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Acknowledgements
Note of appreciation
Standards of service to the public
Copyright

Acknowledgements

This Canada Year Book owes its existence to the work of dozens of people over many months.

We would like to thank the Statistics Canada employees who helped to make this volume possible. Thanks also to the team members for their invaluable contributions:

Production manager

  • Catherine Pelletier

Writers

  • Andrew Bisson, Thérèse Brown, Peter Hammerschmidt, Susan Hickman, Elizabeth Hostetter, Laurel Hyatt, Catherine Pelletier, Tim Prichard, Dale Simmons, Tom Vradenburg, Nancy Zukewich

Senior editors

  • Christine Duchesne (French), Tim Prichard (English)

Tables editor

  • Brodie Fraser

Charts editor

  • Brian Drysdale

Analyst

  • Patricia Tully

Fact-checking

  • Brian Drysdale

Editing and proofreading

  • Thérèse Brown, Cailey Cavalin, Richard Drouin, Brodie Fraser, Paula Gherasim, Jennifer Kerr, Luc Moquin, Julie Morin

Design and composition

  • Pamela Gendron-Moodie, Danielle Baum (Consultant)

Table and chart production

  • Pamela Gendron-Moodie, Christian Massicotte, Paul McDermott

Cover Design

  • Rachel Penkar

Mapping

  • Allan Rowell

Indexing

  • Patricia Buchanan (English), Monique Dumont (French)

Translation

  • Official Languages and Translation Division

Printing procurement

  • Johanne Beauseigle

Marketing

  • Jeff Jodoin

Management

  • François Bordé, Vicki Crompton, Bernie Gloyn, Eric St. John, Leila Ronkainen

Editors-in-Chief

  • Penny Stuart and Tom Vradenburg

Note of appreciation

Canada owes the success of its statistical system to a long-standing partnership between Statistics Canada, the citizens of Canada, its businesses, governments and other institutions. Accurate and timely statistical information could not be produced without their continued co-operation and goodwill.

Standards of service to the public

Statistics Canada is committed to serving its clients in a prompt, reliable and courteous manner. To this end, the Agency has developed standards of service which its employees observe in serving its clients.

Copyright

Published by authority of the Minister responsible for Statistics Canada.

© Minister of Industry, 2008

All rights reserved. Use of this publication is governed by the Statistics Canada Open Licence Agreement.

Catalogue number 11-402-XIE

Frequency: Annual

ISSN 1718-5327

ISBN 978-0-662-47001-4

Ottawa