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  • 331. Consolidation in the property and casualty insurance industry during the 1990s Archived
    Articles and reports: 63-016-X20010025947
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This article examines evidence of consolidation in the Canadian P&C insurance industry since 1988.

    Release date: 2001-10-16
  • 332. Tourism Statistical Digest Archived
    Journals and periodicals: 87-403-X
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This publication incorporates data on travel and tourism from many different sources. It consists of analytical texts, charts and tables on demand and supply of tourism products and services. Data are presented at the national, provincial and regional/municipal levels.

    Release date: 2001-10-12
  • 333. The Services Industries and Trade in Services Archived
    Articles and reports: 63F0002X2001036
    Description:

    This paper offers insights into the dynamics of services trade in an increasingly globalized economy, particularly with respect to Canada. It begins by describing the contribution of the services industries to Canada's output and employment, before offering a statistical review of trade in services for Canada and some other G-7 countries.

    Release date: 2001-09-17
  • 334. An international comparison of sport participation data Archived
    Articles and reports: 87-004-X20010015788
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    How 'sporty' are Australians compared with those in other countries? In attempting to answer this question, the Australian National Centre of Culture and Recreation Statistics (NCCRS) recently completed a project that included an examination of data collected in sport participation surveys in five countries.

    Release date: 2001-08-16
  • 335. An overview of the specialized design services industry Archived
    Articles and reports: 63-016-X20010015781
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This article examines characteristics of the specialized design services industry in Canada. While the industry is relatively small, it is strategically important as good design can make products and services more competitive.

    Release date: 2001-07-19
  • 336. 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
  • 337. Canada's Funeral Services Industry in the 1990's Archived
    Articles and reports: 63F0002X2001035
    Description:

    This paper examines the funeral services industry's performance, cost structure and some characteristics of its workforce. The variables presented include the number of firms, industry expenses by type, entry and exit rates for the industry, profit margin differentials between small and large firms, and hours worked and average earnings for industry employees.

    Release date: 2001-05-23
  • 338. Capacity to Innovate, Innovation and Impact: The Canadian Engineering Services Industry Archived
    Articles and reports: 88F0017M2001011
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This paper presents estimates of the technological and performance indicators, organized into a system of innovation. The elements of the system are linked together as inputs, outcomes and impacts in order to form a coherent picture of the relationship between technological change and its economic impact.

    Release date: 2001-04-23
  • 339. The services industries and trade in services Archived
    Articles and reports: 63-016-X20000045614
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This article provides insights into the dynamics of trade in services in an increasingly globalized and open world economy, particularly with respect to Canada. The main objective is to provide a statistical review of trade in services for Canada and some other G-7 countries.

    Release date: 2001-04-19
  • 340. An Updated Look at the Computer Services Industry Archived
    Articles and reports: 63F0002X2001034
    Description:

    This paper looks at the fast-growing computer services industry in Canada, with a particular focus on software developers, data processing firms, systems consultants, and Internet service providers.

    The growth of the industry is described using a variety of statistics. Key industry trends, developments and impacts are also described: business process outsourcing, electronic commerce and just-in-time delivery systems, for example.

    This analysis of computer services looks at the types of firms in the industry, along with industry averages for revenues, expenses and profit margins. Also examined are differences between small and large firms, regional differences in Canadian business operations, details on the industry's cost structure, data on various business activities, and which industries are key clients for computer services firms.

