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- Articles and reports: 11F0019M2020005Description:
Understanding intangible investments is essential for providing accurate measures of gross fixed capital formation (GFCF), gross domestic product (GDP) and productivity growth, and for understanding the innovation system. Statistical agencies need measures of intangible investment to produce economic statistics on aggregate activity that accurately measure concepts such as GDP, GFCF or savings. The levels of GDP, GFCF and savings will be underestimated to the extent that expenditures are incorrectly classified as intermediate inputs that are fully consumed during the period being measured—and not as investments that are not fully consumed during the period when the expenditures are incurred. Estimates for GDP and productivity growth rates may be similarly underestimated. This paper updates and expands upon the intangible capital estimates presented by Baldwin et al. (2009), who extended already measured intangibles (i.e., research and development [R&D], software, mineral exploration) to include additional asset classes consistent with international research on intangible capital measurement (see Corrado, Hulten and Sichel 2009).
Release date: 2020-02-12 - 22. Study: Business sector intangible capital and sources of labour productivity growth in Canada ArchivedStats in brief: 11-001-X202004322583Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2020-02-12
- Articles and reports: 11F0019M2020002Description:
Labour productivity growth in the business sector in Canada started to decline in 2000, from 2.3% per year in the period from 1991 to 2000 to 1.0% per year in the period from 2000 to 2015. This paper examines how innovation, innovation diffusion across firms, and business dynamism affected the productivity slowdown.
Release date: 2020-01-17 - 24. Study: Productivity dispersion, technological diffusion and productivity growth in Canada ArchivedStats in brief: 11-001-X202001721943Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2020-01-17
- Articles and reports: 11-626-X2018084Description:
This Economic Insights article examines the changes in productivity dispersion in Canadian manufacturing—that is, the difference between the productivity performance of the most productive plants (frontier plants) and the productivity performance of all remaining plants (non frontier plants). It examines the relationship between changes in productivity dispersion, aggregate manufacturing productivity growth and exchange rate movements.
Release date: 2018-11-06 - Table: 36-10-0306-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: AnnualDescription: This table contains 11685 series, with data for years 1997 - 2011 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2013-05-15. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (15 items: Newfoundland and Labrador; Canada; Nova Scotia; Prince Edward Island ...), Sector (3 items: Total economy; Non-business sector; Business sector ...), Labour productivity measures and related measures (15 items: Total number of jobs; Number of employee jobs; Number of self-employed jobs; Hours worked for all jobs ...), North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) (19 items: All industries; Agriculture; forestry; fishing and hunting ...).Release date: 2017-04-18
- Table: 36-10-0307-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: AnnualDescription:
Annual historical data, for Canada and the provinces and territories, 1997 - 2011.
Release date: 2017-04-18 - Table: 36-10-0308-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: AnnualDescription:
Annual historical data, for Canada and the provinces and territories, 1997 - 2011.
Release date: 2017-04-18 - Table: 36-10-0214-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: AnnualDescription:
Annual historical data, consistent with the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and the System of National Accounts (SNA), for Canada and the provinces and territories, 1997 - 2015.
Release date: 2017-02-10 - 30. Labour statistics by business sector industry and by non-commercial activity consistent with the industry accounts ArchivedTable: 36-10-0215-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: AnnualDescription:
Annual historical data, consistent with the industries accounts, provinces and territories, 1997 - 2015.
Release date: 2017-02-10
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- Table: 36-10-0307-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: AnnualDescription:
Annual historical data, for Canada and the provinces and territories, 1997 - 2011.
Release date: 2017-04-18 - Table: 36-10-0308-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: AnnualDescription:
Annual historical data, for Canada and the provinces and territories, 1997 - 2011.
Release date: 2017-04-18 - Table: 36-10-0214-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: AnnualDescription:
Annual historical data, consistent with the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and the System of National Accounts (SNA), for Canada and the provinces and territories, 1997 - 2015.
Release date: 2017-02-10 - 14. Labour statistics by business sector industry and by non-commercial activity consistent with the industry accounts ArchivedTable: 36-10-0215-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: AnnualDescription:
Annual historical data, consistent with the industries accounts, provinces and territories, 1997 - 2015.
Release date: 2017-02-10 - Table: 36-10-0209-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: AnnualDescription: Hours worked and labour compensation by type of worker and North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), annual (dollars).Release date: 2013-08-01
- 16. The Canadian Productivity Accounts: Data ArchivedTable: 15-003-XDescription:
The Canadian Productivity Accounts: Data is an electronic publication that contains a series of tables on productivity growth and related variables for the business sector and its 51 major sub-sectors based on the North American Industry Classification System. These tables allow users to have a broader perspective on Canadian economic performance. They complement the information available on CANSIM which offers more detail, particularly at the industry level.
