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The three-volume series of Financial Performance Indicators for Canadian Business for 2005 is now available in CD-ROM format. Financial Performance Indicators for Canadian Business is an authoritative reference source of key financial ratios for many industries in Canada.
Volume 1 covers large incorporated firms in both the financial and non-financial sectors, at the national level. Beginning with the 2004 version of Financial Performance Indicators for Canadian Business, Volume 1, now covers firms with annual sales revenue exceeding $25 million.
Volume 2 covers medium-sized incorporated firms in the non-financial sector, at the national level, with annual sales revenue between $5 million and $25 million.
Volume 3 covers small-sized incorporated firms with annual sales revenue between $30,000 and $5 million in the non-financial sector at the national, provincial and territorial levels, and for the Atlantic and Prairie regions.
Data showed median profitability ratios for firms in all three groups improved for a second consecutive year.
Large corporations recorded a median operating profit margin of 2.7% in 2005, up from 2.6% in 2004 and 2.3% in 2003.
Median operating profit margins for medium firms were 2.8% in 2005, 2.6% in 2004 and 2.3% in 2003, while those for small firms were 4.0% in 2005, 3.5% in 2004 and 3.1% in 2003.
Volume 3 provides ratio distributions for small-sized corporations at the provincial level. Given the robust economic activity driven by the oil and gas, mining and construction industries, it is not surprising that Alberta posted the highest median operating profit margin (7.0%) in 2005.
This series uses up-to-date, reliable and comprehensive data on Canadian businesses derived from Statistics Canada databases of financial statements.
This CD-ROM enables users to compare their firm's performance to that of their industry to address issues such as profitability, efficiency and business risk. Financial Performance Indicators for Canadian Business can also be used for inter-industry comparisons.
The CD-ROM provides three reference years of data (2003, 2004 and 2005). It offers a full slate of financial ratios and a common-sized balance sheet for sectors and industries in Canada. Data are compiled based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 2002).
Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 2510.
Financial Performance Indicators for Canadian Business (61-224-XCB) is now available. All volumes cost $1,045; Volumes 1, 2 and 3, national, $590; Volume 1, $240; Volume 2, $240; Volume 3, national, $240; Volume 3, province, territory or region, $240 each).
For general information or to order data, contact Client Services Division (toll-free 1-800-263-1136) or Louise Noel (toll-free 1-888-811-6235; louise.noel@statcan.gc.ca), Industrial Organization and Finance Division.
To enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Danielle Lafontaine-Sorgo (613-951-2634; danielle.lafontaine-sorgo@statcan.gc.ca) or Haig McCarrell (613-951-5948; haig.mccarrell@statcan.gc.ca), Industrial Organization and Finance Division.
