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A 2009 study by Statistics Canada also found that, while manufacturing declined as a relative percentage of GDP from 24.3% in the 1960s to 15.6% in 2005, manufacturing volumes between 1961 and 2005 kept pace with the overall growth in the volume index of GDP. [110]
A table listing total GDP (expenditure-based), share of Canadian GDP, population, and per capita GDP in 2023. For illustrative purposes, market income (total income less government transfers) [1] per capita from tax returns is included. (The per capita, rather than per tax filer, measure is chosen for comparability with GDP per capita.)
The situation deteriorated further after a 2014-15 shock in oil prices, with Canadian per-capita real GDP growing at just 0.4% annually, compared to the 1.4% average of surveyed advanced economies. [7] During 2011–2019, Canada matched U.S. growth rates at 2.2% annually, exceeding other G7 nations. However, in the 2020-2022 period, Canadian ...
On October 24, 2018 the Bank of Canada raised its benchmark interest rate to 1.75%, the highest it has reached in ten years to prevent inflation. The key interest rate had been kept low in response to the 2008 economic slowdown. [43] By raising the rate, the Bank of Canada is indicating that the Canadian economy no longer needs "stimulus." [43]
Australia's GDP per caput was well above those of Britain and the United States in 1870, and more than twice the Canadian level. By the 1980s, however, Canada's GDP almost matched the United States, and was well above that of Australia and Britain. [59] The following table displays the change in real GDP from the previous year, from 2000 to 2011:
Countries by real GDP growth rate in 2024 (IMF WEO database 2024) This article includes lists of countries and dependent territories sorted by their real gross domestic product growth rate; the rate of growth of the total value of all final goods and services produced within a state in a given year compared with the previous year.
These rules were also implemented in other Canadian businesses as they began to re-open in the following months. By October 2021, employment levels recovered to levels last seen in February 2020 (prior to the pandemic), but gains were primarily concentrated within part-time job growth, especially part-time positions typically occupied by women.
Firmly grounded in the knowledge economy, Quebec has one of the highest growth rate of GDP in Canada. The knowledge sector represents about 31% of Quebec's GDP. [15] In 2011, Quebec experienced faster growth of its research-and-development (R&D) spending than other Canadian provinces. [16]