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51. Key Indicators in Canada Archived
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 11F0027M2005037
Description:
In recent years there has been considerable international interest in key indicators. This paper surveys recent Canadian attempts to develop key indicators of economic, social, environmental or physical well-being. It classifies and discusses over forty such projects and publications in detail; briefly lists a further twenty projects; and provides references to a number of up-to-date surveys and annotated bibliographies which contain additional examples of indicator development in Canada. The paper provides information on a number of research centres working on indicator development and discusses international indicators which are relevant to the Canadian scene, either because they represent 'rototypes' of some particular kind of measure, or else might be regarded as constituting 'best practice' in an area. The paper also examines the motivations behind indicator development and seeks to address the question of whether efforts to extend measurement outside the economic field constitute attempts to "measure the unmeasurable".
Release date: 2005-11-30
52. The growing importance of the service industries: The need for sub-annual indicators (IV-B) Archived
Articles and reports: 11F0024M20050008805
Description:
This paper reports on the potential development of sub-annual indicators for selected service industries using Goods and Services Tax (GST) data. The services sector is now of central importance to advanced economies; however, our knowledge of this sector remains incomplete, partly due to a lack of data. The Voorburg Group on Service Statistics has been meeting for almost twenty years to develop and incorporate better measures for the services sector. Despite this effort, many sub-annual economic measures continue to rely on output data for the goods-producing sector and, with the exception of distributive trades, on employment data for service industries.
The development of sub-annual indicators for service industries raises two questions regarding the national statistical program. First, is there a need for service output indicators to supplement existing sub-annual measures? And second, what service industries are the most promising for development? The paper begins by reviewing the importance of service industries and how they behave during economic downturns. Next, it examines considerations in determining which service industries to select as GST-based, sub-annual indicators. A case study of the accommodation services industry serves to illustrate improving timeliness and accuracy. We conclude by discussing the opportunities for, and limitations of, these indicators.
Release date: 2005-10-20
53. Collective bargaining priorities Archived
Articles and reports: 75-001-X200510813148
Geography: Canada
Description:
Certain provisions such as pay, leave and supplementary medical coverage are common to virtually all collective agreements. Others such as a cost-of-living allowance reflect the socioeconomic climate of the times. From a list of 10 collective bargaining provisions, employers in the Workplace and Employee Survey were asked the ones included in their settlements. The two most common in 2001 dealt with job security and occupational health and safety.
Release date: 2005-09-21
54. Provincial and Territorial Economic Accounts, 2003 Archived
Stats in brief: 13-604-M2004046
Geography: Province or territory
Description:
This overview examines recent economic developments and trends in the major aggregates that comprise GDP, both income and expenditure-based, and includes tables of key variables for each of the provinces and territories.
Release date: 2004-11-09
55. A diffusion index for GDP Archived
Articles and reports: 11-010-X20040056872
Geography: Canada
Description:
This index measures the share of industries experiencing an increase in GDP over a given time span. It closely tracks the monthly change in GDP but is not a reliable guide to what is about to occur in the economy.
Release date: 2004-05-20
56. Regional Disparities of Research and Development in the Business Services Sector Archived
Articles and reports: 88F0006X2004009
Description:
The Canadian economy is characterized by the size of the service sector. Elsewhere, the research and development (R&D) activity contributes to the growth of the economy. Paradoxically, R&D is sometime considered as an activity performed by the manufacturing sector. This article sheds light on the importance of efforts dedicated to R&D in the business services sector.
Release date: 2004-04-14
57. Update on economic analysis Archived
Articles and reports: 88-003-X20030036661
Geography: Canada
Description:
On July 9, 2003, Statistics Canada announced a new Internet publication Updates on Economic Analysis (Catalogue no. 11-623-XIE, free). The publication provides a concise summary of ongoing research programs in micro-economics and national accounts. For each theme, the purpose and scope of the research program are described, along with the major analytical issues that are addressed in supporting studies. It also presents a summary of major findings.
Release date: 2003-10-20
58. New economy indicators Archived
Articles and reports: 88-003-X20030026572
Geography: Canada
Description:
This table is an assembly of some of the most important statistics on the new economy.
