Table 15
Sales and number of units sold by format for the record production and integrated record production and distribution industry, Canada, 2007 and 2009

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Sales and number of units sold by format for the record production and integrated record production and distribution industry, Canada, 2007 and 2009
  2009 r 2007 r
  number
Number of musical recordings by format  
Compact discs 33,838,688 38,785,393
Cassette tapes x 9,132
Vinyl albums … …
Electronic music files 1 67,592,934 x
Other (DVD audio, etc.) x x
Total 101,879,196 70,842,663
  thousands of dollars
Sales of musical recordings by format  
Compact discs 291,840 393,801
Cassette tapes 6 x
Vinyl albums … …
Electronic music files 1 78,978 53,033
Other (DVD audio, etc.) 9,635 x
Total 380,459 489,271
1.
Electronic music files include individual tracks and albums.
Note(s):
Due to rounding, components may not add to total. Excludes recordings distributed for another organization, finished products purchased for resale and music videos. Based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and includes all establishments classified under 512210 record production and 512220 integrated record production and distribution. The surveyed portion includes only data for surveyed establishments weighted to represent other establishments that were eligible for sampling but were not selected. The surveyed portion represents approximately 95% of total industry revenue.