | % change from the same quarter of the previous year | % change from the same quarter of the previous year | |
| Canada | |||||||||
| Labour productivity | -4.6 | 0.1 | -1.4 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.3 |
| Real GDP | 6.7 | 5.5 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 0.7 |
| Hours worked | 11.6 | 5.4 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Hourly compensation | -1.0 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 1.9 |
| Unit labour cost | 3.9 | 4.6 | 6.4 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| Unit labour cost in US dollars | 11.1 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 1.1 | -0.8 | -5.2 | -0.0 | 0.3 | 1.8 |
Source(s):
Table 36-10-0206-01.
Table note 1
Calculations of growth rates are based on index numbers rounded to three decimal places.
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