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This paper looks at the rationalization of production costs in the Canadian manufacturing sector by examining expenditures on four main inputs (wages, salaries, energy, and raw materials) as they have evolved over time.

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This paper analyses changes to manufacturing establishments of all sizes in terms of four major areas: manufacturing activity gross output, production cost structure, productivity and employment structure.

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This paper examines the packaging products used by manufacturing industries, the evolution of production costs, a comparison of establishment groups (ranked by volume of shipments) and the stages of processing for the Canadian manufacturing sector as a whole.

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This paper examines the Canadian manufacturing sector in terms of the degree of processing of its outputs. It then examines the patterns in manufacturing output by stage of processing over the period 1988 to 1996.

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The manufacturing sector plays a major role in the Canadian economy and the destinations of shipments thus directly affects the economies of Canada and the provinces. The Destination of shipments research paper series is based on data from various years of the Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM). The papers in this series evaluate the changes in the destinations of shipments by province and by major manufacturing group. Several key areas are covered such as: exports, interprovincial trade and relative trade balance.

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This study examines differences in technology use in Canada as opposed to the United States as well as reasons for these differences. It examines different aspects of technology use-numbers of technologies used, types of technologies used, as well as regional, size and industry variations in their use. It then investigates differences in benefits that plant managers perceive stem from advanced technology use and differences in the factors that managers assess as impediments. While managers in both countries generally place quite similar emphases on items in the list of benefits received and problems that have impeded adoption, there are significant differences that arise because of the smaller size of the Canadian market.

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This article provides an overview of the packaging products used by Canadian manufacturing industries, and identifies recent trends regarding the types of containers used.

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Considerable attention has been directed at understanding the structural changes that are generating an increased need for skilled workers. These changes are perceived to be the result of developments associated with the emergence of the new knowledge economy, whose potential is often linked to the growth of new technology-based firms (NTBFs). Where are these firms to be found? Related work on changes in technology and innovativeness has been accompanied by the creation of taxonomies that classify industries as high-tech or high-knowledge, based primarily on the characteristics of large firms. There is a temptation to use these taxonomies to identify new technology-based firms only within certain sectors. This paper uses a special survey that collected data on new firms to argue that this would be unwise.

The paper investigates the limitations of existing classification schemes that might be used to classify industries as high- or low-tech, as advanced or otherwise. Characteristically unidimensional in scope, many of these taxonomies employ conceptual and operational measures that are narrow and incomplete. Consequently, previous rankings that identify sectors as high- or low-tech using these measures obscure the degree of innovativeness and human capital formation exhibited by certain industries. In a policy environment wherein emotive 'scoreboard' classifications have direct effects on resource allocation, the social costs of misclassification are potentially significant.

Using a comparative methodology, this study investigates the role that conceptualization plays in devising taxonomies of high- and low-tech industries. Far from producing definitive classifications, existing measures of technological advancement are found to be wanting when their underpinnings are examined closely. Our objective in the current analysis is to examine the limitations of standard classification schemes, particularly when applied to new small firms, and to suggest an alternative framework based on a competency-model of the firm.

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This paper examines the determinants of the adoption lag for advanced technologies in the Canadian manufacturing sector. It uses plant-level data collected on the length of the adoption lag (the time between a firm's first becoming aware of a new technology and its adoption of the technology) to examine the extent to which the adoption lag is a function of the benefits and costs associated with technology adoption as well as certain plant characteristics that are proxies for a plant's receptor capabilities.

Economic theory suggests that the diffusion of advanced technologies should be a function of the benefits associated with the adoption of new technologies. Other studies have had to proxy the benefits with environmental characteristics-like proximity to markets, fertility of soils, size of firm. This paper makes use of more direct evidence collected from the 1993 Survey of Innovation and Advanced Technology concerning firms' own evaluations of the benefits and costs of adoption along with measures of overall technological competency. Both are found to be highly significant determinants of the adoption lag. Geographical nearness of suppliers decreases the adoption lag. Variables that have been previously used to proxy the benefits associated with technology adoption-variables such as larger firm size, younger age, and more diversification by the parent firm also decrease the adoption lag-but they have much less effect than the direct measure of benefits and firm competency.

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The 1980s and 1990s have seen a rising share of skilled labour in total employment in the manufacturing sector of Canada. At the same time, the wage premium for skilled workers has increased, thereby increasing the inequality between skilled and unskilled workers. There is a disagreement about the causes of these changes. Several hypotheses have been offered to explain them-increased international competition, changes in the relative supply of more-skilled versus less-skilled workers, and skilled-augmenting technological change. This paper analyzes the nature, pattern and causes of the shifts in the composition of employment in manufacturing. The paper describes the composition of employment in manufacturing. It focuses on the direction and magnitude of shifts in the proportion of nonproduction workers employed within manufacturing and across sectors within manufacturing. It also investigates the extent to which wage differentials between nonproduction and production workers have widened in the 1980s. In addition, it assesses the extent to which these changes are associated with trade and technology use. The results indicate that the rising wage differentials are associated with both increased trade intensity and the types of technologies that are being used in the plant.

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This table contains 269 series, with data for years 1956 - 1990 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2000-02-18. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 items: Canada ...), Commodities (269 items: Primary metal products; Iron and steel products; Primary steel products; Ferro-alloys ...).

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This table contains 357 series, with data for years 1956 - 1990 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2000-02-18. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (6 items: Canada; Quebec; Ontario; Atlantic Region ...), Commodities (278 items: Electronic and communication products; Major household types appliances; Appliances and receivers; household; Refrigerators and freezers ...).

