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2006

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Statistical tables

 
Summary statistics for the accounting services industry, 2001 to 2006
  Operating revenue Operating expenses Salaries, wages and benefits Operating profit margin Statistical establishments
  millions of dollars percent number
2006 p  
Newfoundland and Labrador 93.9 75.9 41.6 19.2 245
Prince Edward Island x x x x x
Nova Scotia 167.7 120.9 66.9 27.9 508
New Brunswick 120.7 84.7 50.4 29.8 415
Quebec 2156.8 1509.6 782.2 30.0 5,277
Ontario 4883.0 3437.5 1748.4 29.6 10,202
Manitoba 315.5 214.8 122.9 31.9 684
Saskatchewan 228.2 151.6 81.5 33.6 636
Alberta 1533.5 1064.3 607.1 30.6 4,005
British Columbia 1551.6 1116.8 563.8 28.0 4,736
Yukon (Territory) x x x x x
Nortwest Territories x x x x x
Nunavut x x x x x
Canada 11,108.9 7,817.5 4,089.2 29.6 26,844
2005 r  
Newfoundland and Labrador 80.5 62.6 37.7 22.3 250
Prince Edward Island x x x x x
Nova Scotia 162.0 121.8 61.3 24.8 481
New Brunswick 118.9 77.2 46.1 35.1 385
Quebec 1951.8 1345.3 701.5 31.1 5,279
Ontario 4478.3 3109.8 1514.8 30.6 10,186
Manitoba 282.7 194.2 87.4 31.3 647
Saskatchewan 203.9 133.8 67.7 34.4 600
Alberta 1223.4 903.2 509.7 26.2 3,974
British Columbia 1358.4 942.4 507.5 30.6 4,384
Yukon (Territory) x x x x x
Nortwest Territories x x x x x
Nunavut x x x x x
Canada 9,910.3 6,924.0 3,552.7 30.1 26,331
2004 r  
Newfoundland and Labrador 76.8 57.9 33.2 24.6 233
Prince Edward Island x x x x x
Nova Scotia 139.1 90.7 49.7 34.8 482
New Brunswick 115.3 75.2 44.8 34.8 384
Quebec 1771.8 1189.1 608.7 32.9 5,285
Ontario 3900.5 2799.5 1433.7 28.2 9,736
Manitoba 254.3 174.4 82.7 31.4 768
Saskatchewan 172.6 124.2 60.5 28.0 615
Alberta 1130.9 799.5 453.9 29.3 3,751
British Columbia 1106.0 740.2 397.8 33.1 4,297
Yukon (Territory) x x x x x
Nortwest Territories x x x x x
Nunavut x x x x x
Canada 8,713.3 6,082.3 3,183.3 30.2 25,689
2003  
Newfoundland and Labrador 64.5 47.6 28.3 26.2 232
Prince Edward Island x x x x x
Nova Scotia 135.6 95.0 53.7 29.9 472
New Brunswick 100.9 65.2 38.3 35.3 377
Quebec 1603.0 1067.9 583.1 33.4 5,043
Ontario 3910.8 2876.4 1382.4 26.4 9,263
Manitoba 250.8 171.7 78.3 31.5 724
Saskatchewan 166.6 111.9 64.7 32.8 631
Alberta 952.9 706.6 408.8 25.9 3,546
British Columbia 1019.1 670.1 376.7 34.2 4,097
Yukon (Territory) x x x x x
Nortwest Territories x x x x x
Nunavut x x x x x
Canada 8,244.0 5,837.7 3,028.6 29.2 24,544
2002  
Newfoundland and Labrador 70.2 50.4 32.5 28.2 212
Prince Edward Island x x x x x
Nova Scotia 126.1 86.0 51.5 31.9 420
New Brunswick 100.1 63.6 36.3 36.5 371
Quebec 1486.3 1001.0 544.3 32.7 5,155
Ontario 3732.7 2692.3 1435.9 27.9 8,866
Manitoba 232.3 174.2 95.6 25.0 621
Saskatchewan 167.6 110.3 55.8 34.2 566
Alberta 851.3 656.4 382.4 22.9 3,554
British Columbia 1047.2 690.6 398.9 34.1 3,924
Yukon (Territory) x x x x x
Nortwest Territories x x x x x
Nunavut x x x x x
Canada 7,854.6 5,550.6 3,046.6 29.3 23,827
2001  
Newfoundland and Labrador 64.7 47.9 29.0 26.0 206
Prince Edward Island x x x x x
Nova Scotia 122.7 81.9 49.5 33.2 420
New Brunswick 96.5 62.5 35.3 35.3 355
Quebec 1439.9 977.9 558.0 32.1 4,804
Ontario 3823.4 2807.9 1482.5 26.6 7,765
Manitoba 240.2 173.4 103.3 27.8 581
Saskatchewan 146.9 95.6 51.7 34.9 502
Alberta 916.1 704.6 437.2 23.1 3,151
British Columbia 1268.2 827.9 480.0 34.7 3,860
Yukon (Territory) x x x x x
Nortwest Territories x x x x x
Nunavut x x x x x
Canada 8,157.6 5,806.4 3,240.9 28.8 21,783
Note(s):
According to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 5412). See "Data sources, definitions and methodology" at the end of tables for definition of terms.
 
