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The Daily. Thursday, November 29, 2001

Personal service industry

1999

Data for the personal services industry, which provides personal care, funeral, laundry and other personal services, are now available for 1999. They provide information such as the industry's revenue, expenditures, salaries and wages, profit margin, percentage distribution of revenue by type of service, and client base.

Results from the Annual Survey of Personal Services show that the industry earned revenues of $6.3 billion in 1999. A total of 35,471 firms provided personal services to the Canadian economy.

The profit margin for the personal service industries was 7.1% in 1999. Personal care services (such as hair care and esthetic services) generated more than one-third of total industry revenues and accounted for two-thirds of the total number of establishments. The largest provincial shares of total revenues were generated in Ontario (42%) and Quebec (21%).

Operating expenses totalled $5.9 billion. Salaries, wages and benefits was the largest expense category, accounting for 35.2% of total revenue.

Available on CANSIM: table 3590001.

For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Trevor Sanders (613-951-5793; trevor.sanders@statcan.gc.ca), or Irene Ross (613-951-6305; fax: 613-951-6696; puccire@statcan.gc.ca), Service Industries Division.

Personal service industry selected variables

1999


  Number of establishments Total revenue Salaries, wages and benefits(1) as a percentage of total revenue Total operating expenses as a percentage of total revenue Profit before taxes(2),(3)
    ($ millions) %
Canada 35,471 6314.3 35.2 92.9 7.1
           
Newfoundland 499 57.4 40.0 94.8 5.2
Prince Edward Island 172 18.6 34.0 95.6 4.4
Nova Scotia 906 138.5 36.2 96.0 4.0
New Brunswick 692 91.0 35.7 92.3 7.7
Quebec 9,082 1300.5 32.0 89.5 10.5
Ontario 12,900 2653.0 35.5 93.5 6.5
Manitoba 1,180 254.9 33.9 92.8 7.2
Saskatchewan 1,078 171.8 33.4 88.9 11.1
Alberta 3,968 735.0 35.1 87.9 12.1
British Columbia 4,911 885.4 39.1 100.1 -0.1
Yukon x x x x x
Northwest Territories x x x x x
Nunavut x x x x x
1Fees paid to contract employees are not included.
2Profit before taxes consists of total revenue less total operating expenses expressed as a percentage of total revenue.
3Profit before taxes includes both the profits of incorporated businesses and the undistributed income of unincorporated partnerships and proprietorships. This undistributed income includes the unpaid remuneration of owners and partners, and so the estimate for profit will be higher in industries where unincorporated businesses are significant contributors.
xConfidential data.
Note:Components may not add up to totals due to rounding.

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