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  • 371. Leasing Services Industries in the 1990s Archived
    Articles and reports: 63F0002X1998020
    Description:

    Leasing, rather than buying, is increasingly becoming an attractive option for both consumers and businesses. This article looks at the industries that rent or lease: automobiles and trucks; and machinery and equipment. In some instances, the focus turns to the sub-industries comprising these broader industry groups. The article quantitatively examines the industries' financial performances, and employment, remuneration, and output levels from 1991 to 1995. Also examined is the effect of firm size on outcomes in these industries.

    Release date: 1998-12-16
  • 372. The gambling industry: Raising the stakes Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-001-X19980044037
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Since the introduction of casinos and video lottery terminals in the 1990s, growth in gambling has outstripped that of most other industries. This article updates an earlier examination of employment and government revenue for this industry, as well as average household spending on games of chance.

    Release date: 1998-12-09
  • 373. Business Services. Part 1: Evolution Archived
    Articles and reports: 63F0002X1995001
    Description:

    The significance of business services in the economy and their role in fostering competitiveness has attracted considerable attention in recent years. This paper, the first of a two-part series, examines the evolution of business services in Canada over the last three decades. It draws a demographic profile of this group from an industrial and a geographical perspective, and analyzes its size, structure, output and growth, R & D involvement as well as the sources of demand and supply of business service commodities.

    The industrial group is made up of a large number of small firms that produce services to be used primarily as intermediate inputs in the production processes of other industries. Business services industries are labour intensive with high value-added and are predominantly located in metropolitan areas. Their growth has outpaced the economy average by a huge margin. Despite the high level of exports, increasing deficits characterize international trade in business service commodities. Business services account for a significant proportion of R & D performed in Canada. They are not immune to economic downturns.

    Release date: 1998-11-20
  • 374. Business Services. Part 2: The Human Side Archived
    Articles and reports: 63F0002X1995002
    Description:

    This paper is the second of a two-part series on business services and their role in the Canadian economy. It provides a detailed industrial and geographical profile of employment, illustrates its composition and major characteristics and analyzes its sources of growth by type, gender, occupation, education and other features.

    Business services is a dynamic sector with impressive employment growth, considerably higher than the economy average. Growth has been particularly strong in self-employment, part-time and female employment. Much of the growth in employment originates in the computer services industry. The proportion of managerial and professional positions has been growing relative to clerical ones. Employment is heavily concentrated in urban centres. Individuals employed in these industries are better educated and better paid than the average worker.

    Release date: 1998-11-20
  • 375. Final Purchase, Growing Demand: The Canadian Funeral Services Industry Archived
    Articles and reports: 63F0002X1995003
    Description:

    The funeral services industry touches, inevitably, on everyone's life. In Canada, this is reflected to a great degree by aspects of the industry's economic performance, as well as by the numerous regulations regarding public health and consumer protection. This paper draws from a number of sources to offer a wide-ranging picture of the industry and an outlook toward its future.The paper begins with an outline of the regulatory environment within which the Canadian funeral services industry operates. It then analyses its financial structure.

    The industry is characterized by above-average profitability and revenue growth, as well as by low rates of exit and entry and rather limited concentration. The section on industry prices illustrates the potential for deriving average funeral costs from aggregate industry data. This is followed by a brief exposition of market demand, which in this industry's context, is measured by the number of deaths. Demographic projections conclusively point to a robust economic outlook for funeral services, particularly in light of the ageing of the Canadian population.

    Release date: 1998-11-20
  • 376. The Demand for Telecommunication Services Archived
    Articles and reports: 63F0002X1995005
    Description:

    The new reality in the telecommunication service industry is one of competition among service suppliers for market shares. This paper analyzes and presents information from a survey on the demand and diffusion of telecommunication services by Business Services firms.

    Businesses care very much about the prices of these services. At the same time they care about the range and the quality of services offered. They believe that use of such services is indispensable in dealing with their clients and improves their productivity. Currently, the service used the most is facsimile. Large firms use telecommunication services more extensively than others and they are taking full advantage of competition. 61% of the large firms surveyed use at least one alternative supplier. Firms in the computer services industry have a different pattern of use than other industries in the group. There is potential for growth in the use of all services.