Operating revenue by type of goods and services
  N.L. P.E.I. N.S. N.B. Que. Ont. Man. Sask. Alta. B.C. Territories 1 Canada
  percent
Audit, accounting, bookkeeping and payroll services  
2006 p 65.4 x 60.7 57.9 58.2 54.6 60.2 52.6 62.3 57.0 x 57.1
2005 r 66.6 x 59.9 64.3 60.3 57.8 57.8 52.4 61.2 61.5 x 59.4
2004 r 68.1 x 59.1 67.3 60.8 56.4 60.7 48.2 61.5 60.1 x 58.7
2003 63.7 x 53.3 65.7 56.6 55.0 59.7 49.3 59.8 54.1 x 56.0
2002 60.7 x 60.2 58.3 62.2 54.9 66.0 58.4 60.3 58.5 x 58.0
2001 67.2 x 50.7 66.8 61.7 51.4 64.9 55.5 49.0 57.4 x 54.7
Tax preparation and planning and commodity and other tax services  
2006 p 17.4 x 22.0 25.3 22.5 25.9 20.5 31.7 21.9 27.3 x 24.6
2005 r 17.6 x 23.6 24.7 22.5 24.4 24.4 35.9 24.8 24.3 x 24.2
2004 r 18.0 x 23.8 21.9 22.4 27.7 22.7 38.5 23.9 25.4 x 25.7
2003 25.0 x 30.2 23.5 27.7 28.6 23.3 36.6 26.0 30.2 x 28.2
2002 18.0 x 22.3 24.1 23.3 25.0 18.5 28.3 24.9 26.8 x 24.6
2001 16.4 x 33.6 23.1 20.9 23.2 17.2 30.1 25.0 25.4 x 23.4
Management consulting services  
2006 p 8.3 x 7.8 8.7 7.9 7.6 8.4 6.4 6.3 6.0 x 7.2
2005 r 5.5 x 6.8 3.9 8.8 7.6 5.4 4.1 6.3 7.0 x 7.4
2004 r 8.0 x 7.5 3.1 7.8 7.6 6.5 4.3 6.3 7.4 x 7.3
2003 8.7 x 4.4 5.4 6.5 9.0 7.5 6.2 5.1 4.9 x 7.3
2002 9.7 x 5.7 6.1 5.4 10.0 5.4 7.5 3.5 3.8 x 7.2
2001 5.2 x 7.7 8.0 9.7 18.1 12.9 8.9 13.5 12.9 x 14.6
Insolvency and receivership services  
2006 p 4.9 x 2.4 0.5 3.6 3.1 2.5 1.7 1.8 2.1 x 2.8
2005 r 4.2 x 4.2 0.5 2.8 2.4 3.1 1.8 1.9 2.1 x 2.4
2004 r 4.5 x 4.8 0.4 3.6 2.0 4.3 2.4 2.0 1.8 x 2.4
2003 2.5 x 4.7 1.1 4.7 3.6 3.9 2.2 4.2 5.2 x 4.0
2002 10.7 x 5.4 6.3 5.3 4.5 3.9 3.2 4.0 3.2 x 4.5
2001 7.0 x 3.6 0.6 4.6 4.0 3.6 0.9 3.3 2.3 x 3.7
Other goods and services  
2006 p 4.0 x 7.2 7.6 7.8 8.8 8.3 7.7 7.9 7.6 x 8.2
2005 r 6.0 x 5.6 6.6 5.6 7.8 9.3 5.8 5.9 5.2 x 6.7
2004 r 1.4 x 4.8 7.3 5.4 6.4 5.7 6.6 6.3 5.3 x 6.0
2003 0.0 x 7.4 4.3 4.4 3.8 5.7 5.8 4.9 5.5 x 4.4
2002 0.9 x 6.4 5.2 3.8 5.6 6.2 2.6 7.3 7.7 x 5.6
2001 4.2 x 4.4 1.4 3.0 3.4 1.4 4.6 9.2 2.0 x 3.7
1.
Territories include: Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
Note(s):
According to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 5412). See "Data sources, definitions and methodology" at the end of tables for definition of terms.
 
