| Canada | US | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | Average hours worked | Total hours worked | Output | Labour productivity | Employment | Average hours worked | Total hours worked | Output | Labour productivity | |
| index Q4 2007 = 100 | ||||||||||
| 2007-IV | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| 2008-I | 100.7 | 99.7 | 100.5 | 99.5 | 99.0 | 99.7 | 99.9 | 99.6 | 99.7 | 100.0 |
| 2008-II | 100.7 | 99.6 | 100.5 | 99.4 | 99.0 | 99.2 | 99.9 | 99.2 | 99.9 | 100.8 |
| 2008-III | 100.5 | 99.7 | 100.2 | 99.3 | 99.1 | 98.6 | 99.5 | 98.2 | 99.0 | 100.9 |
| 2008-IV | 99.7 | 99.0 | 98.9 | 97.8 | 99.0 | 97.0 | 99.1 | 96.1 | 97.2 | 101.1 |
| 2009-I | 98.2 | 98.5 | 96.8 | 95.7 | 98.9 | 95.3 | 98.6 | 93.9 | 95.0 | 101.1 |
| 2009-II | 97.5 | 98.0 | 95.6 | 94.6 | 99.0 | 93.9 | 98.1 | 92.1 | 94.7 | 102.8 |
| 2009-III | 97.6 | 98.1 | 95.8 | 94.6 | 98.8 | 93.1 | 97.7 | 91.0 | 95.4 | 104.9 |