    Release date: 2001-03-07
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  • 161. Consumer goods rental, operating expenses, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), inactive Archived
    Table: 21-10-0099-01
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: This table contains 63 series, with data for years 2007 - 2012 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2015-06-22. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 items: Canada ...), North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) (3 items: Consumer goods and general rental; General rental centres; Consumer goods rental ...), Industry expenditures (21 items: Total operating expenses; Professional and business services fees; Salaries; wages and benefits; Commissions paid to non-employees ...).
    Release date: 2017-02-06
  • 162. Consumer goods rental, sales by type of client based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), inactive Archived
    Table: 21-10-0100-01
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: This table contains 15 series, with data for years 2007 - 2012 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 items: Canada ...), North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) (3 items: Consumer goods and general rental; Consumer goods rental; General rental centres ...), 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
  • 163. Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment rental and leasing, operating expenses, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), inactive Archived
    Table: 21-10-0101-01
    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 2015-06-25. 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: Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment rental and leasing ...), Industry expenditures (21 items: Total operating expenses; Salaries; wages and benefits; Professional and business services fees; Commissions paid to non-employees ...).
    Release date: 2017-02-06
  • 164. Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment rental and leasing, sales, by type of client based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), inactive Archived
    Table: 21-10-0102-01
    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 2015-06-25. 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: Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment rental and leasing ...), Type of client (5 items: Total sales to all clients; Sales to individuals and households; Sales to governments; not-for-profit organizations and public institutions; Sales to businesses ...).
    Release date: 2017-02-06
  • 165. Restaurant, caterer and tavern statistics [January 1990 - December 2007], inactive Archived
    Table: 21-10-0105-01
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: This table contains 206 series, with data for years 1990 - 2007 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2008-09-19. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (15 items: Canada; Prince Edward Island; Nova Scotia; Newfoundland and Labrador ...), Service type (8 items: Total; Limited service restaurants; Food service contractors; Full service restaurants ...), Service detail (2 items: Receipts; Locations ...).
    Release date: 2017-02-06
  • 166. Advertising and related services, summary statistics, inactive Archived
    Table: 21-10-0110-01
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: This table contains 695 series, with data for years 1997 - 2012 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2008-09-17. 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) (10 items: Advertising, public relations, and related services; Advertising agencies; Public relations services; Media buying agencies and media representatives; ...), Summary statistics (5 items: Operating revenue; Operating expenses; Salaries, wages and benefits; Operating profit margin; ...).
    Release date: 2017-02-06
  • 167. Accounting services, summary statistics, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), inactive Archived
    Table: 21-10-0111-01
    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 2015-07-17. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (15 items: Canada; Nova Scotia; Prince Edward Island; Newfoundland and Labrador ...), North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) (1 items: Accounting; tax preparation; bookkeeping and payroll services ...), Summary statistics (5 items: Operating revenue; Operating expenses; Salaries; wages and benefits; Operating profit margin ...).
    Release date: 2017-02-06
  • 168. Architectural services, summary statistics, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), inactive Archived
    Table: 21-10-0112-01
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: This table contains 225 series, with data for years 1997 - 2012 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2015-09-11. 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) (3 items: Architectural services and landscape architectural services; Architectural services; Landscape architectural services), Summary statistics (5 items: Operating revenue; Operating expenses; Salaries, wages and benefits; Operating profit margin; ...).
    Release date: 2017-02-06
  • 169. Architectural services, operating expenses, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), inactive Archived
    Table: 21-10-0113-01
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: This table contains 63 series, with data for years 2007 - 2012 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2015-09-11. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada), North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) (3 items: Architectural services and landscape architectural services; Architectural services; Landscape architectural 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
  • 170. Advertising and related services, operating expenses, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), inactive Archived
    Table: 21-10-0114-01
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: This table contains 210 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; ...), 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
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Analysis (142) (0 to 10 of 142 results)

