Services indicators

First quarter 2003

The latest edition of Services indicators analyzes the performance of three services industries - Engineering services, Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment rental and leasing, Surveying and mapping services - that grew strongly in 2001 despite the general economic slowdown that year. In all three industries, revenues from natural resources projects, especially oil and gas, were high. This latest edition includes the article titled "Resiliency in the natural resources service sector."

An "at a glance" article examines the client base of selected services industries, 1998-2001. These industries are classified as business, consumer, or export oriented.

This issue also contains the regular quarterly analysis of economic developments in the services industries. According to annualized data, real economic output for services industries in the first quarter of 2003 increased 0.6% from the fourth quarter of 2002. In contrast, goods producing industries saw their output rise 0.9% over the same period.

The first quarter 2003 issue of Services indicators, Vol. 10, no. 1 (63-016-XIB), $26/$87; 63-016-XPB, $35/$116) is now available. For more information, contact Gaston Levesque (613-951-9344; levegas@statcan.gc.ca) or Michel Savard (613-951-3175; savamic@statcan.gc.ca), Service Industries Division.