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  • 1,681. Canada's Balance of International Payments
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 1534
    Description: The balance of international payments covers all economic transactions between Canadian residents and non-residents in three accounts: the current account, the capital account and the financial account.
  • 1,682. Canada's International Transactions in Securities
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 1535
    Description: The series on international transactions in securities cover portfolio transactions in stocks, bonds, and money market securities between non-residents and residents of Canada.
  • 1,683. Canada's International Transactions in Services
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 1536
    Description: This statistical program records Canada's annual exports and imports of services by type of service rendered and by partner country. Quarterly estimates of Canada's international trade in services are available through Canada's Balance of International Payments (record no. 1534). The quarterly estimates, however, contain far less details in terms of type of services rendered and partner countries.
  • 1,684. Canada's International Investment Position
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 1537
    Description: This statistical program measures at a point in time the value and composition of Canada's financial assets and liabilities with non-residents.
  • 1,685. Canadian Portfolio Investment Abroad (BP-54)
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 1538
    Description: The purpose of the Survey of Canadian Portfolio Investment is to determine the amount and types of securities owned by Canadians.
  • 1,686. Activities of Canadian Majority-Owned Affiliates Abroad
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 1539
    Description: This survey measures the sales of goods and services, employment levels, and the assets and liabilities of Canadian majority-owned foreign affiliates abroad.
  • 1,687. 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.
  • 1,688. 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.
  • 1,689. 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.
  • 1,690. 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.
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  • 921. Historical statistics of Canada, section G: The balance of international payments, international investment position and foreign trade Archived
    Table: 11-516-X198300111304
    Description:

    The statistics presented in this section are in three major divisions. The first of these, series G1-151, cover private and official estimates of the balance of payments on current and capital account from 1900 to 1975. This subsection is itself divided into three parts: series G1-56 contain the estimates of the balance of payments of Professors Jacob Viner and Frank Knox for the period 1900 to 1926; series G57-83 contain the official estimates of the balance of payments, current account, prepared by Statistics Canada (formerly Dominion Bureau of Statistics) for the period 1926 to 1975; series G84-152 contain the official estimates of the balance of payments, capital account for 1926 to 1975.

    Release date: 1999-07-29
  • 922. Historical statistics of Canada, section H: Government finance Archived
    Table: 11-516-X198300111305
    Description:

    The data contained in this section for the most part relate only to the revenues, expenditures and debt of the federal, provincial and municipal governments proper. The first part of the chapter contains information on the finances of the federal government from Confederation to 1975. The second part contains information on the finances of all governments for various years since 1933 to 1975. The final part of the chapter contains miscellaneous data relating to various aspects of governmental finance.

    Release date: 1999-07-29
  • 923. Historical statistics of Canada, section J: Banking and finance Archived
    Table: 11-516-X198300111306
    Description:

    The data of this section are presented in six groups as follows: the supply of money, series J1-54; central banking, series J55-74; chartered banking, series J75-272; other financial institutions, series J273-470; issues of stocks and bonds, yields and exchange rates, series J471-567; and year-end financial assets and liabilities according to the financial flow accounts, series J568-875.

    Release date: 1999-07-29
  • 924. Environmental Protection Expenditures in the Business Sector, Preliminary Data Archived
    Table: 16F0006P
    Description:

    Environmental protection expenditures in the business sector, preliminary data presents operating and capital expenditures made by primary and manufacturing industries in response to, or in anticipation of, environmental regulations and conventions. The results are from the Environmental Protection Expenditure Survey. The data contained in Environmental protection expenditures in the business sector help to fill important gaps in existing information on the demand side of the 'environment industry.' More specifically, it provides a measure of the cost to the industry of adopting pollution prevention and abatement technologies and other environmental protection practices. Data included in Environmental protection expenditures in the business sector are components of a national statistical database on the environment industry.

    Release date: 1999-02-19
  • 925. Meaning and measurement in intergenerational equity Archived
    Table: 68-513-X19970013571
    Description:

    "Intergenerational equity" is a term that can be interpreted in the sense of either: [1] equity between persons in the intergenerational transmission of economic status - often judged by the norm of "equality of opportunity"; or [2] equity in the intergenerational division of aggregate resources, considering all members of each generation as a group. Many of the papers in the companion volume (Corak, 1998) of intergenerational social mobility has long been a central issue in sociology and politics. This volume has focussed on the second interpretation, and espoused a "new" type of measurement of "Generational Accounting."

    Release date: 1998-02-04
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Analysis (592) (60 to 70 of 592 results)

  • 61. Sustainable Development Goals: Goal 8, Decent Work and Economic Growth
    Articles and reports: 11-637-X202200100008
    Description:

    As the eighth goal outlined in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Canada and other UN member states have committed to promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all by 2030. This 2022 infographic provides an overview of indicators underlying the eighth Sustainable Development Goal in support of decent work and economic growth, and the statistics and data sources used to monitor and report on this goal in Canada.

