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  • 111. Study: 2021 flash estimates of selected service industries
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202219932903
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2022-07-18
  • 112. Study: How the rental vehicle industry in British Columbia adjusted to the pandemic Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202212335083
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2022-05-03
  • 113. Dude, Where's My Semiconductor?
    Stats in brief: 45-20-00032022004
    Description:

    As the effects of the pandemic continue into its second year, we have all had to make adjustments with the way we go about our daily lives. We have seen plenty of service disruptions, closures of services and delays due to semiconductor scarcities, inclement weather or shifts in supply and demand. But what is the real cause of these disruptions and what is the supply chain that everyone is talking about? Our guest, Andrew Charles Barclay, an economist at Statistics Canada discusses the supply chain, what it is and why it’s important to Canadians. He also discusses the ripple effect it has on our consumer goods and services.

    Release date: 2022-04-28
  • 114. A pan-Canadian dataset of neighbourhood retail food environment measures using Statistics Canada's Business Register
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202200200001
    Description:

    The retail food environment is a modifiable component of the built environment which has the potential to contribute to improvements in the diets of Canadians at the population level. It is defined by geographic access to different types of retail food sources, including restaurants and food stores. The purpose of this paper is to describe the development and validation of the Canadian Food Environment Dataset (Can-FED): a pan-Canadian dataset of retail food environment measures at the dissemination area (DA) level using food outlet data from the 2018 Statistics Canada Business Register.

    Release date: 2022-02-16
  • 115. Amusement and recreation industry, methods used by businesses locations that reported e-commerce sales
    Table: 21-10-0246-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    Methods used for e-commerce sales for businesses locations that reported e-commerce sales for the amusement and recreation industry, for Canada, for 3 years of data.

    Release date: 2021-12-02
  • 116. Travel arrangement services, methods used by businesses locations that reported e-commerce sales
    Table: 21-10-0247-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    Methods used for e-commerce sales for businesses locations that reported e-commerce sales for the travel arrangement services industry in Canada, for 3 years of data.

    Release date: 2021-11-26
  • 117. Recent developments in the Canadian economy: Fall 2021
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202101000002
    Description:

    This article provides an integrated analysis of recent changes in output, consumer spending, business investment, international trade and employment. It also draws on new data sources that provide detailed information on the financial conditions facing businesses and households. The analysis is based on data that are publicly available as of October 8, 2021.

    Release date: 2021-10-27
  • 118. Employment services, methods used by businesses locations that reported e-commerce sales
    Table: 21-10-0250-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    Methods used for e-commerce sales for businesses locations that reported e-commerce sales for the employment services industry, for Canada, for 3 years of data.

    Release date: 2021-10-14
  • 119. The Open Database of Recreational and Sport Facilities
    Table: 21-26-0002
    Description: The Open Database of Recreational and Sport Facilities (ODRSF) is a listing of recreational and sport facilities across Canada from open sources. Facilities are classified into one of the following eighteen types: trails, sports fields, arenas, athletic parks, beaches, casinos, community centres, gyms, marinas, parks, playgrounds, pools, race tracks, rinks, skate parks, splash pads, stadiums, and miscellaneous. The listing contains the names, addresses, and geo coordinates of facilities, as well as the facility type as assigned in the data source. The ODRSF is based on data from authoritative sources that include among them provincial, territorial and municipal governments. The ODRSF is released as open data under the Open Government License - Canada and provided as a zipped comma-separated values (.csv) file.
    Release date: 2021-09-28
  • 120. Business or organization expectations over the next three months, third quarter of 2021
    Table: 33-10-0363-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Expectations over the next three months by the business or organization, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), business employment size, type of business, business activity and majority ownership, third quarter of 2021.

