Hours worked and labour productivity in the provinces and territories (preliminary), 2022

In most provinces, the decline in productivity continues, but to a lesser extent than in 2021

In 2022, business productivity declined in every province except Manitoba and Saskatchewan. However, for most provinces, the decline in productivity was much smaller than in 2021. In the territories, productivity decreased only in Nunavut. At the national level, productivity decreased 1.5%, after a historic decline (-5.8%) in 2021 and record growth (+8.6%) in 2020 resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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