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  • 1,681. Canadian Composite Leading Indicator
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 1601
    Description: The Canadian Composite Leading Indicator is comprised of ten components which lead cyclical activity in the economy and together represent all major categories of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). It thus reflects the variety of mechanisms that can cause business cycles.
  • 1,682. Local Government Assets and Liabilities
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 1702
    Description: The survey collects data from local governments, their boards, agencies and commissions. The data are used by the Financial Management System to present annual statistics on the finances of the local governments.
  • 1,683. Consolidated Government Financial Assets and Liabilities
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 1709
    Description: The objective of this program is the consolidation of the financial asset and liability data of the federal government, the provincial and territorial general governments and non-autonomous pension plans, and local governments. The financial asset and liability data of the Canada and Quebec pension plans are also presented.
  • 1,684. Federal Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Program
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 1711
    Description: The survey provides information to the Federal Department of Finance for the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Program.
  • 1,685. Provincial Government Revenue and Expenditure - Estimates and Actual Data
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 1720
    Description: The survey provides a nationally comparable set of statistics on revenue and expenditure on the three levels of governments in Canada.
  • 1,686. Provincial Government Assets, Liabilities, Sources and Application of Funds
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 1723
    Description: The purpose of the survey is to produce the balance sheet for all provincial governments and one of the benchmarks required by the System of National Accounts.
  • 1,687. Provincial Government Business Enterprise Finance
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 1725
    Description: The survey collects financial data from provincial and territorial government enterprises. The data are used under the Financial Management System to present annual statistics on the finances of the provincial and territorial government business enterprises, for comparability among the provinces and territories and for the fiscal arrangements for equalization payments to the provinces and territories.
  • 1,688. Local Government Revenue and Expenditure - Financial Management System Basis - Actual Data
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 1731
    Description: The survey provides part of the information required by the federal government to calculate the equalization payment, as well as data on revenue and expenditures of local government to the System of National Accounts.
  • 1,689. Local Government Revenue and Expenditure - Financial Management System Basis - Preliminary Data
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 1732
    Description: The survey provides part of the information required by the federal government to calculate the equalization payment. It also provides data on revenue and expenditure of local government to the System of National Accounts, and provides Culture, Tourism and the Centre for Education Statistics Division with data on local governments'cultural expenditure activities.
  • 1,690. Consolidated Government Revenue and Expenditures
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 1735
    Description: The objective of this program is the consolidation of the data of the federal government, the provincial, territorial, and local governments and the Canada and Quebec pension plans.
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  • 1. Analysis in Brief
    Journals and periodicals: 11-621-M
    Geography: Canada
    Description: The papers published in the Analysis in Brief analytical series shed light on current economic issues. Aimed at a general audience, they cover a wide range of topics including National Accounts, business enterprises, trade, transportation, agriculture, the environment, manufacturing, science and technology, services, etc.
    Release date: 2024-06-07
  • 2. Gross domestic product, 2023: An in-depth look at provincial and territorial economies
    Articles and reports: 11-621-M2024004
    Description: This article takes a closer look into the largest contributors and detractors to growth in each province and territory in 2023. Using data from the May 1, 2024 provincial and territorial GDP by industry release as a starting point, a more comprehensive picture of each jurisdiction’s 2023 economic performance is presented by integrating other economic indicators such as population, prices and labour market measures, and by examining the context in which industries grew or contracted during the reference period.
    Release date: 2024-06-07
  • 3. Industrial capacity utilization rates first quarter 2024
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20241593309
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-06-07
  • 4. Labour productivity measurement at Statistics Canada
    Articles and reports: 13-605-X202400100003
    Description: The document focuses on the evolution of Statistics Canada's labour productivity program, tracing its historical background, outlining its structure, as well as detailing the methodology and data sources used. It then discusses the diverse applications of provincial productivity data, identifies key users of productivity statistics, and highlights essential considerations for their interpretation. Finally, the document addresses the review process for quarterly and annual productivity measures and recent program improvements.
    Release date: 2024-06-05
  • 5. Labour productivity, hourly compensation and unit labour cost first quarter 2024
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20241573313
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-06-05
  • 6. Provincial and Territorial Cultural Indicators 2022
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202415513901
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-06-03
  • 7. Gross domestic product, income and expenditure first quarter 2024
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20241523278
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-05-31
  • 8. Gross domestic product by industry March 2024
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20241523569
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-05-31
  • 9. Canada's balance of international payments first quarter 2024
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20241511021
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-05-30
  • 10. Economic and Social Reports
    Journals and periodicals: 36-28-0001
    Description: Economic and Social Reports includes in-depth research, brief analyses, and current economic updates on a variety of topics, such as labour, immigration, education and skills, income mobility, well-being, aging, firm dynamics, productivity, economic transitions, and economic geography. All the papers are institutionally reviewed and the research and analytical papers undergo peer review to ensure that they conform to Statistics Canada's mandate as a governmental statistical agency and adhere to generally accepted standards of good professional practice.
    Release date: 2024-05-22
Reference (176)

