Table 1 
Industrial capacity utilization rates 

Industrial capacity utilization rates
  Second quarter 2015 First quarter
2016
Second quarter 2016 First quarter
to second quarter 2016
Second quarter 2015 to second quarter 2016
  %%% percentage point changepercentage point change
Total industrial 80.2 81.4 80.0 -1.4 -0.2
Forestry and logging 93.3 89.1 87.0 -2.1 -6.3
Mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction 73.3 76.4 73.2 -3.2 -0.1
Oil and gas extraction 75.1 78.1 73.9 -4.2 -1.2
Mining and quarrying 68.5 72.0 71.3 -0.7 2.8
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution 82.8 82.8 84.7 1.9 1.9
Construction 85.2 83.8 83.5 -0.3 -1.7
Manufacturing 81.8 83.4 82.2 -1.2 0.4
Food 80.3 82.2 81.4 -0.8 1.1
Beverage and tobacco products 78.7 79.3 80.8 1.5 2.1
Beverage 81.9 82.9 84.7 1.8 2.8
Tobacco 62.9 61.5 61.4 -0.1 -1.5
Textiles 75.1 76.4 72.3 -4.1 -2.8
Textile mills 82.0 82.9 79.6 -3.3 -2.4
Textile product mills 69.4 71.0 66.2 -4.8 -3.2
Clothing 73.7 71.8 68.5 -3.3 -5.2
Leather and allied products 78.4 86.3 80.2 -6.1 1.8
Wood products 89.2 97.5 95.1 -2.4 5.9
Paper 91.4 97.5 95.0 -2.5 3.6
Printing and related support activities 69.9 69.3 67.4 -1.9 -2.5
Petroleum and coal products 83.1 85.3 85.2 -0.1 2.1
Chemical products 81.3 83.0 82.3 -0.7 1.0
Plastics and rubber products 86.7 87.2 87.0 -0.2 0.3
Plastic products 86.6 86.9 86.6 -0.3 0.0
Rubber products 87.3 89.1 89.0 -0.1 1.7
Non-metallic mineral products 75.4 75.9 72.0 -3.9 -3.4
Primary metal 70.4 75.1 78.2 3.1 7.8
Fabricated metal products 81.2 77.5 73.4 -4.1 -7.8
Machinery 81.3 73.4 71.6 -1.8 -9.7
Computer and electronic products 92.0 85.0 82.9 -2.1 -9.1
Electrical equipment, appliances and components 75.9 75.2 74.3 -0.9 -1.6
Transportation equipment 87.2 94.6 93.5 -1.1 6.3
Furniture and related products 85.0 88.3 85.7 -2.6 0.7
Miscellaneous manufacturing 81.6 84.4 81.4 -3.0 -0.2
Source(s):
CANSIM table 028-0002.
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