Table 4
Business-sector nominal gross domestic product by size of business and industry, Canada, 2001 and 2008

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Business-sector nominal gross domestic product by size of business and industry, Canada, 2001 and 2008


Table summary
This table displays the results of business-sector nominal gross domestic product by size of business and industry. The information is grouped by industry  (appearing as row headers), small businesses, average annual growth, medium-sized businesses, large businesses and 2001, calculated using 2001, 2008, 2001 and 2008, millions of dollars and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).

Industry  Note 1 Small businesses Average annual growth Medium-sized businesses Average annual growth Large businesses Average annual growth
2001 2008 2001 and 2008 2001 2008 2001 and 2008 2001 2008 2001 and 2008
  millions of dollars percent millions of dollars percent millions of dollars percent
Agriculture 20,362 25,904 3.5 856 1,043 2.9 1,236 978 -3.3
Mining 8,132 13,265 7.2 10,028 13,204 4.0 41,283 128,288 17.6
Utilities 965 890 -1.2 1,357 1,654 2.9 24,716 31,910 3.7
Construction 42,004 78,261 9.3 5,530 14,169 14.4 6,676 15,174 12.4
Manufacturing 35,906 44,317 3.1 33,625 31,764 -0.8 110,404 97,550 -1.8
Wholesale 25,043 31,282 3.2 9,334 13,888 5.8 18,973 32,983 8.2
Retail 27,963 38,650 4.7 5,286 8,134 6.4 21,178 36,651 8.2
Transportation 17,978 20,963 2.2 6,734 7,931 2.4 21,659 33,594 6.5
Information 4,392 5,082 2.1 3,973 3,787 -0.7 25,838 40,670 6.7
Finance 54,643 73,611 4.3 8,709 11,265 3.7 52,032 79,397 6.2
Professional 26,351 41,774 6.8 6,417 9,262 5.4 13,305 21,774 7.3
Administrative 11,264 16,554 5.7 4,053 5,830 5.3 7,190 15,092 11.2
Education 1,609 2,583 7.0 163 329 10.6 369 355 -0.6
Health 21,601 31,669 5.6 2,066 2,601 3.3 2,073 4,153 10.4
Arts and entertainment 3,309 4,219 3.5 1,056 1,107 0.7 3,297 5,315 7.1
Accommodation and food services 15,715 20,166 3.6 3,872 5,085 4.0 4,413 7,540 8.0
Other services 14,505 20,329 4.9 1,183 1,987 7.7 1,972 2,767 5.0
Business sector 331,740 469,518 5.1 104,244 133,040 3.5  356,615 554,192 6.5
                   
Note(s): Numbers may not add up as a result of rounding.                  
                   
1.
S-level aggregation based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
Note(s):
Numbers may not add up as a result of rounding.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, authors' calculations.
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