Operating expenditures as a percentage of total operating expenses
  N.L. P.E.I. N.S. N.B. Que. Ont. Man. Sask. Alta. B.C. Territories 1 Canada
  percent
Salaries, wages and benefits  
2006 p 59 x 57 63 55 53 58 56 57 53 x 55
2005 r 64 x 53 62 54 50 54 52 58 56 x 53
2004 r 60 x 60 60 55 54 57 56 58 57 x 55
2003 61 x 60 61 57 50 57 63 59 59 x 54
2002 69 x 62 60 55 57 60 54 60 61 x 58
2001 59 x 62 59 60 54 60 55 63 60 x 57
Rental and leasing of offices, equipment and vehicles  
2006 p 6 x 5 6 7 6 7 6 7 7 x 7
2005 r 5 x 6 6 7 7 7 4 7 7 x 7
2004 r 6 x 8 9 8 8 8 6 9 8 x 8
2003 9 x 8 7 9 8 9 7 7 9 x 8
2002 6 x 8 8 9 8 6 6 8 8 x 8
2001 6 x 8 8 8 8 7 8 6 9 x 8
Utilities (gas, oil, electricity and telephone and other telecommunication expenses)  
2006 p 2 x 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 x 2
2005 r 1 x 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 x 2
2004 r 2 x 2 3 1 2 3 3 2 2 x 2
2003 3 x 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 x 2
2002 2 x 2 2 1 1 3 2 2 2 x 2
2001 2 x 2 2 2 2 2 3 1 2 x 2
Repair and maintenance  
2006 p 1 x 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 x 1
2005 r 1 x 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 x 1
2004 r 0 x 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 x 1
2003 1 x 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 x 1
2002 1 x 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 x 1
2001 1 x 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 x 1
Legal, audit, and other professional fees and accounting work subcontracted  
2006 p 5 x 6 1 11 6 6 8 9 9 x 8
2005 r 4 x 4 4 10 6 8 12 6 10 x 7
2004 r 6 x 3 1 7 5 5 7 4 6 x 5
2003 4 x 2 3 5 5 4 3 2 2 x 4
2002 5 x 3 5 7 5 3 8 7 5 x 6
2001 10 x 3 5 4 3 3 3 6 5 x 4
Financial service fees, banking charges and insurance premiums  
2006 p 2 x 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 x 2
2005 r 2 x 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 x 2
2004 r 2 x 3 3 2 2 2 1 2 3 x 2
2003 3 x 3 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 x 2
2002 2 x 2 3 2 3 2 1 2 2 x 3
2001 2 x 2 2 2 3 2 1 1 2 x 2
Advertising  
2006 p 2 x 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 x 2
2005 r 2 x 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 x 2
2004 r 2 x 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 x 2
2003 2 x 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 x 2
2002 1 x 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 x 1
2001 1 x 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 x 2
Office supplies, travel, conference, meal, entertainment, delivery, courier, postage expenses  
2006 p 8 x 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 x 6
2005 r 5 x 6 6 6 6 7 6 7 6 x 6
2004 r 6 x 7 7 6 6 7 6 9 8 x 7
2003 11 x 8 9 8 7 7 8 8 8 x 8
2002 7 x 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 7 x 7
2001 8 x 9 11 10 14 8 12 9 10 x 12
Depreciation  
2006 p 1 x 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 x 2
2005 r 1 x 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 x 2
2004 r 1 x 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 x 2
2003 2 x 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 x 3
2002 2 x 3 2 3 3 7 3 3 3 x 3
2001 3 x 3 3 3 2 7 3 3 3 x 3
All other operating expenses  
2006 p 15 x 18 15 13 19 14 13 13 14 x 16
2005 r 16 x 23 13 15 23 14 14 14 11 x 18
2004 r 16 x 13 11 15 17 13 15 10 11 x 15
2003 5 x 12 11 12 21 14 9 14 12 x 17
2002 5 x 9 10 12 14 9 17 8 10 x 12
2001 8 x 8 7 9 12 8 11 8 6 x 10
1.
Territories include: Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
Note(s):
According to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 5412). See "Data sources, definitions and methodology" at the end of tables for definition of terms.
 
Total sales by type of client, 2001 to 2006
  2001 2002 2003 2004 r 2005 r 2006 p
  percent
Clients in Canada 99.7 99.5 99.4 99.7 99.7 99.6
Individuals and households 19.6 11.7 14.4 10.1 20.7 22.3
Government and public institutions 3.3 7.5 4.7 6.7 6.7 5.7
Business sector 76.8 80.4 80.2 82.9 72.4 71.6
Clients outside Canada 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.4
Note(s):
According to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 5412). See "Data sources, definitions and methodology" at the end of tables for definition of terms.
Date Modified: 2008-10-20

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