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Description: Economic and Social Reports includes in-depth research, brief analyses, and current economic updates on a variety of topics, such as labour, immigration, education and skills, income mobility, well-being, aging, firm dynamics, productivity, economic transitions, and economic geography. All the papers are institutionally reviewed and the research and analytical papers undergo peer review to ensure that they conform to Statistics Canada's mandate as a governmental statistical agency and adhere to generally accepted standards of good professional practice.

Description: Using data from the Housing Economic Account, this data visualization tool analyzes the flows and stock of residential housing in value, as well as the stock of housing in units. Residential housing flows and stock can be visualized in current and real dollars, by assets (new construction, renovation and transfer cost) and by provinces and territories. In addition, housing flows and stocks can be viewed by sector of activity and type of housing, and the economic impact analysis and social transfers in kind from the public sector are reported.

Description: The industrial capacity utilization rate is the ratio of actual output to potential output. Data are published quarterly and cover all goods-producing industries, with the exception of the agriculture industry. The visualization model shows rates, quarterly changes, and year-over-year changes for manufacturing industries.

Description: The Gross Domestic Product by Income and by Expenditure Accounts record the production of goods and services in the economy, the incomes arising from this production, expenditures on production and the resulting saving (dissaving) and investment. This interactive tool facilitates easy access to the numerous data sets in these accounts. The tool highlights the latest results with time series for certain components.

Description: Data for Canadian greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions attributable to household consumption and use of select goods and services along with the associated emissions intensity figures and breakdowns by final demand categories.

Description: This infographic presents the movement of plastic materials in the Canadian economy in 2021, using data from the Physical Flow Account for Plastic Material. It describes the various stages of their life cycle, from production to recycling.

Description: These papers provide background information as well as in depth analysis on data reported in any of the following accounts: income and expenditure accounts, provincial economic accounts, financial flow accounts, national balance sheet accounts, estimates of labour income, and national tourism indicators.

Description: This interactive tool allows for custom manipulation and visualization of wealth data sourced from the Distributions of Household Economic Accounts. By clicking within the tool, you will be able to filter, highlight and select various wealth and wealth indicator items by distribution category.

This product  is released on a quarterly basis.

Description: The quarterly satellite account of non-profit institutions and volunteering provides a snapshot of the non-profit sector with key statistics of gross domestic product, income, outlays and employment. The satellite account is an extension of the contributions to the overall gross domestic product, with data categorized by non-profit institutions serving businesses, households and governments. The satellite account also provides a breakdown of current dollar non-profit institutions’ gross domestic product and employment for individual activities, such as health care, education and research, social services, and other activities. This interactive tool facilitates easy access to the numerous data sets in this satellite account. The tool highlights the latest results with a time-series overview of non-profit institutions by sector and activity.

Description: This interactive dashboard illustrates trade activity in Canada's environmental and clean technology products sector. With its interactive map and charts it allows the user to compare and analyze international trade of environmental and clean technology products per trading partner. Estimates are available per province and territory.

This web-based application is updated annually, once the data for the latest reference period is released in The Daily.

Description: Using data from the Housing Economic Account, this data visualization tool analyzes the flows and stock of residential housing in value, as well as the stock of housing in units. Residential housing flows and stock can be visualized in current and real dollars, by assets (new construction, renovation and transfer cost) and by provinces and territories. In addition, housing flows and stocks can be viewed by sector of activity and type of housing, and the economic impact analysis and social transfers in kind from the public sector are reported.

Description: The industrial capacity utilization rate is the ratio of actual output to potential output. Data are published quarterly and cover all goods-producing industries, with the exception of the agriculture industry. The visualization model shows rates, quarterly changes, and year-over-year changes for manufacturing industries.

Description: The Gross Domestic Product by Income and by Expenditure Accounts record the production of goods and services in the economy, the incomes arising from this production, expenditures on production and the resulting saving (dissaving) and investment. This interactive tool facilitates easy access to the numerous data sets in these accounts. The tool highlights the latest results with time series for certain components.

