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- 371. Leasing Services Industries in the 1990s ArchivedArticles and reports: 63F0002X1998020Description:
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 ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X19980044037Geography: CanadaDescription:
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 ArchivedArticles and reports: 63F0002X1995001Description:
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 ArchivedArticles and reports: 63F0002X1995002Description:
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 - Articles and reports: 63F0002X1995003Description:
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 ArchivedArticles and reports: 63F0002X1995005Description:
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 - Articles and reports: 63F0002X1996007Description:
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 - Articles and reports: 63F0002X1997010Description:
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 - Articles and reports: 63F0002X1997011Description:
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 - Articles and reports: 63F0002X1998014Description:
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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- Table: 18-10-0144-01Frequency: AnnualDescription:
This table contains 3 series, with data for years 1993 - 2007 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2011-03-31. 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: Total price; computer systems design and related services; Realized net multiplier; computer systems design and related services; Labour cost; computer systems design and related services ...).
Release date: 2011-03-31 - Table: 18-10-0192-01Frequency: AnnualDescription:
This table contains 3 series, with data for years 2001 - 2007 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2011-03-31. 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: Total price; software publishers; Labour cost; software publishers; Realized net multiplier; software publishers ...).
Release date: 2011-03-31 - Table: 18-10-0193-01Frequency: AnnualDescription:
This table contains 3 series, with data for years 2001 - 2007 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2011-03-31. 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: Total price; data processing; hosting and related services; Realized net multiplier; data processing; hosting and related services; Labour cost; data processing; hosting and related services ...).
Release date: 2011-03-31 - Table: 18-10-0194-01Frequency: AnnualDescription:
This table contains 3 series, with data for years 2003 - 2007 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2011-03-31. 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: Total price; internet service providers; Labour cost; internet service providers; Realized net multiplier; internet service providers ...).
Release date: 2011-03-31 - Table: 21-10-0087-01Frequency: QuarterlyDescription: This table contains 20 series, with data for years 2005 - 2010 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2010-08-09. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 items: Canada ...), Future business conditions (5 items: Anticipated number of room nights booked; Anticipated occupancy rate; Anticipated number of corporate and/or commercial travellers in this business unit; Anticipated average daily room rate ...), Hotelier's expectations (4 items: About the same; Higher; Balance of opinion; Lower ...).Release date: 2010-08-09
- Table: 21-10-0088-01Frequency: QuarterlyDescription: This table contains 15 series, with data for years 2005 - 2010 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2010-08-09. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 items: Canada ...), Business impediments (15 items: General economic conditions; Lack of attractions or complementary facilities in the vicinity; Excess room supply; Shortage of skilled labour ...).Release date: 2010-08-09
- Table: 18-10-0195-01Frequency: AnnualDescription:
This table contains 3 series, with data for years 2003 - 2005 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2009-12-14. 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: Total price; web search portals; Labour cost; web search portals; Realized net multiplier; web search portals ...).
Release date: 2009-12-14 - 238. Summary statistics for translation and interpretation services (all establishments), by industry, inactive ArchivedTable: 21-10-0219-01Frequency: AnnualDescription:
Summary statistics for translation and interpretation services (all establishments), by industry, annual.
Release date: 2008-09-24 - Table: 21-10-0107-01Frequency: AnnualDescription: This table contains 375 series, with data for years 1998 - 2001 (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; Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island; Nova Scotia ...), North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) (5 items: Food services and drinking places; Special food services; Full-service restaurants; Limited-service eating places ...), Summary statistics (5 items: Operating revenue; Operating profit margin; Salaries; wages and benefits; Operating expenses ...).Release date: 2008-09-19
- 240. Traveller accommodation industries, inactive ArchivedTable: 21-10-0085-01Frequency: AnnualDescription: This table contains 104 series, with data for years 1987 - 1997 (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 (13 items: Canada; Nova Scotia; Prince Edward Island; Newfoundland and Labrador ...), Type of accommodation industries (4 items: Total - Accommodation services; Motels; Other accommodation industries; Hotels and motor hotels ...), Industry estimates (2 items: Number of firms; Total revenue ...).Release date: 2008-09-17
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- 91. Sport participation in Canada, 1998 ArchivedArticles and reports: 87-004-X20000025362Geography: CanadaDescription:
Canadians exhibited a dramatic shift in their sport participation rate from 1992 to 1998. According to the latest information released from Statistics Canada's General Social Survey (GSS), fewer Canadians aged 15 years and older reported participating in a sport in 1998 than six years earlier (down almost 11 percentage points).
Release date: 2000-11-09 - 92. An updated look at the computer services industry ArchivedArticles and reports: 63-016-X20000025331Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article 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.
