Table 3
Estimating hours worked in Canada, 1998 to 2005

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Estimating hours worked in Canada, 1998 to 2005
  1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
  millions of hours
Unincorporated 3,755 3,717 3,600 3,431 3,342 3,371 3,381 3,338
Self-employed 3,085 3,040 2,928 2,782 2,724 2,773 2,791 2,759
Paid workers 669 677 672 649 618 598 590 579
Corporate 17,047 17,745 18,398 18,654 19,098 19,339 20,018 20,249
Business sector 20,801 21,461 21,997 22,085 22,441 22,711 23,399 23,587
Sole proprietorships 2,993 2,961 2,861 2,731 2,682 2,716 2,739 2,708
Self-employed 2,702 2,662 2,564 2,436 2,386 2,428 2,444 2,416
Paid workers 291 300 297 295 297 288 295 292
Rest of business sector 17,808 18,500 19,136 19,353 19,758 19,994 20,659 20,879
Business sector 20,801 21,461 21,997 22,085 22,441 22,711 23,399 23,587
Note(s):
Numbers may not add up because of rounding.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Labour Productivity Program, T4 file and authors' own calculations.
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