Release date: 2003-06-27
59. Canadian travel Archived
Articles and reports: 87-403-X20010015897
Geography: Canada
Description:
With the Canadian economy in solid shape, the number of overnight trips made by Canadians in Canada remained steady in 1999, as did travel to overseas destinations. Despite the Canadian dollar's weakness relative to its American counterpart, overnight travel to the United States was up 5% from 1998.
Release date: 2001-10-12
60. Value Added by Industry - A Problem of International Comparison Archived
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 13F0031M2000002
Description:
This paper deals with a problem in internationally comparable economic statistics, namely, the fact that countries measure value added by industry differently. The economic measure, value added, is important both in its own right and because it is a component of other economic measures such as productivity. Value added by industry measures the additional value created by a production process. This additional value, created by factors of production such as labour and capital, may be calculated either before or after deducting the consumption of fixed capital used in production. Thus, gross value added by industry is the value of its output of goods and services less the value of its intermediate consumption of goods and services and net value added as the value of output less the values of both intermediate consumption and consumption of fixed capital.
Release date: 2000-04-04

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51. New economy indicators Archived
Articles and reports: 88-003-X20030026572
Geography: Canada
Description:
This table is an assembly of some of the most important statistics on the new economy.
Release date: 2003-06-27
52. Canadian travel Archived
Articles and reports: 87-403-X20010015897
Geography: Canada
Description:
With the Canadian economy in solid shape, the number of overnight trips made by Canadians in Canada remained steady in 1999, as did travel to overseas destinations. Despite the Canadian dollar's weakness relative to its American counterpart, overnight travel to the United States was up 5% from 1998.
Release date: 2001-10-12
53. Travel by Canadians Archived
Articles and reports: 87-403-X19970014744
Geography: Canada
Description:
Canada's economy was booming in 1997. The economy, as measured by the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), grew 3.8% in 1997, its best performance since 1994 and the second best this decade.
Release date: 1999-11-24
54. Inequalities in Literacy Skills Among Youth in Canada and the United States (Highlights) Archived
Journals and periodicals: 89F0116X
Geography: Canada
Description:
These highlights provide a brief summary of the report "Inequalities in literacy skills among youth in Canada and the United States", the latest monograph released using data from the International Adult Literacy Survey. This report suggests that youth in North America do not fare as well in their literacy skills as their European counterparts. Variables such as income and education continue to have direct and indirect effects on people's literacy skills.
Release date: 1999-10-15
55. Inequalities in Literacy Skills Among Youth in Canada and the United States Archived
Articles and reports: 89-552-M1999006
Geography: Canada
Description:
This study examines the general finding that Canadian youth from higher socio-economic backgrounds tend to perform better on the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) than do youth from disadvantaged backgrounds. It also looks at whether this applies to states within the United States.
Release date: 1999-09-22
56. Room utilization in the traveller accommodation industrry Archived
Articles and reports: 63-016-X19980044487
Geography: Canada
Description:
This article examines data on the seasonal patterns of demand for accomodation supplied by Canada's hotel and motel establishments during the 1996 reference year.
Release date: 1999-04-15
57. Timely railway data: a leading economic indicator for GDP? Archived
Articles and reports: 52-216-X19970004457
Description:
The purpose of this paper is to outline the results of preliminary research into the use of a potentially new economic indicator for Gross Domestic Product (GDP) - railway carloadings.
Release date: 1999-03-24
58. Short term expectations survey Archived
Articles and reports: 61F0019X19970044044
Geography: Canada
Description:
The Short Term Expectations Survey is a monthly survey conducted with a group of economic analysts from across the provinces to get a representative view of the Canadian economy.
Release date: 1998-11-25
59. The labour market: Mid-year review [1997] Archived
Articles and reports: 75-001-X19970033205
Geography: Canada
Description:
Around the beginning of the year, analysts were predicting that1997 would be a good year for the Canadian economy and labourmarket. Is it living up to expectations? This review examinestrends and developments in the labour market during the firsthalf of 1997. (This article appeared as an advance release inJuly 1997.)
