Insights on the Canadian Economy

Journals and periodicals: 11-624-M
Description:

This series contains short analytical articles providing statistical insights on emerging issues in the economy such as productivity, innovation and technology use. These articles briefly describe the issues and the results examined by these research papers.

The articles describe issues on a wide range of topics, including
- the amount of dynamic competition taking place as a result of the entry of new firms and the exit of closed firms;
- the amount of merger activity taking place;
- the difference between multinational and domestic firms;
- the productivity growth in Canada;
- the changes in the geographic location of industry;
- the problems in small-firm financing;
- the changing industrial structure of different regions;
- how the economy interacts with the environment;
- the changes in trade patterns;
- Canada/United States price differences;
- the innovation process in Canada;
- the differences between small and large producers;
- the changing patterns of advanced technology use and its effect on firm performance;
- the type of strategies that differentiate more-successful from less-successful firms.

Frequency: Occasional
Available formats: HTML, PDF
Titles Release date More Information
Retirement-Related Highlights from the 2009 Canadian Financial Capability Survey - ARCHIVED June 8, 2010 More information
Differences in Canadian and US Income Levels, 1961 to 2008 - ARCHIVED January 12, 2010 More information
Trends in Gross Domestic Product and Self-employment of Unincorporated Enterprises in the Canadian Economy, 1987 to 2005 - ARCHIVED September 10, 2009 More information
Measuring the Contribution of the Unincorporated Sector in the Canadian Economy, 1997 to 2002 - ARCHIVED February 19, 2009 More information
Terms of Trade in Central Canada - ARCHIVED December 11, 2008 More information
The Resource Boom: Impacts on Provincial Purchasing Power - ARCHIVED November 18, 2008 More information
Basic Trends in Outsourcing and Offshoring in Canada - ARCHIVED October 27, 2008 More information
From Roads to Rinks: Government Spending on Infrastructure in Canada, 1961 to 2005 - ARCHIVED February 7, 2008 More information
The Terms of Trade and Domestic Spending - ARCHIVED January 17, 2008 More information
A Comparison of GDP Per Capita in Canada and the United States from 1994 to 2005 - ARCHIVED August 31, 2007 More information
Not Dutch Disease, It's China Syndrome - ARCHIVED August 16, 2007 More information
National and Regional Trends in Business Bankruptcies, 1980 to 2005 - ARCHIVED October 12, 2006 More information
Head Office Employment in Canada, 1999 to 2005 - ARCHIVED July 13, 2006 More information
Changes in Foreign Control Under Different Regulatory Climates: Multinationals in Canada - ARCHIVED March 23, 2006 More information
Provincial Income Disparities Through an Urban-rural Lens: Evidence from the 2001 Census - ARCHIVED July 21, 2005 More information
An Anatomy of Growth and Decline: High-tech Industries Through the Boom and Bust Years, 1997-2003 - ARCHIVED March 2, 2005 More information
Interprovincial Differences in GDP Per Capita, Labour Productivity and Work Intensity: 1990-2003 - ARCHIVED February 22, 2005 More information
The Output Gap Between Canada and the United States: The Role of Productivity (1994-2002) - ARCHIVED January 13, 2005 More information
Four Decades of Creative Destruction: Renewing Canada's Manufacturing Base from 1961-1999 - ARCHIVED October 21, 2004 More information
Canada's Trade with China - ARCHIVED June 8, 2004 More information
Do Canadians Pay More than Americans for the Same Products? - ARCHIVED April 27, 2004 More information
Public Infrastructure in Canada: Where Do We Stand? - ARCHIVED November 12, 2003 More information
Knowledge Workers in Canada's Economy, 1971 to 2001 - ARCHIVED October 30, 2003 More information
From Labrador City to Toronto: The Industrial Diversity of Canadian Cities, 1992 to 2002 - ARCHIVED October 27, 2003 More information
Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Canadian Economy, 1981-2000 - ARCHIVED May 30, 2003 More information