Description: This table contains 381 series, with data for years 1949 - 1984 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and is no longer being released. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada); Standard Industrial Classification, 1970 (SIC) (23 items: All manufacturing industries; Food and beverage industries; Tobacco products industry; Rubber and plastics products industries; ...); Principal statistics (9 items: Total shipments; New orders; Unfilled orders; Total inventory held; ...); Seasonal adjustment (2 items: Unadjusted; Seasonally adjusted).

Description: This table contains 211 series, with data for years 1970 - 1984 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and is no longer being released. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (10 items: Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island; Nova Scotia; New Brunswick; ...); Standard Industrial Classification, 1970 (SIC) (22 items: All manufacturing industries; Food and beverage industries; Tobacco products industry; Rubber and plastics products industries; ...).

Description: This table contains 112 series, with data for years 1961 - 1984 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and is no longer being released. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada); Principal statistics (9 items: Total shipments; New orders; Unfilled orders; Total inventory held; ...); Economic use groups (7 items: Non-durable consumer goods industries; Durable consumer goods industries; Machinery and equipment industries; Construction materials and components industries; ...); Seasonal adjustment (2 items: Unadjusted; Seasonally adjusted).

Description: This table contains 241 series, with data for years 1970 - 1984 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and is no longer being released. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (12 items: Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island; Nova Scotia; ...); Principal statistics (1 item: Total shipments); Standard Industrial Classification, 1970 (SIC) (21 items: Food and beverage industries; Tobacco products industry; Rubber and plastics products industries; Leather industries; ...).

Description: This table contains 1786 series, with data for years 1970 - 1984 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and is no longer being released. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada); Principal statistics (9 items: Total shipments; New orders; Unfilled orders; Total inventory held; ...); Standard Industrial Classification, 1970 (SIC) (225 items: Food and beverage industries; Meat and poultry products industries; Slaughtering and meat processors; Poultry processors; ...).

Description: This table contains 40 series, with data for years 1970 - 1984 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and is no longer being released. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada); Principal statistics (2 items: Ratio of finished goods to shipments; Ratio of total inventory owned to shipments); Standard Industrial Classification, 1970 (SIC) (20 items: Food and beverage industries; Tobacco products industry; Rubber and plastics products industries; Leather industries; ...).

Description: This table contains 4 series, with data for years 1949 - 1984 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and is no longer being released. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada); Principal statistics (2 items: Ratio of finished products to shipments; Ratio of inventories owned to shipments); Seasonal adjustment (2 items: Unadjusted; Seasonally adjusted).

Description: This table contains 189 series, with data for years 1970 - 1984 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and is no longer being released. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada); Principal statistics (9 items: Total shipments; New orders; Unfilled orders; Total inventory held; ...); Standard Industrial Classification, 1970 (23 items: All manufacturing industries; Non-durable goods industries; Food and beverage industries; Tobacco products industry; ...).

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Description: As the twelfth goal outlined in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Canada and other UN member states have committed to ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns by 2030. This 2024 infographic provides an overview of indicators underlying the twelfth Sustainable Development Goal in support of responsible consumption and production, and the statistics and data sources used to monitor and report on this goal in Canada.

Description: The purpose of this research paper is to highlight the impact of the many challenges faced over time by the sawmill industry on its development and its role as an economic lever for many Canadian communities.

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This infographic looks at the impact the pandemic and supply chain disruptions have had on manufacturing in Canada. Specific data that is collected by the Monthly Survey of Manufacturing is shown on the infographic to help highlight the impacts.

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The federal government offers business innovation and growth support through program streams managed by its departments and agencies. In 2017, enterprises in the manufacturing sector accounted for almost one-quarter of the beneficiaries of this support and received almost one-third of the total value of support (Statistics Canada, 2020). The objective of this analysis is to assess the impact of federal growth and innovation support on the employment and revenue of beneficiary enterprises in the manufacturing sector between 2007 and 2017. This analysis suggests that enterprises that received federal support for growth and innovation experienced stronger employment and revenue growth relative to non-beneficiary enterprises. Over the three years following receipt of support, employment growth for beneficiary enterprises averaged 1.8% per year while, on average, enterprises that did not receive support experienced employment declines. Over the same period, the average annual revenue growth of beneficiary enterprises was higher than that of non-beneficiary enterprises by 4.6 percentage points.

Description: This infographic features sales and inventories for the petroleum and coal products industry, as well as refinery production, while highlighting the impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Description: As the twelfth goal outlined in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Canada and other UN member states have committed to ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns by 2030. This 2020 infographic provides an overview of indicators underlying the twelfth Sustainable Development Goal in support of responsible consumption and production, and the statistics and data sources used to monitor and report on this goal in Canada.

Description: The main use was to provide information to study market trends in the manufacture of these products. The derivative use was to enhance the quality of the data collected in the Annual Survey of Manufactures.

Description: The survey collected data on monthly and cumulative production and inventory of packaged instant skim milk powder and process cheese with previous year's comparative data.

Description: The purpose of this survey was the collection of data on the production and shipments of units of records and tapes by type for the month.

Description: The purpose of this survey is the collection of data on the production (in metric tonnes) of raw steel in Canada.

Description: The monthly survey, Sawmills, measures quantities of lumber produced and shipped by Canadian manufacturers.

Description: The survey collected data from manufacturers of lumber and ties in British Columbia.

Description: The primary purpose of this discontinued survey was for measuring growth in the receipts and consumption of pulpwood and wood residue in Canada.

Description: The monthly survey, Construction Type Plywood, measures quantities of construction type plywood that are produced and shipped by Canadian manufacturers including distribution of shipments in Canada by province and exports.

Description: The Annual survey of Cement, measures quantities of domestic cement that are produced by Canadian manufacturers. The survey also measures the quantities of exported cement.

Description: The monthly data collected by this survey are the production, stocks and shipments (in cubic metres) of waferboard, particleboard and fibreboard.