Release date: 1997-09-10
60. The labour market: Year-end review [1995] Archived
Articles and reports: 75-001-X19960012523
Geography: Canada
Description:
Why did the economy slow down in 1995 and what was the effect on the labour market? This year-end review examines changes and trends in the labour market over the past year.
Release date: 1996-03-12

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1. A preview of the 2015 comprehensive revision of the Canadian System of Macroeconomic Accounts
Notices and consultations: 13-605-X201500314153
Description:
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.
Release date: 2015-03-31
2. Canadian System of Macroeconomic Accounts revision process and calendar: an overview Archived
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 13-605-X201400111911
Description:
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.
Release date: 2014-02-28
3. Upcoming revisions planned for 2014 and 2015 Archived
Notices and consultations: 13-605-X201400111912
Description:
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.
Release date: 2014-02-28
4. An overview of the upcoming planned revisions to the Canadian System of Macroeconomic Accounts
Notices and consultations: 13-605-X201300311816
Description:
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. This paper outlines the scheduled revisions planned for 2013 to 2015.
Release date: 2013-05-21
5. The relationship between monthly, quarterly, and annual growth rates Archived
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 11-010-X201100611501
Description:
A detailed exposition of how the pattern of quarterly growth affects the average annual growth rate, including the relative importance of these quarters in determining growth These basic principles are applied to monthly and quarterly growth.
Release date: 2011-06-16
6. Renewing the Canadian System of National Accounts Archived
Notices and consultations: 13-605-X201000111130
Description:
The majority of Canada's national, provincial and territorial macroeconomic indicators originate from the Canadian System of National Accounts (CSNA). These indicators include such things as gross domestic product, net worth, savings, personal disposable income and government debt. Statistics Canada is launching a project that will make key changes to these macroeconomic indicators. The changes introduced by this project are outlined in this paper.
Release date: 2010-05-05
7. Key Indicators in Canada Archived
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 11F0027M2005037
Description:
In recent years there has been considerable international interest in key indicators. This paper surveys recent Canadian attempts to develop key indicators of economic, social, environmental or physical well-being. It classifies and discusses over forty such projects and publications in detail; briefly lists a further twenty projects; and provides references to a number of up-to-date surveys and annotated bibliographies which contain additional examples of indicator development in Canada. The paper provides information on a number of research centres working on indicator development and discusses international indicators which are relevant to the Canadian scene, either because they represent 'rototypes' of some particular kind of measure, or else might be regarded as constituting 'best practice' in an area. The paper also examines the motivations behind indicator development and seeks to address the question of whether efforts to extend measurement outside the economic field constitute attempts to "measure the unmeasurable".
Release date: 2005-11-30
8. Value Added by Industry - A Problem of International Comparison Archived
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 13F0031M2000002
Description:
This paper deals with a problem in internationally comparable economic statistics, namely, the fact that countries measure value added by industry differently. The economic measure, value added, is important both in its own right and because it is a component of other economic measures such as productivity. Value added by industry measures the additional value created by a production process. This additional value, created by factors of production such as labour and capital, may be calculated either before or after deducting the consumption of fixed capital used in production. Thus, gross value added by industry is the value of its output of goods and services less the value of its intermediate consumption of goods and services and net value added as the value of output less the values of both intermediate consumption and consumption of fixed capital.
Release date: 2000-04-04
9. The Effect of Rebasing on GDP Archived
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 13-604-M1996035
Description:
About once every five years, the System of National Accounts (SNA) is rebased to keep up with the evolution of prices in the economy. In other words, its aggregates at constant prices are recalculated in terms of the prices of a more recent time. Also, the System is revamped about once a decade to introduce new accounting conventions, improved methods of estimation and revised statistical classifications. These revisions will change the gross domestic product (GDP) of the past 70 years. Both types of revision are presently underway, with their results scheduled for release next year.
This article takes an advance look at the likely effect of rebasing the SNA on the record of growth since 1992. It presents the results of an approximate rebasing of the expenditure-based GDP of the quarterly National Income and Expenditure Accounts (NIEA).
Release date: 1996-08-30

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