Canadian Productivity Accounts (CPA) are responsible for producing, analyzing and disseminating Statistics Canada's official data on productivity and for producing and integrating data on employment, hours worked and capital services consistent with the Canadian System of National Accounts. To this end, the CPA comprise three programs. The quarterly program provides current estimates on labour productivity and labour costs at the aggregate level for 15 industry groups. The annual national program provides yearly estimates on labour productivity, multifactor productivity and several indicators of sources of growth and competitiveness as they apply to the major sectors of the economy and to the industry level. Lastly, the annual provincial program, as an integral part of the Provincial Economic Accounts, provides estimates on employment, hours worked, labour productivity and labour costs at the industry level for each province and territory.
The Canadian Productivity Accounts: Data covers four series of statistical tables:
Table 1: Output, labour compensation, capital cost and cost of intermediate inputs in current dollars
Table 2: Productivity and related measures
Table 3: Productivity and related measures for the business sector, Canada and United States
Table 4: Productivity and related measures for the manufacturing sector, Canada and United States
Productivity measures the efficiency with which inputs (labour and capital in particular) are utilized in production. Productivity measures can be applied to a single input, such as labour productivity (output per hour worked), as well as to multifactor productivity (output per unit of combined labour and capital inputs). Statistics Canada produces these two main measures of productivity, but other productivity ratios can also be measured (e.g., output per unit of capital services).
Release date: 2007-12-06 - 17. Labour productivity and related variables, by industry according to the Canadian System of National Accounts ArchivedTable: 36-10-0303-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: AnnualDescription:
This table contains 2886 series, with data for years 1961 - 2001 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2007-03-06. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 items: Canada ...), Labour productivity measures and related measures (13 items: Real value added; Hours worked for all jobs; Total number of jobs; Annual average number of hours worked for all jobs ...), Industries, by aggregation (222 items: Total economy; special aggregation; Business sector - goods; special aggregation; Business sector - services; special aggregation; Business sector; special aggregation
Release date: 2007-03-06 - 18. Labour statistics, non-commercial sector industries according to the Canadian System of National Accounts ArchivedTable: 36-10-0304-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: AnnualDescription: This table contains 138 series, with data for years 1961 - 2001 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2007-03-06. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 items: Canada ...), Employment measures (2 items: Number of employee jobs; Hours worked for employee jobs ...), Non-business sector industries, by aggregation (69 items: Non-commercial sector industries; special aggregate; Non-commercial sector - goods; special aggregate; Non-commercial sector - services; special aggregate; Agricultural and related service industries; S-level aggregation ...).Release date: 2007-03-06
- Table: 36-10-0305-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: AnnualDescription: This table contains 1998 series, with data for years 1946 - 2001 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2007-03-06. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 items: Canada ...), Labour productivity measures and related measures (9 items: Real value added; Total number of jobs; Annual average number of hours worked for all jobs; Hours worked for all jobs ...), Industries, by aggregation (222 items: Total economy; special aggregation; Business sector - goods; special aggregation; Business sector - services; special aggregation; Business sector; special aggregation ...).Release date: 2007-03-06
- 20. Recent Trends in Output and Employment ArchivedTable: 13-604-M2007054Description:
This paper examines some of the reasons behind the slowdown of output growth relative to employment during 2006. It finds the two have converged frequently in recent years, including most of 2002 and 2003. After reviewing the sources of last year's productivity slowdown by industry, it looks at the negative impact of labour shortages on the quality of labour, especially in western Canada.
Release date: 2007-02-23
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- Stats in brief: 11-001-X20240663313Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2024-03-06
- Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202301200006Description: Canada and the United States share a deep economic relationship that contributes to most measures of their economic performances having a tight common trend over the long term. However, a notable exception is the increasing disparity in labour productivity growth between the two nations. This article summarizes recent research by Statistics Canada, focusing on the information and cultural services industry and how its competitive intensity relative to the United States has influenced the Canada-U.S. labour productivity growth gap since 2001.Release date: 2023-12-21
- Stats in brief: 11-001-X20231394131Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2023-05-19
- Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202300400004Description: The COVID-19 pandemic affected the Canadian economy in numerous ways, one of which was changing the relationship between growth in production, and changes in real consumption and real gross fixed capital formation (GFCF). Typically, real consumption and real GFCF are expected to progress similarly to real gross domestic product (GDP), however during the period covered by the COVID-19 pandemic, real consumption and real GFCF grew at a stronger pace than real GDP. This article illustrates how examining real income rather than real production can address this paradox. Specifically, the roles of changes in production (the use of capital, labour and multifactor productivity used to produce real GDP) and changes in non-production sources of real income growth (the trading gain and net income from abroad) are examined.Release date: 2023-05-08
- Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202201000002Description:
Rising wages and prices have characterized 2021 and 2022. Soaring unit labour costs have raised competitiveness concerns. This article examines the relationship between real wages and productivity to see whether real wage growth (growth in real total compensation per hour worked) has lagged behind labour productivity growth in recent years. It examines whether the result is sensitive to differences in the definition of real wages.