  • 1. Control and sale of alcoholic beverages and cannabis April 1, 2022, to March 31, 2023
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20240663304
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-03-06
  • 2. Sports: More than just a game
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024008
    Description: This infographic focuses on sports participation, based on data from the Survey Series on People and their Communities - Sport, Workplace Culture, Political Engagement and Shared Values collected from May to July 2023. The infographic presents data for the population aged 15 years and older on sport participation rates, the most popular sports, barriers to sport participation and reasons to participate in sports. This project falls under the Disaggregated Data Action Plan (DDAP) and aims to showcase data on sports participation among racialized individuals and immigrants.
    Release date: 2024-03-05
  • 3. Temporary foreign workers with lower-skill occupations in the accommodation and food services industry: Transition to permanent residency and industrial retention after transition
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202400100001
    Description: In recent years, foreign workers have become an important source of labour in the accommodation and food services industry in Canada. This study examines the characteristics of temporary foreign workers with lower-skill occupations who had their first Canadian employment in the accommodation and food services industry from 2000 to 2020, as well as their cumulative rates of transition to permanent residency and retention in that industry. This study also compares these outcomes with those of temporary foreign workers with higher-skill occupations and study permit holders employed in the industry.
    Release date: 2024-01-24
  • 4. Technical guide for the Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing Services Price Index (CIMERLSPI)
    Articles and reports: 62F0014M2023006
    Description: This article presents the data sources and methodology for the Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing Services Price Index (CIMERLSPI). The index measures changes in the prices for the commercial and industrial machinery and equipment rental and leasing industry in Canada. It is used by businesses to monitor trends in this sector and to assess their performance. At Statistics Canada, the CIMERLSPI is used by the System of Macroeconomic Accounts to derive the real production value of the commercial and industrial machinery and equipment rental and leasing industry.
    Release date: 2023-10-13
  • 5. Strong revenue growth for service industries in 2022
    Articles and reports: 11-621-M2023012
    Description: Using administrative data, such as goods and services tax (GST) revenue, this study assesses how changing conditions in the economy, such as the end of pandemic-related restrictions, inflationary pressures, strong population growth, tight labour markets and rising interest rates-affected selected service industries in 2022.
    Release date: 2023-08-15
  • 6. Study: 2022 flash estimates of selected services industries
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202322737247
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2023-08-15
  • 7. Switching stores to cope with high inflation: Food sales at food and beverage stores and general merchandise stores
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202300700005
    Description: Increases in grocery prices have outpaced headline consumer inflation since late 2021. While the pace of food inflation has eased recently, prices for many grocery items continue to rise month after month. This article examines data from recent business and household surveys on how Canadians have been adjusting to higher food prices.
    Release date: 2023-07-26
  • 8. The growing share of private short-term rental revenue in the Canadian accommodation services subsector: Trends from 2017 to 2021
    Articles and reports: 11-621-M2023008
    Description: This is an overview of how private short-term rentals have grown and impacted the accommodation services subsector from 2017 to 2021. It includes a discussion of national, provincial, territorial and selected subprovincial trends and what changed during the COVID-19 pandemic years. This study examined results from Statistics Canada's annual accommodation services survey and AirDNA's monthly data on short-term rentals to make market share comparisons at various geographic levels.
    Release date: 2023-06-30
  • 9. Study: The importance of short-term rentals in the accommodation services subsector 2017 to 2021
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202318137249
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2023-06-30
  • 10. Forging ahead during the pandemic: How selected service industries bounced back in 2021
    Stats in brief: 11-621-M2022012
    Description:

    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.

    Release date: 2022-07-18
Reference (49)

Reference (49) (40 to 50 of 49 results)

  • 41. Geomatics Industry Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5092
    Description: The purpose of the survey is to produce new statistical information on the firms engaged in geomatics activities in Canada.
  • 42. Quarterly Industry Revenue Indices
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5104
    Description: The Quarterly Industry Revenue Indices (QIRI) measure the rate of change in operating revenues for selected industries in the business and consumer services sector.
  • 43. Survey of Payday Loan Services
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5105
    Description: The primary objective of this survey is to provide reliable and statistically valid information at a national level on: - Canadians' motivations for using payday loans; - the alternatives to payday loans, if any, that these Canadians have; and - Canadians' experience with, and knowledge of, the payday loan industry.
  • 44. Commercial Rents Services Price Index
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5123
    Description: The Commercial Rents Services Price Index measures monthly price changes over time for leased commercial space in Canada; the estimates are produced on a quarterly basis.
  • 45. Annual Survey of Service Industries: Spectator Sports, Event Promoters, Artists and Related Industries
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5132
    Description: This survey collects the financial and operating data needed to develop national and regional economic policies and programs.
  • 46. Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing Services Price Index
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5137
    Description: This survey collects information needed to produce indexes that measure the monthly changes in the prices for the Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing Industry. The estimates are produced on a quarterly basis.
  • 47. Prepared Food and Beverage Sales Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5175
    Description: The objective of this survey is to collect information about the sales of prepared foods and non-alcoholic beverages by different establishments in Ontario and to collect information on the percentage of those sales that are exempt from the Ontario portion of the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST). The results of this survey are important in order to determine the allocation of tax revenues between the Ontario and federal governments.
  • 48. Consulting Services Price Index
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5194
    Description: The Consulting Services Price Index measures quarterly price changes for various consulting services such as management, environmental, and scientific and technical consulting services.
  • 49. Architectural, Engineering and Related Services Price Index
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5196
    Description: The purpose of this survey is to measure the price change of architectural, engineering and related services on a quarterly basis.
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