    Release date: 2022-12-13
  • 62. An overview of revisions to the Financial and Wealth Accounts, 1990 to 2022
    Articles and reports: 13-605-X202200100007
    Description:

    This article describes the revisions to the Financial Flow Accounts (FFA), the Other Changes in Assets Account (OCAA), and the National Balance Sheet Accounts (NBSA), collectively referred to as the Financial and Wealth Accounts (FWA), introduced as part of the 2022 Comprehensive Revision. These accounts are an integral part of the Canadian System of Macroeconomic Accounts (CSMA). This exercise was conducted to strengthen the overall quality and relevance of the FWA program and to introduce new concepts, methodologies, and classifications as recommended by international standards.

    Release date: 2022-12-12
  • 63. The 2019 to 2021 Revisions of the Income and Expenditure Accounts
    Articles and reports: 13-605-X202200100006
    Description:

    This article presents revisions to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by Income and by Expenditure from the Income and Expenditure Accounts (IEA) for the 2019 to 2021 period. These revisions were reflected in the 2021 Provincial and Territorial Economic Accounts estimates, released on November 8, 2022.

    Release date: 2022-11-29
  • 64. Overview of Government Spending by Function, 2021/2022
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2022078
    Description:

    This infographic features government spending data in Canada for the 2021/2022 fiscal year. It gives a breakdown of expenses by the socio-economic purpose for which the funds are used.

    Release date: 2022-11-25
  • 65. Contributions to gross domestic product by gender, 2008 to 2018
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2022077
    Description:

    Gross domestic product (GDP) can be divided into contributions from women, contributions from men, and “unallocated” contributions (i.e., those not attributable to a specific gender). This infographic provides information on the differences in the share of GDP attributable to men and women across industries and provinces and territories.

    Release date: 2022-11-21
  • 66. Recent developments in the Canadian economy: Fall 2022
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202201000001
    Description:

    This article provides an integrated summary of recent changes in output, consumer prices, employment and household finances. It highlights changes in the economic data during the first half of 2022 and into the summer months. The article also examines how economic conditions have changed as borrowing costs have risen.

    Release date: 2022-10-27
  • 67. Real wages and productivity during the COVID-19 pandemic
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202201000002
    Description:

    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
  • 68. Improving the measurement of the contribution of women to the economy: Estimates of gross domestic product by gender
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202201000003
    Description:

    This paper estimates and examines the contribution to Gross domestic product (GDP) by men and by women in the Canadian economy for the first time. Up to now, increases in the educational attainment of women and their participation in the market economy are reflected in education and labour market statistics but the contribution of men and women to production has not been delineated. The paper implements a new method for measuring GDP for men and women between 2008 and 2018 based on administrative records. It informs on the rising share of activity attributable to women and documents those areas of GDP where women make the largest and smallest contributions.

    Release date: 2022-10-27
  • 69. Distributions of household economic accounts for income, consumption and saving of Canadian households second quarter 2022
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202227629483
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2022-10-03
  • 70. Distributions of household economic accounts for wealth of Canadian households second quarter 2022
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202227629484
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2022-10-03
Reference (176)

Reference (176) (170 to 180 of 176 results)

  • 171. Activities of Foreign Majority-Owned Affiliates in Canada
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5230
    Description: The Activities of Foreign Majority-Owned Affiliates in Canada describes the characteristics, activity, financial position and performance of Foreign Majority-Owned Canadian Affiliates (FMOCAs) of foreign multinational enterprises. Inward Foreign Affiliate Statistics (FATS) are an extension of statistics on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Canada.
  • 172. National Cannabis Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5262
    Description: The survey will be used in conjunction with other data sources to understand how the planned legalization of cannabis for non-medical use could impact the Canadian economy as well as other health and social services.
  • 173. Crowdsourcing - Cannabis
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5263
    Description: The data collected are being used in the Canadian system of national accounts to support the creation and validation of measures relating to the importance of the cannabis sector in the Canadian economy.
  • 174. Securities Statistics
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5285
    Description: The securities statistics cover issuances and holdings of financial negotiable instruments. Securities include debt instruments designed to be traded in financial markets, such as treasury bills, commercial paper and bonds, as well as equity instruments, such as listed shares. The statistics relate to outstanding amounts (stocks) and net transactions (new issues net of redemptions).
  • 175. Canadian System of Environmental-Economic Accounts - Environmental Tax Account
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5376
    Description: The Environmental Tax Account (ETA) is one of the elements of the United Nations System of Environmental-Economic Accounting - Central Framework (SEEA-CF), which was adopted as an international standard in 2012. This account records, in monetary units, government revenues generated from environmental tax from industry, government, non-profits and households.
  • 176. United States Statistics
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 7522
    Description: This is non-Statistics Canada information.

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