Table 10
Detailed financial statistics for book publishers, foreign-controlled establishments, Canada, 2010 and 2012

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Detailed financial statistics for book publishers, foreign-controlled establishments, Canada, 2010 and 2012
Table summary
This table displays detailed financial statistics for the book publishers industry, for foreign-controlled establishments. The row headers provide information on operating revenues and expenses and salaries, wages and benefits, in thousands of dollars, as well as the operating profit margin in percentages. The column headers provide information for 2010 and 2012.
  2010 r 2012 p
  thousands of dollars
Total operating revenue 602,885.7 551,084.5
Sales in Canada 468,560.5 443,890.2
Of publishers' own titles 214,625.5 197,716.6
Educational 99,895.7 82,965.3
Children's books x x
Other trade, all formats 79,245.2 85,616.2
Other 1 x x
As exclusive agents 253,935.0 246,173.6
Educational 43,658.0 27,465.5
Children's books x x
Other trade, all formats 109,952.0 121,915.8
Other 1 x x
Exports and other foreign sales 6,086.6 3,809.6
Other includes the categories: scholarly, reference, professional and technical books.
Note(s):
The results in this table are for firms classified under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) category 51113. Data presented in this table are from the surveyed portion only. The survey portion excludes the smallest firms in terms of revenues earned. These firms account for a relatively small portion of total industry revenues and are not included in the estimates of this table. See “Data sources, definitions and methodology” at the end of tables for definition of terms. Due to rounding, components may not add to the total. Scaling may also affect the calculation of ratios.
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