Using administrative data, such as goods and services tax (GST) revenue, this study assesses how the recovery began to unfold in selected service industries in 2021, the second year of the pandemic, even as supply chain disruptions, labour shortages, skill gaps and inflationary pressures intensified.
The Consumer goods rental, e-commerce sales, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 5322 Consumer goods rental, 5323 General rental centres, which include all members under Sales, (dollars X 1,000,000), annual (percent), for five years of data.
Methods used for e-commerce sales for businesses locations that reported e-commerce sales for the consumer good rental industry, for Canada, for 3 years of data.
Using administrative data, such as goods and services tax (GST) revenue, this study assesses how the recovery began to unfold in selected service industries in 2021, the second year of the pandemic, even as supply chain disruptions, labour shortages, skill gaps and inflationary pressures intensified.
Despite the third wave of the pandemic, the trend observed is generally positive in the first half of 2021 for several service industries. Using administrative datasets, such as the goods and services tax (GST) data, this analysis explores the impacts of the pandemic, resiliency and adaptation of a selected group of service industries by comparing GST revenue from the first half of 2021 relative to the same period in 2020.
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the need for more timely data on the service industries as some of the hardest hit sectors and last to recover will be on that side of the economy. The paper looks at preliminary operating revenue estimates in 2020 for key professional business and administrative support services industries in Canada that traditionally have weathered recessions.
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