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  • 1. Latest Developments in the Canadian Economic Accounts
    Notices and consultations: 13-605-X
    Description: This product contains articles related to the latest methodological, conceptual developments in the Canadian System of Macroeconomic Accounts as well as the analysis of the Canadian economy. It includes articles detailing new methods, concepts and statistical techniques used to compile the Canadian System of Macroeconomic Accounts. It also includes information related to new or expanded data products, provides updates and supplements to information found in various guides and analytical articles touching upon a broad range of topics related to the Canadian economy.
    Release date: 2026-05-04
  • 2. Artificial intelligence adoption and productivity in Canadian firms
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202600400002
    Description: Artificial intelligence (AI) is widely recognized as a transformative technology with the potential to reshape business operations and drive productivity growth. Understanding the relationship between AI adoption and business performance is critical for shaping policies that foster innovation, technology diffusion and sustainable economic growth, especially given Canada’s persistent productivity challenges. This article summarizes key findings from the study “The Role of Complementary Capabilities in AI Adoption and Productivity: Firm-Level Evidence from Canada” by Li and Liu (2026), published in Canadian Public Policy. Using a novel firm-level database that links multiple waves of the Survey of Digital Technology and Internet Use (SDTIU) to administrative business microdata, the study examines factors influencing AI adoption among Canadian businesses and explores the relationship between AI adoption and firms’ labour productivity.
    Release date: 2026-04-22
  • 3. The Impact of Competition Intensity on Labour Productivity Growth in Canada
    Articles and reports: 11F0019M2026002
    Description: Canada’s weak productivity growth over the past two decades has raised concerns about the country’s long-term economic performance and has renewed interest in the role of competition policy and structural reforms. Although limited competition in several industries is frequently cited as a contributing factor, empirical evidence on the competition–productivity nexus in Canada remains relatively sparse. Building on the Department of Finance Canada’s internal studies, this paper re-examines the relationship between competition and labour productivity growth using more comprehensive data and multiple measures of competition.
    Release date: 2026-03-30
  • 4. Study: The impact of competition intensity on labour productivity growth in Canada
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202608940469
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2026-03-30
  • 5. Measuring Canada’s economic performance relative to the United States
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202600300004
    Description: Given the longstanding and deeply integrated economic relationship between Canada and the United States, knowledge of how Canada’s economic performance compares to that of its southern neighbor can provide valuable insights into potential changes in relative living standards between the two countries. This paper measures economic performance across three common aggregate measures: labour productivity, real gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, and real gross national income (GNI) per capita.
    Release date: 2026-03-25
  • 6. Labour productivity, hourly compensation and unit labour cost fourth quarter 2025
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20260633313
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2026-03-04
  • 7. Indexes of business sector labour productivity, unit labour cost and related measures, seasonally adjusted
    Table: 36-10-0206-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Quarterly
    Description:

    Quarterly labour productivity and related measures, for the aggregate business sector, indexes.

    Release date: 2026-03-04
  • 8. Indexes of labour productivity and related measures, by business sector industry, seasonally adjusted
    Table: 36-10-0207-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Quarterly
    Description:

    Quarterly labour productivity and related measures, by major industrial sectors for the business sector (15 two-digit North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) industries) and two sectors (goods-producing businesses and service-producing businesses), as well as for the total economy and the non-business sector, indexes.