    Release date: 1998-11-20
  • 377. The Industrial Organization of the Property and Casualty Insurance Business Archived
    Articles and reports: 63F0002X1996007
    Description:

    The insurance industry in Canada is at a crossroads. The regulatory authorities are currently exploring whether or not to allow banks to sell insurance products. To gain a better understanding of the impact of such a decision, this paper examines the Canadian property and casualty insurance industry, during the 1987-1992 period. Emphasis is placed on the distinction between the direct insurance and reinsurance markets. The paper also analyzes the industry's market concentration by product line and compares the behaviour and performance of Canadian and foreign-controlled firms.

    The analysis reveals a generally competitive market, in which many small firms co-exist with some very large ones. Foreign-controlled firms outnumber their Canadian counterparts, but are on average smaller and account for only one-quarter of the market. There is a substantial number of firms that specialize in a single product. These firms tend to operate in the largest markets, where they can spread the risk either among a large pool of customers, or through reinsurance. No correlation was found between firm size and efficiency.

    Release date: 1998-11-20
  • 378. Temporary Help Service Industry: Its Role, Structure and Growth Archived
    Articles and reports: 63F0002X1997010
    Description:

    Temporary help is an integral part of the workforce strategy of many businesses. Temporary help workers may be on the payroll of the organization where they work or they may be employees of the firms in personnel supplier industry, placed in the organization under contract.

    The study is an analysis of the personnel supplier industry, commonly known as the temporary help industry. The paper begins with a discussion of the special nature of the industry's product. The role of temporary help in the labour market is compared to just-in-time inventory technology in material handling and bridge financing in the financial markets. It then analyzes the industry's structure in terms of occupations and skill levels, degree of specialization and its determinants, competition at the industry and product levels, major markets and trade. Finally, the growth and cycles in the industry are analyzed in terms of the business demographics, highlighting the effect of firm size and vintage.

    Release date: 1998-11-20
  • 379. Two Decades of Financial Intermediation by the Canadian Insurance Business Archived
    Articles and reports: 63F0002X1997011
    Description:

    This paper describes the financial intermediation activity of insurance companies and its similarities to the activity of the other financial intermediaries. The financial intermediation activity encompasses the issue of financial instruments such as claims, the use of the funds collected to make loans and the acquisition of a variety of other financial assets. An insurance policy is a claim on the insurance company, albeit a contingent one, just as a bank deposit is a claim on the bank.

    Several major trends seem to be emerging regarding the product mix of these companies. With regard to life insurance, the decline of whole life policies in favour of term policies for almost 20 years seems to be irreversible. Furthermore, there has been a substantial increase in the share of annuities (especially individual annuities) at the expense of life insurance.

    The paper also outlines a cross country comparison of life and non-life insurance industry asset structures. Each type of company establishes its own investment strategy to suit its own needs: life insurance companies prefer long-term assets with returns that maintain purchasing power, and non-life insurance companies generally prefer more liquid assets. Regulation also seems to affect the asset structure at the national and international levels. For a number of countries, including Canada, regulation seems to favour investments in less risky assets, such as government bonds, instead of in the stock market.

    Release date: 1998-11-20
  • 380. Business Demographics, Volatility and Change in the Service Sector Archived
    Articles and reports: 63F0002X1998014
    Description:

    This article utilizes information on business startups and closures to examine change and volatility in the service economy. Industries on the cutting edge of technology experience more volatility and are also the fastest growing. Many firms enter the business services and communication industries to seize opportunities offered by technological advances but many are also forced out by the stiff competition. The information-intensive industries (software developers and advertising services firms) are almost twice as volatile as the knowledge-based industries. The latter have low business entry and exit rates because the amount of human capital required to set up a professional practice is large and takes years to acquire.

    Release date: 1998-11-20
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  • 21. Engineering services, sales by type of service
    Table: 21-10-0212-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: The sales by type of service, based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 54133 Engineering services, which include include all members under operating revenue by type of service, annual, (percent), for five years of data.
    Release date: 2024-03-12
  • 22. Engineering services, distribution of foreign fee income
    Table: 21-10-0214-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    The distribution of foreign fee income by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), for all members under engineering services (NAICS 54133), annual (percent), for five years of data.