Description: This interactive tool allows for custom manipulation and visualization of wealth data sourced from the Distributions of Household Economic Accounts. By clicking within the tool, you will be able to filter, highlight and select various wealth and wealth indicator items by distribution category.

This product  is released on a quarterly basis.

Description: The quarterly satellite account of non-profit institutions and volunteering provides a snapshot of the non-profit sector with key statistics of gross domestic product, income, outlays and employment. The satellite account is an extension of the contributions to the overall gross domestic product, with data categorized by non-profit institutions serving businesses, households and governments. The satellite account also provides a breakdown of current dollar non-profit institutions’ gross domestic product and employment for individual activities, such as health care, education and research, social services, and other activities. This interactive tool facilitates easy access to the numerous data sets in this satellite account. The tool highlights the latest results with a time-series overview of non-profit institutions by sector and activity.

Description: This interactive dashboard illustrates trade activity in Canada's environmental and clean technology products sector. With its interactive map and charts it allows the user to compare and analyze international trade of environmental and clean technology products per trading partner. Estimates are available per province and territory.

This web-based application is updated annually, once the data for the latest reference period is released in The Daily.

Description: This interactive dashboard provides access to current and historical gross domestic product (GDP) and international trade values in Canada's environmental and clean technology products sector. With its interactive map and charts, it allows the user to compare and analyze this sector's GDP, imports and exports by province and territory and by product.

This web-based application is updated annually, once the data for the latest reference period is released in The Daily.

Description: This interactive dashboard provides access to current and historical employment and compensation of employees' data in Canada's environmental and clean technology products sector. With its interactive map and charts it allows the user to compare and analyze provincial and territorial job and average annual compensation estimates, by product and by industry.

This web-based application is updated annually, once the data for the latest reference period is released in The Daily.

Description: This interactive tool allows for custom manipulation and visualization of data sourced from the Provincial and Territorial Economic Accounts. The overview covers three broad areas: gross domestic product (GDP) by income, by expenditure and by industry. By clicking within the tool you will be able to filter, highlight and select various provincial and territorial economic aggregations.

Description: This interactive tool allows for custom manipulation and visualization of data sourced from the Pension Satellite Accounts. The interactive tool contains information on different pension types, contributions, investment income, withdrawals and revaluations. By clicking within the tool you will be able to filter through information on various pension estimates.

Description: Economic and Social Reports includes in-depth research, brief analyses, and current economic updates on a variety of topics, such as labour, immigration, education and skills, income mobility, well-being, aging, firm dynamics, productivity, economic transitions, and economic geography. All the papers are institutionally reviewed and the research and analytical papers undergo peer review to ensure that they conform to Statistics Canada's mandate as a governmental statistical agency and adhere to generally accepted standards of good professional practice.

Description: Data for Canadian greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions attributable to household consumption and use of select goods and services along with the associated emissions intensity figures and breakdowns by final demand categories.

Description: This infographic presents the movement of plastic materials in the Canadian economy in 2021, using data from the Physical Flow Account for Plastic Material. It describes the various stages of their life cycle, from production to recycling.

Description: These papers provide background information as well as in depth analysis on data reported in any of the following accounts: income and expenditure accounts, provincial economic accounts, financial flow accounts, national balance sheet accounts, estimates of labour income, and national tourism indicators.

Description: This presentation highlights data and analysis conducted at Statistics Canada that underscores the affordability challenges facing Canadian households during the period of high inflation that followed the COVID-19 pandemic. It draws on recent data from Statistics Canada’s Distribution of Household Economic Accounts, the Survey of Financial Security and the Canadian Social Survey.

Description: This article describes the revisions to the Financial Flow Accounts, the Other Changes in Assets Account and the National Balance Sheet Accounts, collectively called the Financial and Wealth Accounts (FWA), introduced as part of the 2024 comprehensive revision. These accounts are integral to the Canadian System of Macroeconomic Accounts. This exercise was conducted to strengthen the overall quality and relevance of the FWA program and to introduce new concepts, methodologies and classifications as recommended by international standards.