Release date: 2022-10-27 - Stats in brief: 11-631-X2022004Description:
This presentation focuses on labour productivity, a measure of efficiency widely used in conjunction with data on labour costs and profitability to gauge the competitiveness of Canadian businesses.
Release date: 2022-09-01 - Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202200500002Description:
The COVID-19 Pandemic has been affecting Canadians’ daily lives since the second quarter of 2020. Production and employment were cut back largely at the beginning in order to slow the spread of this contagious disease, leading to a sharp decline in income and a rise in the unemployment rate. GDP per capita of a country is often used for assessing the standard of living and its cross-country comparisons. Since 2020, Canada’s per capita GDP has averaged -1.3% per year, down from its long-term annual average of 1.2% from 1981 to 2019 and from 1.0% per year from 2010 to 2019. For a better understanding of the sources of Canada’s per capita GDP growth, this article decomposes GDP per capita into labour productivity, work intensity, employment rate, participation rate, and the share of working population. The contributions of these 5 ratios to Canada’s per capita GDP growth are examined.
Release date: 2022-05-25 - Articles and reports: 11F0019M2021007Description:
An increase in the economic participation of women has been identified as a major driver of economic growth, leading to increased interest in supporting the entrepreneurial activities of women. This paper uses newly developed data on the gender of business owners to investigate differences in labour productivity between men-owned, women-owned and equally owned enterprises. This paper uses the Canadian Employer–Employee Dynamics Database (CEEDD).
Release date: 2021-08-30 - 9. Study: Examining the labour productivity gap between women-owned and men-owned enterprises ArchivedStats in brief: 11-001-X202124231003Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2021-08-30
- Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202100500004Description:
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed how production occurs in the economy in two ways. One is the full or partial closure of non-essential activities such as travel, hospitality, arts and entertainment, personal services, airlines, etc. The other is the widespread shift from in-office work to working from home. This Insights article depicts labour productivity growth in Canada and its sources by industry during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to examine the implications these changes may have had on the productivity performance of the economy.
Release date: 2021-05-26
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- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 13-605-X201200311728Description:
This report highlights the revisions to the quarterly estimates of labour productivity and associated variables in the business sector resulting from the historical revision of the national gross domestic product by income and by expenditure accounts (NIEA) released on October 1st, 2012.
Release date: 2012-10-12 - Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 15-206-X2007012Description:
This paper examines the various products associated with the quarterly labour productivity program. It outlines the nature of the volatility in the very short-run estimates and examines properties of the revisions made to the estimates of Canadian labour productivity and its components (gross domestic product and hours worked) since the inception of the program in 2001.
Release date: 2007-10-18 - 3. Producing Hours Worked for the SNA in Order to Measure Productivity: The Canadian Experience ArchivedSurveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 15-206-X2006004Description:
This paper provides a brief description of the methodology currently used to produce the annual volume of hours worked consistent with the System of National Accounts (SNA). These data are used for labour input in the annual and quarterly measures of labour productivity, as well as in the annual measures of multifactor productivity. For this purpose, hours worked are broken down by educational level and age group, so that changes in the composition of the labour force can be taken into account. They are also used to calculate hourly compensation and the unit labour cost and for simulations of the SNA Input-Output Model; as such, they are integrated as labour force inputs into most SNA satellite accounts (i.e., environment, tourism).
Release date: 2006-10-27 - 4. The 2001 to 2004 Revisions of the Canada-U.S. Labour Productivity in the Business Sector ArchivedSurveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 15-206-X2006003Description:
This paper examines the revision cycle for labour productivity estimates over the period 2001 to 2004.
Release date: 2006-10-11 - Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 11F0026M2005003Description:
This paper examines the revision cycle for labour productivity estimates over the period 2000-2003.
Release date: 2005-03-10 - Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 1402Description: Productivity measures the efficiency with which resources are employed in economic activity. Annual productivities series are widely watched by analysts, government policymakers and researchers to quantify the extent to which productivity contributes to economic growth and the standards of living over the long-run.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5042Description: The quarterly program of the Canadian Productivity Accounts (CPA) produces, on a timely basis, data on labour productivity and related variables such as output, employment, hours worked, labour compensation and unit labour cost.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5103Description: The annual provincial program of Canadian Productivity Accounts (CPA) produces annual data on jobs, hours worked, labour compensation and a variety of related variables, such as labour productivity and unit labour cost by province and territory.
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