Data source for Chart 9.2
Economic performance of Canada relative to the United States

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Chart 9.2 is a line chart comparing the economic performance of Canada and the United States, measured by labour productivity and real gross domestic product per capita, from the first quarter of 1997 to the first quarter of 2012.

According to the labour productivity measure, Canada fell 16% relative to the United States over this time period.

However, measured by real gross domestic product per capita, Canada improved relative to the United States by 4%.

Data source for Chart 9.2 Economic performance of Canada relative to the United States
Table summary
This table displays the results of chart 9.2 economic performance of canada relative to the united states real gdp per capita and labour productivity, calculated using index 1997 q1 = 100; canada/united states units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Real GDP Per Capita Labour Productivity
  Index 1997 Q1 = 100; Canada/United States
I 1997 100.00 100.00
II 1997 99.74 99.12
III 1997 99.85 97.51
IV 1997 99.96 98.14
I 1998 100.44 99.22
II 1998 99.90 98.38
III 1998 99.75 97.09
IV 1998 99.72 97.70
I 1999 100.55 98.11
II 1999 101.03 98.37
III 1999 101.21 98.51
IV 1999 101.06 97.65
I 2000 102.32 99.49
II 2000 101.53 98.10
III 2000 102.68 98.74
IV 2000 102.29 97.08
I 2001 103.16 97.83
II 2001 102.60 96.48
III 2001 102.64 96.19
IV 2001 103.05 96.12
I 2002 103.50 95.02
II 2002 103.52 94.21
III 2002 103.85 93.63
IV 2002 104.53 94.06
I 2003 104.67 92.82
II 2003 103.65 91.85
III 2003 102.25 89.39
IV 2003 102.18 89.42
I 2004 102.27 88.25
II 2004 102.82 88.36
III 2004 103.11 88.85
IV 2004 102.91 89.00
I 2005 102.30 88.48
II 2005 102.60 89.26
III 2005 102.76 89.46
IV 2005 103.16 90.53
I 2006 103.08 90.43
II 2006 102.76 89.31
III 2006 102.80 89.76
IV 2006 102.60 89.59
I 2007 103.20 89.96
II 2007 103.09 88.84
III 2007 102.83 87.41
IV 2007 102.80 86.74
I 2008 103.15 86.83
II 2008 102.92 86.48
III 2008 103.96 86.92
IV 2008 105.27 87.49
I 2009 104.92 86.87
II 2009 104.04 85.13
III 2009 103.90 83.77
IV 2009 104.04 83.59
I 2010 104.49 83.38
II 2010 104.02 82.56
III 2010 103.84 82.77
IV 2010 103.83 82.54
I 2011 104.72 83.51
II 2011 104.06 82.70
III 2011 104.60 82.96
IV 2011 104.15 83.33
I 2012 104.13 83.63
Source : Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 11-626-X.
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