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  • 391. Canadian food processing industries: Structure and recent changes Archived
    Articles and reports: 61-532-X19970013504
    Description:

    The objectives of this paper are to review recent structural changes in Canadian food processing industries and describe how these industries are positioning themselves to take advantage of export opportunities and changes in their domestic market. The paper also compares the performance of Canadian food processing industries with international standards and competitors.

    Release date: 1998-02-02
  • 392. Service inflation: Why is it higher? A partial examination of the causes Archived
    Articles and reports: 61-532-X19970013505
    Description:

    For a number of years, the service component of the Canadian Consumer Price Index (CPI) has generally shown a higher rate of increase than the goods component. From 1961 to 1996, the average annual increase of service prices was 5.7 % as opposed to 4.9 % for goods.

    Release date: 1998-02-02
  • 393. Structures, conduct, economic performance of the insurance sector's financial intermediation activities Archived
    Articles and reports: 61-532-X19970013506
    Description:

    The economic system has adopted many institutions that intermediate between buyers and sellers. In commodity markets there are retailers and supermarkets; in the housing market there are real estate agents; in financial markets, there are depository institutions (commercial banks, savings and loans institutions, credit unions), contractual savings institutions (insurance companies and pension funds) and investment intermediaries (mutual funds, finance companies).

    Release date: 1998-02-02
  • 394. Canada's International Legal Services, 1995 to 1996 Archived
    Articles and reports: 67F0001M1997015
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This paper examines the significance of Canada's trade in legal services and provides statistics on this aspect of the new global economy.

    Release date: 1997-07-24
  • 395. Canada's International Management Consulting, 1990 to 1996 Archived
    Articles and reports: 67F0001M1997016
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This paper looks at the imports and exports of Canada's international management consulting services from 1990 to 1996.

    Release date: 1997-07-24
  • 396. Architectural, Engineering and Scientific Services in Canada Archived
    Table: 63-234-X
    Description:

    The publication presents the results of the 1992-93 surveys of architectural, consulting engineering and scientific and technical services. There are three sections in the publication, one for each of the industries surveyed. Each section includes a description of the industry, a discussion of methodology, an analysis of the data, coverage and data quality, as well as explanatory notes related to the statistical tables. For each industry, tables showing detailed statistics by province or region are followed by tables detailed according to revenue size group. The tables have been numbered in such a way as to facilitate comparisons between industries, and also between provinces and revenue size groups within each industry.

    Release date: 1997-03-04
  • 397. Traveller Accommodation Survey - 1995-96 results Archived
    Stats in brief: 87-003-X19980013474
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    The Traveller Accommodation Survey is by far the largest and most comprehensive survey of the traveller accommodation industry service industries. Since the redesign in 1992, the survey has continued to be expanded to include a collection of other business operating characteristics and marketing information to meet the needs of increased interests from outside users.

    Release date: 1997-01-23
  • 398. A sure bet industry Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-001-X19960032898
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Gambling is a growth industry that is creating new jobs and generating increasing revenue for government. This article explores the industry's employment growth and the characteristics of its workers and jobs, as well as the revenue generated by lotteries, casinos and video lottery terminals.

    Release date: 1996-09-03
  • 399. 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.
  • 400. 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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  • 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) (80 to 90 of 142 results)

  • 81. 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
  • 82. 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
  • 83. 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
  • 84. 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
  • 85. 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
  • 86. 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
  • 87. 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
  • 88. Canada's funeral services industry in the 1990's Archived
    Articles and reports: 63-016-X20000035460
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    The main objective of this article is to provide a better understanding of Canada's funeral services industry and how it fared in the 1990's. The article will examine the industry's performance, cost structure and some characteristics of its workforce.

    Release date: 2001-01-17
  • 89. Characteristics and Performance of Hotels and Motor Hotels Archived
    Articles and reports: 63F0002X2000033
    Description:

    Based on 1997 results from the Traveller Accommodation Survey, it profiles Canada's hotels and motor hotels industry. Relative measures of the industry's characteristics, performance and workforce are presented with some information specific to small, medium, and large-sized establishments. The data indicate that, for a variety of reasons, large-sized hotels and motor hotels outperform other establishments in the industry.

    Release date: 2000-12-13
  • 90. Food Services Competition in the 1990s Archived
    Articles and reports: 63F0002X2000032
    Description:

    This paper examines how food service providers and food stores competed for Canadians' food dollars in the 1990s, and how this intense competition affected both industries. The paper outlines some reasons for changes in both the demand for, and supply of, each industry's outputs. It also profiles in detail some characteristics of the consumer market for food services.

    Release date: 2000-12-06
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Reference (49) (0 to 10 of 49 results)

  • 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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