    Release date: 2021-08-27
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  • 171. Advertising and related services, sales by type of client based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), inactive Archived
    Table: 21-10-0115-01
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: This table contains 50 series, with data for years 2007 - 2012 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2015-09-18. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada), North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) (10 items: Advertising and related services; Advertising agencies; Public relations services; Media buying agencies and media representatives; ...), Type of client (5 items: Total sales to all clients; Sales to businesses; Sales to individuals and households; Sales to governments, not-for-profit organizations and public institutions; ...).
    Release date: 2017-02-06
  • 172. Accounting services, operating expenses, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), inactive Archived
    Table: 21-10-0116-01
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: This table contains 21 series, with data for years 2007 - 2012 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2015-07-17. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 items: Canada ...), North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) (1 items: Accounting; tax preparation; bookkeeping and payroll services ...), Industry expenditures (21 items: Salaries; wages and benefits; Commissions paid to non-employees; Professional and business services fees; Total operating expenses ...).
    Release date: 2017-02-06
  • 173. Accounting services, sales by type of client based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), inactive Archived
    Table: 21-10-0117-01
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: This table contains 5 series, with data for years 2007 - 2012 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2015-07-17. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 items: Canada ...), North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) (1 items: Accounting; tax preparation; bookkeeping and payroll services ...), Type of client (5 items: Total sales to all clients; Sales to businesses; Sales to governments; not-for-profit organizations and public institutions; Sales to individuals and households ...).
    Release date: 2017-02-06
  • 174. Employment services, summary statistics, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), inactive Archived
    Table: 21-10-0118-01
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: This table contains 75 series, with data for years 1998 - 2012 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2015-09-17. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (15 items: Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island; Nova Scotia; ...), North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) (1 item: Employment services), Summary statistics (5 items: Operating revenue; Operating expenses; Salaries, wages and benefits; Operating profit margin; ...).
    Release date: 2017-02-06
  • 175. Repair and maintenance services, summary statistics, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), inactive Archived
    Table: 21-10-0119-01
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: This table contains 350 series, with data for years 1999 - 2012 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2015-09-15. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (14 items: Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island; Nova Scotia; ...), North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) (5 items: Automotive repair and maintenance; Automotive mechanical and electrical repair and maintenance; Automotive body, paint, interior and glass repair; Other automotive repair and maintenance; ...), Summary statistics (5 items: Operating revenue; Operating expenses; Salaries, wages and benefits; Operating profit margin; ...).
    Release date: 2017-02-06
  • 176. Repair and maintenance services, operating expenses, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), inactive Archived
    Table: 21-10-0120-01
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: This table contains 42 series, with data for years 2007 - 2012 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2015-09-15. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada), North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) (2 items: Automotive repair and maintenance; Electronic, commercial and industrial machinery and equipment repair and maintenance), Industry expenditures (21 items: Total operating expenses; Salaries, wages and benefits; Commissions paid to non-employees; Professional and business services fees; ...).
    Release date: 2017-02-06
  • 177. Repair and maintenance services, sales by type of client based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), inactive Archived
    Table: 21-10-0121-01
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: This table contains 10 series, with data for years 2007 - 2012 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2015-09-15. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada), North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) (2 items: Automotive repair and maintenance; Electronic, commercial and industrial machinery and equipment repair and maintenance), Type of client (5 items: Total sales to all clients; Sales to businesses; Sales to individuals and households; Sales to governments, not-for-profit organizations and public institutions; ...).
    Release date: 2017-02-06
  • 178. Employment services, sales by type of client based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), inactive Archived
    Table: 21-10-0122-01
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: This table contains 5 series, with data for years 2007 - 2012 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2015-09-17. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada), North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) (1 item: Employment services), Type of client (5 items: Total sales to all clients; Sales to businesses; Sales to individuals and households; Sales to governments, not-for-profit organizations and public institutions; ...).
    Release date: 2017-02-06
  • 179. Employment services, operating expenses, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), inactive Archived
    Table: 21-10-0123-01
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: This table contains 21 series, with data for years 2007 - 2012 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2015-09-17. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada), North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) (1 item: Employment services), Industry expenditures (21 items: Total operating expenses; Salaries, wages and benefits; Commissions paid to non-employees; Professional and business services fees; ...).
    Release date: 2017-02-06
  • 180. Amusement and recreation, operating expenses, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), inactive Archived
    Table: 21-10-0124-01
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: This table contains 126 series, with data for years 2007 - 2012 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2015-07-13. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 items: Canada ...), North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) (6 items: Amusement parks and arcades; Skiing facilities; Golf courses and country clubs; Other amusement and recreation industries ...), Industry expenditures (21 items: Total operating expenses; Commissions paid to non-employees; Professional and business services fees; Salaries; wages and benefits ...).
    Release date: 2017-02-06
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  • 31. Provincial and Territorial Culture Indicators, 2010 to 2014 Archived
    Articles and reports: 13-604-M2016081
    Description:

    The Provincial and Territorial Culture Indicators (PTCI) are timely economic estimates of culture and sport in Canada. The PTCI are an extension of the more comprehensive Provincial and Territorial Culture Satellite Account and measure the economic importance of culture and sport in terms of output, gross domestic product and employment across Canada for reference years 2010 to 2014.

    Release date: 2016-05-11
  • 32. Firm Turnover and Productivity Growth in Selected Canadian Services Industries, 2000 to 2007 Archived
    Articles and reports: 11F0027M2011072
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    The nature of the competitive process that causes a reallocation of market shares within an industry contributes to aggregate productivity growth. This paper extends our understanding of industry differences in the competitive process by examining firm turnover and productivity growth in various services industries in Canada and situating them relative to retailing and manufacturing, two industries which have been the focus of these studies in the past. Seven industries in the services sector, namely wholesale trade, transportation and warehousing, air transportation, truck transportation, broadcasting and telecommunications, business services and financial services, are examined.

    Release date: 2011-08-19
  • 33. Legal and Accounting Services: A Profile Archived
    Articles and reports: 11-621-M2009083
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This article examines trends in the legal and accounting industries, and highlights key characteristics of these industries in relation to the professional sector as a whole and to the Canadian economy. Trends in employment, earnings, output as measured by gross domestic product, capital expenditures, rates of self-employment and of incorporation are investigated. Also socio-economic characteristics of the workforce in legal and accounting services industries are examined.

    Release date: 2009-12-02
  • 34. Gone fishing: A profile of recreational fishing in Canada Archived
    Articles and reports: 16-002-X200800210622
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Fishing or angling has historically been a popular leisure activity for both Canadians and visitors alike. This article provides a portrait of recreational fishing in Canada.

