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	Country statistical profile: Canada 2010

		Unit	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
	Production and income
	Gross domestic product (GDP)	Bln USD curr. PPPs	909.8	937.8	989.3	1 049.1	1 132.0	1 202.2	1 267.9	1 300.2
	GDP per capita	USD current PPPs	29 330	29 893	31 233	32 790	35 033	36 821	38 448	38 975 e
	Gross national income (GNI) per capita	USD current PPPs	28 500	29 145	30 497	32 121	34 377	36 451	37 963	38 593 e
	Household disposable income	Annual growth %	2.8	1.8	2.1	3.8	2.5	5.7	3.4	4.3
	Economic growth
	Real GDP growth	Annual growth %	1.8	2.9	1.9	3.1	3.0	2.9	2.5	0.4
	Net saving rate in household disposable income	%	5.3	3.5	2.7	3.2	2.2	3.6	2.6	3.8
	Gross fixed capital formation	% of GDP	19.6	19.5	19.6	20.3	21.3	22.4	22.6	22.7
	Economic structure
	Real value added: agriculture, forestry, fishing	Annual growth %	-9.1	-5.2	10.8	9.2	2.6	-2.2	..	..
	Real value added: industry	Annual growth %	-2.1	2.2	0.6	2.8	2.8	1.2	..	..
	Real value added: services	Annual growth %	3.6	3.0	2.6	3.3	3.1	3.9	..	..
	Government deficits and debt
	Government deficit	% of GDP	0.7	-0.1	-0.1	0.9	1.5	1.6	1.6	0.1
	General government debt	% of GDP	82.7	80.6	76.6	72.6	71.6	69.5	65.0	69.7
	General government revenues	% of GDP	42.6	41.1	41.1	40.7	40.8	41.0	40.7	39.8
	General government expenditures	% of GDP	42.0	41.2	41.2	39.9	39.3	39.4	39.1	39.7
	Expenditure
	Public expenditure on health	% of GDP	6.5	6.7	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.1	..
	Private expenditure on health	% of GDP	..	..	..	..	..	..	3.0	..
	Public social expenditure	% of GDP	..	..	17.2	16.6	16.5	..	..	..
	Private social expenditure	% of GDP	..	..	5.4	5.5	5.5	..	..	..
	Public pension expenditure	% of GDP	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.7	..	..	..
	Private pension expenditure	% of GDP	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.0	2.2	2.2	2.4
	Net official development assistance (Aid)	% of GNI	0.22	0.28	0.24	0.27	0.34	0.29	0.29	0.32
	Taxes
	Total tax revenue	% of GDP	34.8	33.7	33.7	33.6	33.4	33.5	33.3	32.2
	Taxes on income and profits	% of GDP	16.7	15.4	15.4	15.7	15.8	16.4	16.6	15.9
	Taxes on goods and services	% of GDP	8.8	8.9	8.9	8.7	8.5	8.1	7.9	7.5
	Taxes on the average worker	% of labour cost	32.0	32.1	32.0	32.0	31.9	31.9	31.2	31.3
	Trade
	Trade in goods and services	% of GDP	40.7	39.4	36.2	36.3	35.9	34.9	33.9	34.3
	Goods trade balance: exports minus imports of goods	Bln USD	39.4	30.2	31.8	43.1	45.7	38.2	39.9	47.4
	Imports of goods	Bln USD	221.6	222.4	240.2	273.8	314.4	350.0	380.4	408.3
	Exports of goods	Bln USD	261.1	252.6	272.1	317.2	360.6	388.2	420.2	455.7
	Service trade balance: exports minus imports of services	Bln USD	-5.0	-4.6	-8.2	-8.5	-9.9	-12.3	-17.7	-21.1
	Imports of services	Bln USD	43.8	45.0	52.3	58.7	65.7	72.8	82.5	87.1
	Exports of services	Bln USD	38.8	40.4	44.1	50.3	55.8	60.5	64.8	66.0
	Current account balance of payments	% of GDP	2.3	1.7	1.2	2.3	1.9	1.4	1.0	0.5
	Foreign direct investment (FDI)
	Outward FDI stocks	Mln USD	..	..	..	372 652	388 317	450 287	521 653	..