Release date: 2000-10-26 - Articles and reports: 63-016-X20000015128Geography: CanadaDescription:
The objective of this article is to present relative meaures of characteristics, performance and workforce of hotels and motor hotels with some information specific to small-medium-and large-size establishments.
Release date: 2000-07-18 - 94. Cruise ship industry booming in Halifax ArchivedArticles and reports: 87-003-X20000035101Geography: Census metropolitan areaDescription:
The boom in the cruise industry is causing a surge in visitation to Atlantic Canada as cruise lines establish new destinations along the Eastern Seaboard.
Release date: 2000-07-13 - Journals and periodicals: 50F0003XGeography: CanadaDescription:
Travel Agencies in Canada enter the new millennium with many challenges. The gap that they must bridge is a possible erosion of both revenue and customers. The aviation industry has been imposing caps on commissions resulting in the requirement for agencies to sell more product to generate the same revenue. At the same time, selling more product could be more difficult as air carriers and hotels are increasingly offering more direct sales on the Internet. This web presence has enabled carriers and hotels to deliver their product bypassing the travel agencies in the supply chain. There is also increased competition from travel sales web-sites that attempt to attract the business that local travel agents once could have considered as their own. The paper will examine the nature of the challenges facing this service industry and the possible responses.
Release date: 2000-06-08 - 96. Profile of Canada's Travel Agency Industry ArchivedArticles and reports: 63F0002X2000031Description:
The travel agency industry plays an essential role in Canada's tourism industry, and has ripple effects on other sectors of the Canadian economy. This article presents 1997 data on the industry's general characteristics, revenue and cost structure, client base, marketing methods, and trade patterns.
Release date: 2000-06-06 - 97. Innovation in the engineering services industry ArchivedArticles and reports: 88-003-X20000025114Geography: CanadaDescription:
Fuelled by rapid technological change and the emerging global marketplace, the need for a stream of new and improved products - in other words innovation - is growing. Some 31% of the engineering firms surveyed replaced an existing products, added a new product to their existing line or diversified into new product lines.
Release date: 2000-06-01 - 98. Research and development (R&D) in a service economy ArchivedArticles and reports: 88-003-X20000025120Geography: CanadaDescription:
Over two-thirds of Canada's gross domestic product (GDP) and three-quarters of employment result from service activity, and close to 60% of the measured reserach and development is performed in the service sector.
Release date: 2000-06-01 - 99. Innovation in the Engineering Services Industry ArchivedArticles and reports: 63F0002X2000030Description:
Rapid technological change and an emerging global marketplace underscore the need for firms to innovate in order to succeed. The 1997 Survey of Innovation was the first to look at innovation in selected knowledge-based and information-intensive services industries. This article presents estimates of innovation in the engineering services industry over the 1994 to 1996 period. The survey findings show that large firms are very innovative, but that innovation rates are low among small firms. Further, firms that do not innovate are less likely to try because of the risks inherent in innovation activity. Product innovation is the most common of the three types of innovation studied. While organizational change usually leads to innovations yielding new products and more efficient processes, it is the least common form of innovation. Firms cite their clients as being their most important source of innovative ideas, and also acknowledge the importance of research and development (R&D). Firms perceive that market uncertainties and difficulties in obtaining capital are their most significant barriers to innovation.
Release date: 2000-05-08 - 100. Food services competition in the 1990's ArchivedArticles and reports: 63-016-X19990044946Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article will examine how food service providers and food stores have competed for Canadians' food dollars in the 1990s, and then look at how this intense competition has affected both industries. Each industry has evolved with the objective of improving efficiency and gaining additional market share.
Release date: 2000-04-14
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- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2441Description: This survey collects the financial and operating data needed to develop national and regional economic policies and programs.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2442Description: This survey collects the financial and operating data needed to develop national and regional economic policies and programs.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2944Description: Statistics Canada is conducting this survey on behalf of the Canadian Tourism Commission, which will use the results to produce and up-to-date and comprehensive study of the adventure travel sector in Canada.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3163Description: The main purposes of this survey are to gather information at the Canada level and, where possible, at the regional level on the size of the industry, its characteristics and the role played by foreign students. It also gives decision makers necessary tools to design appropriate policies, and the survey providers a profile of their industry.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4303Description: The survey objective is the collection and publication of data necessary for the statistical analysis of the Internet Service Provider (ISP) industry.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4704Description: This survey collects the financial and operating data needed to develop national and regional economic policies and programs.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4705Description: This survey collects the financial and operating data needed to develop national and regional economic policies and programs.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4706Description: This survey collects the financial and operating data needed to develop national and regional economic policies and programs.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4714Description: This survey collects the financial and operating data needed to develop national and regional economic policies and programs.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4715Description: This survey collects the financial and operating data needed to develop national and regional economic policies and programs.
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