Table 2
Sample statistics, 1985 to 2001
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| Resell | Discard age | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ratio | Age | |||||
| mean | standard error | mean | standard error | mean | standard error | |
| All buildings | 0.380 | 0.308 | 16.4 | 11.7 | 21.5 | 12.1 |
| Plants for manufacturing (1001) | 0.308 | 0.291 | 17.5 | 12.0 | 24.3 | 11.1 |
| Warehouses, refrigerated storage, freight terminals (1006) | 0.397 | 0.292 | 17.9 | 9.8 | 25.9 | 14.1 |
| Maintenance garages, workshops, equipment storage facilities (1008) | 0.287 | 0.279 | 16.1 | 9.4 | 23.7 | 11.5 |
| Office buildings (1013) | 0.411 | 0.304 | 17.2 | 13.4 | 21.3 | 13.2 |
| Shopping centres, plazas, malls, stores (1016) | 0.500 | 0.308 | 15.0 | 10.9 | 9.7 | 6.0 |
| Other industrial and commercial (1099) | 0.342 | 0.284 | 18.2 | 10.9 | 22.3 | 9.2 |
| Telephone and cablevision lines, underground and marine cables (3002) | 0.449 | 0.390 | 9.2 | 7.3 | 17.7 | 8.1 |
| Communication towers, antennae, earth stations (3003) | 0.339 | 0.279 | 13.5 | 9.8 | 22.6 | 9.4 |
| All machinery and equipment | 0.271 | 0.259 | 8.5 | 5.2 | 10.2 | 5.3 |
| Office furniture, furnishing (e.g., desks, chairs) (6001) | 0.301 | 0.252 | 8.5 | 4.1 | 10.7 | 4.3 |
| Computers, associated hardware and word processors (6002) | 0.312 | 0.278 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 5.8 | 2.1 |
| Non-office furniture, furnishings and fixtures (e.g., recreational equipment, etc.) (6003) | 0.264 | 0.267 | 8.3 | 4.2 | 8.8 | 3.9 |
| Scientific, professional and medical devices (6004) | 0.274 | 0.281 | 9.1 | 4.9 | 11.5 | 5.2 |
| Heating, electrical, plumbing, air conditioning and refrigeration equipment (6005) | 0.251 | 0.267 | 9.9 | 5.4 | 14.5 | 6.7 |
| Pollution abatement and control equipment (6006) | 0.232 | 0.293 | 14.4 | 7.5 | 13.0 | 6.2 |
| Motors, generators, transformers, turbines, compressors and pumps of all types (6009) | 0.264 | 0.272 | 11.6 | 6.5 | 15.5 | 7.1 |
| Heavy construction equipment (e.g., loading, hauling, mixing, paving, grating) (6010) | 0.267 | 0.242 | 9.9 | 5.0 | 11.0 | 5.5 |
| Tractors and other field equipment (truck tractors - see 6203) (6011) | 0.253 | 0.216 | 9.1 | 4.3 | 10.8 | 4.8 |
| Capitalized tooling and other tools (hand, power, industrial) (6012) | 0.248 | 0.260 | 9.6 | 5.3 | 9.2 | 4.0 |
| Drilling and blasting equipment (6013) | 0.309 | 0.249 | 8.2 | 4.8 | 11.7 | 5.1 |
| Automobiles and major replacement parts (6201) | 0.343 | 0.240 | 4.5 | 2.1 | 5.6 | 2.4 |
| Buses (all types) and major replacement parts (6202) | 0.159 | 0.201 | 12.9 | 5.1 | 11.1 | 4.9 |
| Trucks, vans, truck tractors, truck trailers and major replacement parts (6203) | 0.256 | 0.247 | 7.4 | 3.5 | 8.5 | 3.5 |
| Other transportation equipment (6299) | 0.233 | 0.252 | 10.0 | 5.7 | 10.2 | 5.0 |
| Computer-assisted processing machinery and equipment (6401, 6402) | 0.257 | 0.292 | 9.9 | 6.0 | 12.1 | 5.7 |
| Non-computer-assisted processing machinery and equipment (6601, 6602) | 0.219 | 0.249 | 11.7 | 6.1 | 13.2 | 5.5 |
| Communication and related equipment (6403, 6603) | 0.285 | 0.292 | 7.5 | 4.5 | 9.5 | 4.3 |
| Safety and security equipment and other machinery and equipment (6007, 8999) | 0.324 | 0.288 | 9.5 | 5.5 | 11.7 | 5.7 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, authors' calculations based on data from the Capital and Repair Expenditures Survey. | ||||||
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