Description: This article takes a closer look into the largest contributors and detractors to growth in each province and territory in 2023. Using data from the May 1, 2024 provincial and territorial GDP by industry release as a starting point, a more comprehensive picture of each jurisdiction’s 2023 economic performance is presented by integrating other economic indicators such as population, prices and labour market measures, and by examining the context in which industries grew or contracted during the reference period.

Description: This document describes the methodology, concepts and data sources used in the compilation of statistics on the underground economy in Canada, which provide information on the extent of underground economic activity in Canada and its provinces and territories.

Description: This article describes the revisions to the Financial Flow Accounts (FFA), the Other Changes in Assets Account (OCAA), and the National Balance Sheet Accounts (NBSA), collectively referred to as the Financial and Wealth Accounts (FWA), introduced as part of the 2023 Comprehensive Revision. These accounts are an integral part of the Canadian System of Macroeconomic Accounts (CSMA). This exercise was conducted to strengthen the overall quality and relevance of the FWA program and to introduce new concepts, methodologies, and classifications as recommended by international standards.

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This article describes the revisions to the Financial Flow Accounts (FFA), the Other Changes in Assets Account (OCAA), and the National Balance Sheet Accounts (NBSA), collectively referred to as the Financial and Wealth Accounts (FWA), introduced as part of the 2022 Comprehensive Revision. These accounts are an integral part of the Canadian System of Macroeconomic Accounts (CSMA). This exercise was conducted to strengthen the overall quality and relevance of the FWA program and to introduce new concepts, methodologies, and classifications as recommended by international standards.

Description: This guide provides a detailed explanation of the structure, concepts and history of Canada’s System of Macroeconomic Accounts.

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A review of the seven-decade history of Canada’s System of Macroeconomic Accounts connecting the story to the evolution of the international SNA, plus a discussion of the uses and users of Canada’s accounts.

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An explanation of the structure and concepts of Canada’s income and expenditure accounts.

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An introduction and overview of the Canadian System of Macroeconomic Accounts.

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An explanation of key national accounting concepts involving stocks and flows; the distinction between price and volume changes; production, distribution, consumption and accumulation; residence; institutional units and sectors; classifications; and accounting concepts. Also includes a description of SNA 2008’s sequence of accounts.

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An explanation of the structure and concepts of Canada’s supply and use accounts.

Description: The Methodological Guide: Canadian System of Environmental-Economic Accounting provides readers with information on environmental-economic accounts at Statistics Canada. It provides links to produced data and publications and describes the concepts, sources, and methods used to compile them. Topics include ecosystem accounting, asset accounts (natural resources in physical and monetary terms), physical flow accounts (energy and water use, and waste and greenhouse gas emissions), environmental activity statistics (expenditures on environmental protection), and the applications and extensions of those accounts (attribution of physical flows to final demand and intensity measures).

This user's guide has been developed by the Environmental Statistics Program to facilitate access to environmental-economic accounting information throughout Statistics Canada and to explain its linkage with international standards, the United Nations System of Environmental-Economic Accounting. This guide is continually being updated to maintain its relevance.

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The Canadian System of Macroeconomic Accounts (CSMA) is a source of invaluable information for business, governments and citizens. These accounts provide users with important insights into the inner-workings of the economy, current economic trends and interactions between the various sectors of the economy. In order for these accounts to remain relevant, the underlying concepts, methods, classification systems and data sources need to be periodically updated.

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Statistical revisions are carried out regularly in the Canadian System of National Accounts (CSNA) in order to incorporate the most current information from censuses, annual surveys, administrative statistics, public accounts, etc., and to implement improved estimation methods.

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Statistical revisions are regularly applied to the Canadian System of Macroeconomic Accounts in order to incorporate the most current information from censuses, annual surveys, administrative statistics, public accounts, etc., and to implement improved estimation methods. Statistics Canada also conducts more comprehensive revisions to the Canadian System of Macroeconomic Accounts, which generally reflect new concepts, accounting treatments or methods.