Table B.5 Contributions to percentage change in real gross domestic product, expenditure-based

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Item First quarter 2010 Second quarter 2010 Third quarter 2010 Fourth quarter 2010 First quarter 2011 Second quarter 2011 2009 2010
using seasonally adjusted data, percentage points
Notes:

The chained (2002) dollars data shown in the table "Real gross domestic product, expenditure-based, quarterly percentage change" are not additive. The contributions to percentage change shown in the above table are additive and provide a measure of the composition of GDP growth.

Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Economic Accounts Quarterly Review, catalogue number 13-010-X.
Personal expenditure on consumer goods and services 0.601 0.204 0.408 0.627 -0.019 0.226 0.143 2.014
Durable goods
 0.070 -0.135 0.028 0.180 -0.090 0.024 -0.138 0.319
Semi-durable goods
 0.196 -0.051 0.060 0.031 0.001 -0.035 -0.107 0.227
Non-durable goods
 0.059 0.092 0.088 0.033 -0.046 -0.012 0.092 0.268
Services
 0.276 0.299 0.231 0.383 0.116 0.249 0.297 1.199
Government current expenditure on goods and services -0.020 0.177 0.027 0.146 0.000 0.084 0.700 0.561
Government gross fixed capital formation 0.119 0.150 0.153 0.073 0.010 0.012 0.287 0.663
Government investment in inventories -0.002 0.002 0.001 -0.003 -0.003 0.005 -0.002 -0.002
Business gross fixed capital formation 0.611 0.433 0.494 0.344 0.469 0.427 -3.333 1.482
Residential structures
 0.315 -0.007 -0.091 -0.015 0.124 0.012 -0.559 0.679
Non-residential structures and equipment
 0.296 0.440 0.586 0.359 0.345 0.415 -2.775 0.803
Non-residential structures
 0.208 0.092 0.209 0.290 0.147 0.029 -1.497 0.160
Machinery and equipment
 0.088 0.348 0.376 0.069 0.198 0.386 -1.278 0.642
Business investment in inventories 0.150 0.426 0.141 -0.962 0.552 0.621 -0.750 0.591
Non-farm
 0.308 0.473 0.112 -0.959 0.454 0.592 -0.617 0.713
Farm
 -0.158 -0.047 0.029 -0.003 0.098 0.029 -0.132 -0.122
Exports of goods and services 0.618 0.825 -0.086 0.626 0.565 -0.662 -4.497 1.834
Goods
 0.511 0.808 -0.135 0.592 0.634 -0.716 -4.206 1.663
Services
 0.107 0.017 0.049 0.034 -0.069 0.054 -0.291 0.172
Deduct: Imports of goods and services 0.885 1.526 0.643 -0.039 0.717 0.767 -4.684 3.954
Goods
 0.752 1.366 0.665 -0.184 0.688 0.626 -4.277 3.388
Services
 0.134 0.160 -0.022 0.145 0.029 0.140 -0.407 0.566
Statistical discrepancy 0.176 -0.124 0.114 -0.126 0.026 -0.046 -0.002 0.027
Gross domestic product at market prices 1.368 0.567 0.610 0.763 0.882 -0.099 -2.770 3.215
Final domestic demand 1.311 0.965 1.082 1.190 0.460 0.749 -2.203 4.719