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Real gross domestic product was unchanged in April after seven consecutive monthly increases. A large decline in retail trade and smaller declines in manufacturing and utilities were offset by increases in mining, wholesale trade and, to a lesser extent, the public sector and construction. The finance and insurance sector was unchanged.
Retail trade retreats
Retail trade fell 1.7% in April, following a 1.9% gain in March. Significantly lower volume of activity was recorded by retailers in the automotive sector, notably by new car dealers. Clothing and accessories stores also retreated sharply after growing significantly during the preceding months.
Note to readers
The monthly gross domestic product (GDP) by industry data at basic prices are chained volume estimates with 2002 as their reference year. This means that the data for each industry and aggregate are obtained from a chained volume index multiplied by the industry's value added in 2002. For the 1997 to 2006 period, the monthly data are benchmarked to annually chained Fisher volume indexes of GDP obtained from the constant-price input-output tables.
For the period starting with January 2007, the data are derived by chaining a fixed-weight Laspeyres volume index to the prior period. The fixed weights are the industry output and input prices of 2006. This makes the monthly GDP by industry data more comparable with the expenditure-based GDP data, chained quarterly.
Revisions
With this release of monthly GDP by industry, revisions have been made back to January 2009. For more information about monthly GDP by industry, see the National economic accounts module on our website (www.statcan.gc.ca/nea-cen/index-eng.htm).
Manufacturing decreases
Manufacturing (-0.3%) declined for the first time since August 2009, with 11 of the 21 major groups retreating. Manufacturers of non-durable goods reduced their production by 1.2%, notably those of pharmaceuticals, printing and food products.
Conversely, manufacturing of durable goods increased 0.4%. In particular, machinery, primary metal as well as motor vehicle and associated parts manufacturing increased. On the other hand, the production of miscellaneous and fabricated metal products declined.
Mining and oil and gas extraction increases
Mining and oil and gas extraction increased 0.5% in April. The production of oil advanced for the month, while natural gas extraction receded. Production rose at some oil extraction facilities that have been experiencing production difficulties since December. Support activities for mining, oil and gas extraction also rose.
Output of gold and silver ore mines as well as that of miscellaneous non-metallic mineral mines (which include diamond mines) decreased. On the other hand, the output of potash mines continued its upward trend.
Wholesale trade up
Wholesale trade advanced 0.6% in April. Notable increases were recorded by wholesalers of petroleum products and apparel. Conversely, the wholesaling of automotive products and buildings materials declined.
Utilities decline
The utilities sector (-0.7%) decreased for a second month in a row, as the demand for electricity and households' consumption of natural gas declined.
Other sectors
Some tourism-related industries retreated in April, such as arts, entertainment and recreation services as well as accommodation and food services, mirroring a 1.7% drop in the number of overnight international travellers to Canada.
Construction was up 0.1% in April. Non-residential building construction and engineering and repair works increased, while residential construction dropped. The output of real estate agents and brokers decreased for a fourth consecutive month.
Available on CANSIM: table 379-0027.
Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 1301.
The April 2010 issue of Gross Domestic Product by Industry, Vol. 24, no. 4 (15-001-X, free), is now available from the Key resource module of our website under Publications.
Data on gross domestic product by industry for May will be released on July 30.
For more information, or to order data, contact the dissemination agent (toll-free 1-800-887-4623; 613-951-4623; iad-info-dci@statcan.gc.ca). To enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Bernard Lefrançois (613-951-3622), Industry Accounts Division.
Table 1
| November 2009r | December 2009r | January 2010r | February 2010r | March 2010r | April 2010p | April 2010 | April 2009 to April 2010 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seasonally adjusted | ||||||||
| month-to-month % change | millions of dollars¹ | % change | ||||||
| All Industries | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.6 | -0.0 | 1,228,578 | 3.3 |
| Goods-producing industries | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 1.4 | -0.0 | 342,540 | 3.8 |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 1.3 | 0.0 | -0.2 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 25,671 | 0.2 |
| Mining and oil and gas extraction | 1.7 | -0.9 | 1.3 | -1.0 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 52,483 | 0.3 |
| Utilities | -1.4 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.5 | -1.9 | -0.7 | 29,338 | -1.4 |
| Construction | 1.5 | 0.3 | 2.0 | -0.7 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 72,138 | 5.5 |
| Manufacturing | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.7 | -0.3 | 160,407 | 7.1 |
| Services-producing industries | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | -0.0 | 890,079 | 3.0 |
| Wholesale trade | 2.5 | 1.2 | 2.2 | -1.0 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 71,576 | 12.1 |
| Retail trade | -0.7 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.9 | -1.7 | 77,268 | 4.9 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 57,864 | 4.7 |
| Information and cultural industries | -0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | -0.4 | 0.0 | 45,356 | -1.4 |
| Finance, insurance and real estate | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 257,791 | 3.2 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 60,326 | -0.8 |
| Administrative and waste management services | -0.0 | 0.2 | -0.1 | 0.2 | -0.0 | 0.2 | 29,688 | -1.7 |
| Education services | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -0.0 | 0.2 | 63,154 | 2.9 |
| Health care and social assistance | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 82,705 | 2.2 |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 0.0 | 0.4 | -0.3 | 5.7 | -4.6 | -1.8 | 11,046 | -2.8 |
| Accommodation and food services | -0.0 | 1.0 | -0.3 | 2.0 | -0.2 | -0.4 | 27,267 | 1.7 |
| Other services (except public administration) | -0.1 | 0.2 | -0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 32,121 | -0.3 |
| Public administration | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 74,251 | 3.1 |
| Other aggregations | ||||||||
| Industrial production | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 1.6 | -0.1 | 244,800 | 3.6 |
| Non-durable manufacturing industries | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.2 | -1.2 | 64,588 | 4.4 |
| Durable manufacturing industries | 0.8 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 95,925 | 9.2 |
| Business sector industries | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.7 | -0.1 | 1,019,295 | 3.4 |
| Non-business sector industries | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 209,362 | 2.6 |
| Information and communication technologies industries | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 60,039 | 2.1 |
| Energy sector | 0.7 | -0.3 | 0.8 | -1.3 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 79,918 | 0.4 |
