Symbols

The following standard symbols are used in Statistics Canada publications:

.   not available for any reference period

..  not available for a specific reference period

... not applicable

0  true zero or a value rounded to zero

0^s value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded

^p  preliminary

^r  revised

x  suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

^E  use with caution

E  too unreliable to be published

This publication was prepared by the following staff from the Income and Expenditure Accounts Division: Mélanie Bélanger, Arthur Berger, Anne-Marie Bridger, Marc Bryar, Michel Chevalier, Sonya Coward, Luc Dubois, Dan Finnerty, Katherine Fraser, Jean-Gaston Gingras, Céline Guindon, Cynthia Haggar-Guénette, Kim Longtin, Irfan Hashmi, Louise Jones, Roger Jullion, Karen King, Diane Lake, Denise Laronde-Jones, Shuhua Gao, Anna MacDonald, Jackie Maisonneuve, Emmanuel Manolikakis, Gerard Meagher, Michel Pascal, André Picard, Robert Puchyr, Trevor Sabean, Giovanni Salvatore, Edith Sederis, Christopher Sham, Jérôme Ste-Marie, James Tebrake, Allan Tomas, Michel Vallières, Chris Van Millingen, Tasmin Pan, Joe Wilkinson, Charles Wright, Kenneth Xi, Yan Xi, Yan Xie and Wai-Yong Yong.

For more information about the National Income and Expenditure Accounts, telephone the Income and Expenditure Accounts Division at 613-951-3640 and ask for the information officer or E-mail: iead-infodcrd@ statcan.gc.ca.