    Release date: 2008-06-25
  • 35. Kids' Sports Archived
    Articles and reports: 11-008-X200800110573
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This article will examine trends in organized sports participation of children aged 5 to 14, and the important role that the family plays. It will also look at the factors that influence children's participation in sports including parental involvement in sports, socio-demographic characteristics of the family, and geography.

    Release date: 2008-06-03
  • 36. Trends in the Telephone Call Centre Industry Archived
    Articles and reports: 63F0002X2008053
    Description:

    With the growth of the service economy, business support services have become more important to the Canadian economy. Changes in business practices such as outsourcing have been made possible by advances in telecommunications technology. Consequently, the business support services industry, which includes credit agencies, telephone call centres, and document preparation and business service centres, has experienced steady growth. Telephone call centres in particular have been identified as potential catalysts for regional development. Research in this area has tended to deal with employment issues (e.g. job creation) or with case studies of firms or communities. Using an industry life cycle approach, this study examines the changing location of telephone call centres.

    Release date: 2008-02-27
  • 37. Changes and Challenges for Residential Real Estate Lessors Archived
    Articles and reports: 63F0002X2007052
    Description:

    This paper shows how peoples decisions on whether to own or rent their residences impacted residential landlords and their market. It will also examine how the characteristics of renters have changed since 1986, and offer a brief profile of the residential real estate lessors industry.

    Release date: 2007-05-25
  • 38. Gambling [2006] Archived
    Stats in brief: 75-001-X200710510476
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Gambling participation and expenditure rates increased with household income.

    Release date: 2007-05-24
  • 39. Conceptualizing and Measuring Business Incubation Archived
    Articles and reports: 88F0006X2006006
    Description:

    This paper conceptualizes business incubation and translates theoretical ideas into measurable metrics. Specifically, it explains and develops the concept, discusses the influence of major economic and technological events on its evolution, identifies different models and explains how business incubators create value. It then explains how these concepts have been implemented in Statistics Canada's first survey of business incubators.

    Release date: 2006-07-24
  • 40. Characteristics of Business Incubation in Canada, 2005 Archived
    Articles and reports: 88F0006X2006007
    Description:

    This paper highlights business incubators in Canada. A business incubator is a business unit that specializes in providing space, services, advice and support designed to assist new and growing businesses to become established and profitable. The survey covered information on business incubator affiliation; infrastructure; sources of funding; policies; clients and activities; services; impact; management; and barriers

    Release date: 2006-07-24
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  • 1. Technical Guide for the Architectural, Engineering and Related Services Price Index
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 62F0014M2020013
    Description:

    This technical guide describes the methodological details for the Architectural, Engineering and Related Services Price Index (AESPI). The document includes information about the purpose of the index, data sources, and index estimation and aggregation.

    Release date: 2020-09-01
  • 2. Technical Guide for the Accounting Services Price Index (ASPI)
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 62F0014M2020007
    Description:

    This technical guide describes the methodological details for the Accounting Services Price Index (ASPI). The document includes information about the purpose of the index, data sources, and index estimation and aggregation.

    Release date: 2020-05-21
  • 3. Service Industries in the Canadian Input-Output Accounts: Current Prices, Sources of Data and Methods of Estimation Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 15-601-X
    Description:

    This publication outlines the conceptual and statistical framework of the services sector in the accounts. The methodology and data sources used to calculate estimates of services in the current-price input-output accounts are described. Specific sources and methods are outlined for determining inputs, outputs and gross domestic product of service industries in the business sector.

    Release date: 2001-07-10
  • 4. Consulting Engineering Services Price Index
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2328
    Description: The Consulting Engineering Services Price Index series (CESPI) is an annual survey of consulting engineers in Canada, collecting financial and wage information that is used to produce price indexes measuring changes in prices for consulting engineer services.
  • 5. Informatics Professional Services Price Indexes
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2333
    Description: The Informatics Professional Services Price Index measures annual price changes for various informatics services such as data processing and hosting; general purpose software design; computer systems design; and custom software design services.
  • 6. Accounting Services Price Index
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2334
    Description: The Accounting Services Price Index (ASPI) collects information on the price of several accounting services such as auditing, taxation, and bookkeeping. From this data, price indexes are constructed measuring changes in these prices over time.
  • 7. Traveller Accommodation Services Price Index
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2336
    Description: The Traveller Accommodation Services Price Index is a monthly series measuring the price change for short-term accommodation services. Data are collected for leisure and business clients and are used to estimate monthly and quarterly price indexes for the short-term traveller accommodation services industry.
  • 8. Annual Survey of Service Industries: Software Development and Computer Services
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2410
    Description: This survey collects the financial and operating data needed to develop national and regional economic policies and programs.
  • 9. Annual Survey of Service Industries: Accommodation Services
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2418
    Description: This survey collects the financial and operating data needed to develop national and regional economic policies and programs.
  • 10. Monthly Survey of Food Services and Drinking Places
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2419
    Description: This survey provides information to measure the economic performance and health of the Food Services and Drinking Places Industry in the Canadian economy.
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