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Canadian economic accounts key indicators1
  First quarter 2006 Second quarter 2006 Third quarter 2006 Fourth quarter 2006 First quarter 2007 Second quarter 2007 2005 2006
  Seasonally adjusted at annual rates    
  $ millions at current prices
GDP by income and by expenditure                
Wages, salaries and supplementary labour income 727,568 730,928 739,764 751,268 767,796 781,992 694,041 737,382
  2.4 0.5 1.2 1.6 2.2 1.8 6.0 6.2
Corporation profits before taxes 194,664 197,444 201,864 201,464 205,872 208,244 189,357 198,859
  -4.0 1.4 2.2 -0.2 2.2 1.2 11.9 5.0
Interest and miscellaneous investment income 65,592 65,880 65,464 64,304 66,568 69,380 61,070 65,310
  -3.6 0.4 -0.6 -1.8 3.5 4.2 12.9 6.9
Net income of unincorporated business 85,624 86,064 86,408 87,200 89,280 91,664 84,957 86,324
  0.2 0.5 0.4 0.9 2.4 2.7 1.0 1.6
Taxes less subsidies 161,812 164,092 160,384 160,040 163,780 167,748 156,181 161,582
  2.2 1.4 -2.3 -0.2 2.3 2.4 4.9 3.5
Personal disposable income 834,500 833,116 844,976 856,616 874,912 882,180 791,486 842,302
  3.5 -0.2 1.4 1.4 2.1 0.8 4.3 6.4
Personal saving rate2 3.3 1.7 1.8 2.2 2.7 1.8 1.6 2.3
  ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
  millions of chained (2002) dollars
Personal expenditure on consumer goods and services 743,529 750,550 759,897 766,839 773,201 782,554 724,942 755,204
  1.4 0.9 1.2 0.9 0.8 1.2 3.8 4.2
Government current expenditure on goods and services 248,187 250,155 251,113 252,961 254,463 256,078 242,557 250,604
  1.2 0.8 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.6 2.2 3.3
Gross fixed capital formation 295,807 297,993 300,447 303,625 304,806 307,913 279,345 299,468
  2.2 0.7 0.8 1.1 0.4 1.0 8.5 7.2
Investment in inventories 10,321 17,572 12,838 61 3,210 4,750 13,575 10,198
  ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Exports of goods and services 504,602 502,355 505,539 508,881 509,900 513,582 501,732 505,344
  -1.8 -0.4 0.6 0.7 0.2 0.7 2.2 0.7
Imports of goods and services 532,055 544,582 552,820 551,615 551,016 559,672 519,435 545,268
  -0.7 2.4 1.5 -0.2 -0.1 1.6 7.5 5.0
Gross domestic product at market prices 1,275,510 1,280,142 1,284,213 1,288,949 1,301,284 1,312,257 1,247,780 1,282,204
  0.8 0.4 0.3 0.4 1.0 0.8 3.1 2.8
  millions of chained (1997) dollars
GDP by industry at basic prices                
Goods-producing industries 336,461 334,306 333,961 332,332 335,127 336,203 331,595 334,265
  0.1 -0.6 -0.1 -0.5 0.8 0.3 2.0 0.8
Industrial production 245,094 242,426 241,942 239,131 241,022 242,076 243,485 242,148
  -0.5 -1.1 -0.2 -1.2 0.8 0.4 1.0 -0.5
Energy sector 64,519 64,294 64,721 63,337 64,681 64,961 63,767 64,218
  -0.9 -0.3 0.7 -2.1 2.1 0.4 1.5 0.7
Manufacturing 175,853 173,170 171,664 169,868 169,875 170,409 174,987 172,639
  -0.3 -1.5 -0.9 -1.0 0.0 0.3 0.7 -1.3
Non-durable manufacturing 70,451 69,339 68,814 68,208 67,739 68,384 71,317 69,203
  -1.0 -1.6 -0.8 -0.9 -0.7 1.0 -1.2 -3.0
Durable manufacturing 105,277 103,709 102,727 101,536 102,024 101,903 103,516 103,312
  0.2 -1.5 -0.9 -1.2 0.5 -0.1 2.1 -0.2
Construction 67,248 67,995 68,694 69,790 70,578 71,124 63,689 68,432
  2.6 1.1 1.0 1.6 1.1 0.8 5.7 7.4
Services-producing industries 749,690 756,852 761,889 766,930 774,755 781,349 732,506 758,840
  1.2 1.0 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.9 3.2 3.6
Wholesale trade 69,501 70,592 71,192 70,349 72,009 72,471 65,997 70,408
  2.3 1.6 0.9 -1.2 2.4 0.6 6.9 6.7
Retail trade 64,164 65,425 65,992 66,187 66,990 68,695 62,219 65,442
  2.3 2.0 0.9 0.3 1.2 2.5 4.7 5.2
Transportation and warehousing 52,460 52,791 52,893 52,910 53,372 53,502 51,241 52,764
  0.7 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.9 0.2 3.5 3.0
Finance, insurance, real estate and renting 218,613 220,840 223,318 225,958 228,996 231,699 213,985 222,182
  1.1 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.2 3.7 3.8
Information and communication technologies 64,023 64,712 65,393 65,948 66,676 67,534 62,359 65,019
  1.2 1.1 1.1 0.8 1.1 1.3 5.2 4.3
...not applicable
1.The first line is the series itself expressed in millions of dollars, seasonally adjusted at annual rates. The second line is the quarter-to-quarter percentage change at quarterly rates.
2.Actual rate.
Date Modified: 2009-08-21

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