    Release date: 2024-03-12
  • 23. Revenues from domestic sales of environmental and clean technology goods and services, by type of good and service, Canada and regions
    Table: 38-10-0087-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Total domestic environmental and clean technology goods and services sold in Canada. Includes clean energy equipment, non-hazardous waste management, industrial air pollution or flue gas management, etc.
    Release date: 2024-03-06
  • 24. Consulting services, summary statistics
    Table: 21-10-0166-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: The summary statistics by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) which include: operating revenue (dollars x 1,000,000), operating expenses (dollars x 1,000,000), salaries wages and benefits (dollars x 1,000,000), and operating profit margin (by percent), of management, scientific and technical consulting services (NAICS 5416), annual, for five years of data.
    Release date: 2024-03-05
  • 25. Consulting services, industry expenditures
    Table: 21-10-0167-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: The operating expenses by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) which include all members under industry expenditures, for management, scientific and technical consulting services (NAICS 5416), annual (percent), for five years of data.
    Release date: 2024-03-05
  • 26. Consulting services, sales by type of client
    Table: 21-10-0168-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: The sales by type of client based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) which include all members under type of client, for management, scientific and technical consulting services (NAICS 5416), annual (percent), for five years of data.
    Release date: 2024-03-05
  • 27. Consulting services, breakdown of sales
    Table: 33-10-0162-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: The breakdown of sales, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 5416 Management, scientific and technical consulting services which include all members under breakdown of sales, annual, (percent), for five years of data.
    Release date: 2024-03-05
  • 28. Software development and computer services, exports by industry
    Table: 21-10-0209-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: The Sales by type of exports by industry. North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) which include Computer systems design and related services (NAICS 54151); Software publishers (NAICS 51121); Data processing, hosting and related services (NAICS 51821), annual, (dollars), for five years of data.
    Release date: 2024-03-04
  • 29. Software development and computer services, breakdown of sales
    Table: 21-10-0210-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Breakdown of sales by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) which include all members under Industry Profile, Computer systems design and related services (NAICS 54151); Software publishers (NAICS 51121); Data processing, hosting and relates services (NAICS 51821), annual, (percent) for five years of data.
    Release date: 2024-03-04
  • 30. Software development and computer services, e-commerce sales
    Table: 21-10-0235-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    E-commerce sales by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), includes all members under sales, for Canada, for one year of data.

    Release date: 2024-03-04
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  • 11. 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
  • 12. 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
  • 13. 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
  • 14. 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
  • 15. 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
  • 16. Financial impacts of the pandemic on the culture, arts, entertainment and recreation industries in 2020 Archived
    Stats in brief: 45-28-0001202100100033
    Description:

    The COVID-19 pandemic abruptly disrupted many businesses that create and distribute arts and culture or offer recreational activities. This study looks at preliminary operating revenue estimates and labour-related expenses for the culture, arts, entertainment and recreation sectors in 2020.

    Release date: 2021-08-17
  • 17. Study: Financial impacts of the pandemic on the culture, arts, entertainment and recreation industries in 2020 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202122931543
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2021-08-17
  • 18. Navigating the third wave: Trends in businesses' needs for personal protective equipment since February 2021 Archived
    Stats in brief: 45-28-0001202100100029
    Description:

    This study examines businesses' demand for personal protective equipment, and concerns about lack of supply, using new data for May 2021 from the Personal Protective Equipment Survey.

    Release date: 2021-07-16
  • 19. Impact of COVID-19 on the tourism sector, second quarter of 2021 Archived
    Stats in brief: 45-28-0001202100100023
    Description:

    Different industries have been impacted in various ways by the COVID-19 pandemic. The tourism sector was one of the hardest hit by travel restrictions. This paper presents a portrait of the pandemic's impact on the tourism sector and the expectations of these businesses moving forward. It involves an examination of the data produced by the Canadian Survey on Business Conditions.

    Release date: 2021-06-08
  • 20. Business demand across Canada for personal protective equipment during COVID-19 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2021045
    Description:

    The infographic shows the percentage of Canadian businesses by region that required personal protective equipment (PPE) over the last three iterations of the survey (October 2020, December 2020, and February 2021). It also presents estimates of demand for various PPE items by region for February 2021.

    Release date: 2021-04-23
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  • 21. 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.
  • 22. 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.
  • 23. 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.
  • 24. 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.
  • 25. 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.
  • 26. 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.
  • 27. 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.
  • 28. 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.
  • 29. 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.
  • 30. 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.
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