Reference (176) (10 to 20 of 176 results)

  • 11. Chapter 8. International Accounts
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 13-606-G201600114623
    Description:

    An explanation of the structure and concepts of Canada’s balance of payments and international investment position accounts.

    Release date: 2017-05-31
  • 12. Chapter 6. Financial and wealth accounts in the Canadian System of Macroeconomic Accounts
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 13-606-G201600114621
    Description:

    An explanation of the structure and concepts of Canada’s financial flow and national balance sheet accounts.

    Release date: 2016-11-30
  • 13. Chapter 7. Price and volume measures in the Canadian System of Macroeconomic Accounts
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 13-606-G201600114622
    Description:

    An explanation of the national accounts price-quantity decomposition using Laspeyres, Paasche and Fisher indexes.

    Release date: 2016-11-30
  • 14. Chapter 2. History of Canada’s macroeconomic accounts
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 13-606-G201600114617
    Description:

    A review of the seven-decade history of Canada’s System of Macroeconomic Accounts connecting the story to the evolution of the international SNA, plus a discussion of the uses and users of Canada’s accounts.

    Release date: 2016-08-31
  • 15. Chapter 5. Income and expenditure accounts in the Canadian System of Macroeconomic Accounts
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 13-606-G201600114620
    Description:

    An explanation of the structure and concepts of Canada’s income and expenditure accounts.

    Release date: 2016-08-31
  • 16. Chapter 1. Introduction and overview of the Canadian System of Macroeconomic Accounts
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 13-606-G201600114616
    Description:

    An introduction and overview of the Canadian System of Macroeconomic Accounts.

    Release date: 2016-05-31
  • 17. Chapter 3. Key concepts in brief of the Canadian System of Macroeconomic Accounts
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 13-606-G201600114618
    Description:

    An explanation of key national accounting concepts involving stocks and flows; the distinction between price and volume changes; production, distribution, consumption and accumulation; residence; institutional units and sectors; classifications; and accounting concepts. Also includes a description of SNA 2008’s sequence of accounts.

    Release date: 2016-05-31
  • 18. Chapter 4. Supply and use accounts in the Canadian System of Macroeconomic Accounts
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 13-606-G201600114619
    Description:

    An explanation of the structure and concepts of Canada’s supply and use accounts.

    Release date: 2016-05-31
  • 19. Methodological Guide: Canadian System of Macroeconomic Accounts
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 13-607-X
    Description: The Methodological Guide: Canadian System of Macroeconomic Accounts provides readers with information on macroeconomic accounts at Statistics Canada. It provides links to produced data and publications and describes the concepts, sources, and methods used to compile them. Topics include gross domestic product, national economic accounts (incomes, expenditures, savings, capital formation, financial flows and balance sheet accounts), supply and use tables, provincial and territorial economic accounts, productivity, balance of payments, international investment position and government finance statistics.

    This user's guide has been developed by the Macroeconomic Accounts Program to facilitate access to macroeconomic accounting information throughout Statistics Canada and to explain its linkage with international standards, such as the System of National Accounts, 2008. This guide is continually being updated to maintain its relevance.

    Release date: 2016-05-31
  • 20. Methodological Guide: Canadian System of Environmental-Economic Accounting
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 16-509-X
    Description:

    The Methodological Guide: Canadian System of Environmental-Economic Accounting provides readers with information on environmental-economic accounts at Statistics Canada. It provides links to produced data and publications and describes the concepts, sources, and methods used to compile them. Topics include ecosystem accounting, asset accounts (natural resources in physical and monetary terms), physical flow accounts (energy and water use, and waste and greenhouse gas emissions), environmental activity statistics (expenditures on environmental protection), and the applications and extensions of those accounts (attribution of physical flows to final demand and intensity measures).

    This user's guide has been developed by the Environmental Statistics Program to facilitate access to environmental-economic accounting information throughout Statistics Canada and to explain its linkage with international standards, the United Nations System of Environmental-Economic Accounting. This guide is continually being updated to maintain its relevance.

    Release date: 2016-04-22

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