Table 6
Gross domestic product, hours worked, and labour productivity for sole proprietorships and the rest of the business sector in Canada, 1998 to 2005

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Gross domestic product, hours worked, and labour productivity for sole proprietorships and the rest of the business sector in Canada, 1998 to 2005
  1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Average annual growth,  1998 to 2005
  millions of dollars percent
Gross domestic product at market prices  
Sole proprietorships 55,396 57,979 60,114 61,427 63,900 67,229 71,353 71,687 3.8
Rest of business sector 644,309 701,368 780,602 800,324 828,550 870,756 932,867 1,000,772 6.5
Business sector 699,705 759,347 840,716 861,751 892,450 937,985 1,004,220 1,072,459 6.3
  millions of hours percent
Hours worked  
Sole proprietorships 2,993 2,961 2,861 2,731 2,682 2,716 2,739 2,708 -1.4
Rest of business sector 17,808 18,500 19,136 19,353 19,758 19,994 20,659 20,879 2.3
Business sector 20,801 21,461 21,997 22,085 22,441 22,711 23,399 23,587 1.8
  dollars per hour worked percent
Labour productivity  
Sole proprietorships 18.5 19.6 21.0 22.5 23.8 24.7 26.0 26.5 5.2
Rest of business sector 36.2 37.9 40.8 41.4 41.9 43.6 45.2 47.9 4.1
Business sector 33.6 35.4 38.2 39.0 39.8 41.3 42.9 45.5 4.4
Note(s):
Numbers may not add up because of rounding.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, authors' calculations and T4 data.
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