    Release date: 2026-03-04
  • 9. Firm size and labour productivity growth in Canadian residential construction
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202600200003
    Description: Canada has experienced relatively low productivity growth in the construction sector over the last several decades. This study examines the evolution of labour productivity in residential construction from 2001 to 2023 by using firm-level data from the National Accounts Longitudinal Microdata File. In addition to providing statistics on labour productivity growth, the study decomposes the growth in labour productivity by firm size (by number of employees), and province, showing which types of firms contribute to aggregate growth. It also provides statistics on labour productivity growth for some large census metropolitan areas.
    Release date: 2026-02-25
  • 10. The role of firm size in the Canada–U.S. labour productivity gap since 2000
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202501200002
    Description: Canada’s business sector has a lower level of labour productivity compared with that of the United States. Moreover, there has been a substantial divergence in labour productivity in the business sectors of Canada and the United States since 2000. As a result, Canada’s labour productivity gap with the United States widened in that period. This paper examines the role of firm size in the widening labour productivity gap between the two countries since 2000.
    Release date: 2025-12-22
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  • 1. Artificial intelligence adoption and productivity in Canadian firms
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202600400002
    Description: Artificial intelligence (AI) is widely recognized as a transformative technology with the potential to reshape business operations and drive productivity growth. Understanding the relationship between AI adoption and business performance is critical for shaping policies that foster innovation, technology diffusion and sustainable economic growth, especially given Canada’s persistent productivity challenges. This article summarizes key findings from the study “The Role of Complementary Capabilities in AI Adoption and Productivity: Firm-Level Evidence from Canada” by Li and Liu (2026), published in Canadian Public Policy. Using a novel firm-level database that links multiple waves of the Survey of Digital Technology and Internet Use (SDTIU) to administrative business microdata, the study examines factors influencing AI adoption among Canadian businesses and explores the relationship between AI adoption and firms’ labour productivity.
    Release date: 2026-04-22
  • 2. The Impact of Competition Intensity on Labour Productivity Growth in Canada
    Articles and reports: 11F0019M2026002
    Description: Canada’s weak productivity growth over the past two decades has raised concerns about the country’s long-term economic performance and has renewed interest in the role of competition policy and structural reforms. Although limited competition in several industries is frequently cited as a contributing factor, empirical evidence on the competition–productivity nexus in Canada remains relatively sparse. Building on the Department of Finance Canada’s internal studies, this paper re-examines the relationship between competition and labour productivity growth using more comprehensive data and multiple measures of competition.
    Release date: 2026-03-30
  • 3. Study: The impact of competition intensity on labour productivity growth in Canada
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202608940469
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2026-03-30
  • 4. Measuring Canada’s economic performance relative to the United States
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202600300004
    Description: Given the longstanding and deeply integrated economic relationship between Canada and the United States, knowledge of how Canada’s economic performance compares to that of its southern neighbor can provide valuable insights into potential changes in relative living standards between the two countries. This paper measures economic performance across three common aggregate measures: labour productivity, real gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, and real gross national income (GNI) per capita.
    Release date: 2026-03-25
  • 5. Labour productivity, hourly compensation and unit labour cost fourth quarter 2025
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20260633313
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2026-03-04
  • 6. Firm size and labour productivity growth in Canadian residential construction
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202600200003
    Description: Canada has experienced relatively low productivity growth in the construction sector over the last several decades. This study examines the evolution of labour productivity in residential construction from 2001 to 2023 by using firm-level data from the National Accounts Longitudinal Microdata File. In addition to providing statistics on labour productivity growth, the study decomposes the growth in labour productivity by firm size (by number of employees), and province, showing which types of firms contribute to aggregate growth. It also provides statistics on labour productivity growth for some large census metropolitan areas.
    Release date: 2026-02-25
  • 7. The role of firm size in the Canada–U.S. labour productivity gap since 2000
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202501200002
    Description: Canada’s business sector has a lower level of labour productivity compared with that of the United States. Moreover, there has been a substantial divergence in labour productivity in the business sectors of Canada and the United States since 2000. As a result, Canada’s labour productivity gap with the United States widened in that period. This paper examines the role of firm size in the widening labour productivity gap between the two countries since 2000.
    Release date: 2025-12-22
  • 8. Hours worked and labour productivity in the provinces and the territories 2024 (preliminary)
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20251404131
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2025-05-20
  • 9. Unit labour cost growth, inflation and productivity growth in Canada and the United States
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202500400004
    Description: The unit labour cost (ULC) is often used as a broad measure of international price competitiveness. It deviates from the inflation rate when the real wage rate and labour productivity grow at different paces. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada has experienced an acceleration of unit labour cost growth and a significant upward deviation from the inflation rate, while this has not happened in the United States. This article explores the sources of the Canada–U.S. ULC growth gap and the factors contributing to its widening.
    Release date: 2025-04-23
  • 10. Data, Intangible Capital and Economic Growth in Canada
    Articles and reports: 11F0019M2025003
    Description: This paper constructed a new measure of data assets and updated the estimates of other intangible capital for the Canadian business sector. The methodology used for estimating data assets and other intangibles for the United States and European countries is applied in this paper to compare Canada with the United States and European countries.
    Release date: 2025-03-13
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  • 1. Latest Developments in the Canadian Economic Accounts
    Notices and consultations: 13-605-X
    Description: This product contains articles related to the latest methodological, conceptual developments in the Canadian System of Macroeconomic Accounts as well as the analysis of the Canadian economy. It includes articles detailing new methods, concepts and statistical techniques used to compile the Canadian System of Macroeconomic Accounts. It also includes information related to new or expanded data products, provides updates and supplements to information found in various guides and analytical articles touching upon a broad range of topics related to the Canadian economy.
    Release date: 2026-05-04
  • 2. Productivity Measures and Related Variables - National and Provincial (Annual)
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 1402
    Description: 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.
  • 3. Labour Productivity Measures - National (Quarterly)
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5042
    Description: 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.
  • 4. Labour Productivity Measures - Provinces and Territories (Annual)
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5103
    Description: 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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