Table 2
Nominal business-sector gross domestic product per hour worked, by industry and firm size, Canada, 2002 and 2008

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Nominal business-sector gross domestic product per hour worked, by industry and firm size, Canada, 2002 and 2008
Table summary
This table is a measure of nominal labour productivity by firm size for Canada. It displays nominal business-sector gross domestic product per hour worked by industry. This information is grouped by goods producing and service producing industries to emphasize the higher productivity levels in the goods producing industries compared to services. The productivity levels for both small and large firms (appearing as column headers) were calculated as number. The average annual growth rates for small and large firms (appearing as column headers) were calculated as the average annual growth of the productivity levels from 2002 to 2008. The relative productivity levels of small to large firms (appearing as column headers) were calculated as a percentage of small firms to large firms. The average annual growth rates of the relative productivity levels (appearing as column headers) were calculated as the average annual growth of the productivity levels from 2002 to 2008.
  Small firms Large firms Relative
Level Average annual growth 2002 to 2008 Level Average annual growth 2002 to 2008 Small to large firms Average annual growth 2002 to 2008
2002 2008 2002 2008 2002 2008
  Canadian dollars percent Canadian dollars percent
Goods producing industries  
Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing 24.7 35.9 6.4 36.1 37.5 0.7 68.5 95.6 5.7
Electricity, gas and water supply 226.5 234.6 0.6 156.1 178.4 2.3 145.1 131.5 -1.6
Construction 28.7 38.4 5.0 46.3 63.8 5.5 62.0 60.2 -0.5
Mines, oil and gas 105.4 116.5 1.7 204.4 435.8 13.4 51.6 26.7 -10.4
Manufacturing 31.5 37.3 2.9 66.1 68.4 0.6 47.6 54.6 2.3
Total 32.2 41.3 4.2 82.0 127.0 7.6 39.2 32.5 -3.1
Service producing industries  
Wholesale and retail trade 23.2 31.1 5.0 29.3 37.5 4.2 79.2 82.8 0.7
Transport, storage and communications 24.3 28.0 2.4 68.2 76.2 1.9 35.6 36.8 0.5
Financial intermediation 42.0 51.9 3.6 61.1 81.4 4.9 68.7 63.7 -1.3
Real estate, renting and business activities 42.4 47.1 1.8 40.6 51.8 4.1 104.4 90.9 -2.3
Education 24.3 28.3 2.6 35.0 45.9 4.7 69.4 61.6 -2.0
Health and social work 30.5 39.3 4.3 47.9 53.0 1.7 63.8 74.1 2.5
Hotels and restaurants 13.2 16.2 3.4 27.0 29.7 1.6 49.0 54.6 1.8
Other community, social and personal services 18.6 23.6 4.0 32.8 43.5 4.8 56.6 54.1 -0.7
Total 26.9 33.2 3.6 44.1 53.7 3.3 60.9 61.8 0.2
Business sector 28.5 35.7 3.8 57.8 75.6 4.6 49.2 47.2 -0.7
Note(s):
Industries are at the S-level aggregation based on the North American Industry Classification System.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, authors’ calculations.
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