Table 1
Share of large-firm business-sector hours worked by industry in Canada and the United States, 2002 and 2008

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Share of large-firm business-sector hours worked by industry in Canada and the United States, 2002 and 2008
Table summary
This table displays the share of large firm business-sector as a percentage of total business-sector by industry for Canada and United states. This information is grouped by goods producing and service producing industries. The large firm shares (appearing as column headers) were calculated as a percent of the total business sector.
  Share of large-sized businesses
Canada United States
2002 2008 2002 2008
  percent
Goods producing industries  
Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing 1.5 0.9 2.7 2.3
Electricity, gas and water supply 87.4 90.7 83.4 83.6
Construction 8.2 9.8 12.8 13.8
Mines, oil and gas 57.1 59.0 57.3 55.1
Manufacturing 44.1 41.6 57.6 55.5
Total 30.8 28.7 38.8 36.8
Service producing industries  
Wholesale and retail trade 28.4 35.5 46.2 50.1
Transport and storage and communications 38.0 45.4 59.6 62.8
Financial intermediation 63.5 62.3 69.4 67.8
Real estate, renting and business activities 24.1 27.7 43.2 45.9
Education 33.6 25.0 51.1 54.4
Health and social work 5.2 7.6 49.3 49.4
Hotels and restaurants 11.8 14.7 36.3 36.2
Other community, social and personal services 10.1 10.0 16.4 18.7
Total 25.3 29.4 44.8 46.8
Business sector 27.0 29.2 43.2 44.4
Note(s):
Industries are at the S-level aggregation based on the North American Industry Classification System. Authors’ own calculations using the sources below.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada; Bureau of Economic Analysis; and Census of U.S. Business Statistics.
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