	Inward FDI stocks	Mln USD	..	..	..	315 247	341 630	376 404	497 204	..
	Inflows of foreign direct investment	Mln USD	27 670	22 146	7 486	-445	25 693	59 765	108 404	44 689
	Outflows of foreign direct investment	Mln USD	36 037	26 761	22 935	43 341	27 540	44 404	59 631	77 626
	Prices and interest rates
	Inflation rate: all items	Annual growth %	2.5	2.3	2.8	1.9	2.2	2.0	2.1	2.4
	Inflation rate: all items non food non energy	Annual growth %	2.1	2.8	2.4	1.3	1.2	1.5	2.0	1.0
	Inflation rate: food	Annual growth %	4.9	2.5	1.4	1.8	2.3	2.3	2.6	3.9
	Inflation rate: energy	Annual growth %	3.2	-2.0	7.9	6.8	9.7	5.2	2.3	9.8
	Producer Price Indices (PPI): manufacturing	Annual growth %	1.0	0.1	-1.4	3.2	1.5	2.4	1.6	4.3
	Long-term interest rates	%	5.48	5.30	4.80	4.58	4.07	4.21	4.27	3.60
	Purchasing power and exchange rates
	Purchasing power parities	CAD per USD	1.22	1.23	1.23	1.23	1.21	1.21	1.21	1.23
	Exchange rates	CAD per USD	1.55	1.57	1.40	1.30	1.21	1.13	1.07	1.07
	Indices of price levels	OECD = 100	88	87	90	92	98	105	107	106
	Energy supply and prices
	Total primary energy supply (TPES)	Mtoe	248.1	248.7	261.6	268.2	271.7	269.2	269.4	267.4
	Total primary energy supply per capita	Toe per capita	8.00	7.93	8.26	8.38	8.41	8.25	8.17	8.07
	TPES per unit of GDP at 2000 prices and PPPs	Toe per '000 USD	0.28	0.27	0.28	0.28	0.27	0.26	0.26	0.25
	Renewables' contribution to total primary energy supply	%	16.0	16.9	15.7	15.6	16.1	15.8	16.2	16.5
	Crude oil import prices	USD per barrel	24.87	24.97	29.53	38.13	52.37	64.33	70.04	101.41
	Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
	ICT investment in non-residential fixed capital formation	%	20.2	19.2	18.8	18.5	17.6	17.0	16.5	16.2
	ICT related occupations: total employment	%	..	..	..	..	..	..	20.5	..
	Households with access to the Internet	%	49.9	54.5	56.9	59.8	64.3	68.1	72.7	..
	Environment
	Water abstractions	Mln m3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Fish landings in domestic and foreign ports	'000 tonnes	1 060	1 042	1 088	1 452	1 020	1 070	983	..
	Aquaculture	'000 tonnes	153	177	157	145	145	171	0	..
	Municipal waste total	'000 tonnes	..	..	..	..	..	..	12 980	..
	Municipal waste per capita	Kg	..	..	..	..	..	..	400	..
	CO2 emissions from fuel combustion	Mln tonnes	526	533	555	551	556	538	573	..
	Education
	Tertiary attainment in population aged 25-64	%	..	..	..	..	..	..	48.3	..
	Tertiary entry rates in peer age groups	%	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Tertiary graduation rates in population at graduation age	%	26.9	27.4	28.2	29.2	34.7	30.6	..	..
	Employment
	Employment rate in population aged 15-24	%	56.3	57.5	58.3	58.0	57.8	58.7	59.5	59.6
	Employment rate in population aged 25-54	%	79.8	80.3	80.8	81.3	81.3	81.6	82.2	82.3
	Employment rate in population aged 55-64	%	48.2	50.1	53.0	53.9	54.8	55.6	57.1	57.5
	Incidence of part-time employment	%	18.1	18.8	18.9	18.5	18.3	18.1	18.2	18.4
	Self-employment rate: total civilian employment	%	9.9	9.8	9.8	9.5	9.4	9.1	9.3	9.1
	Self-employment rate, men: male civilian employment	%	11.2	10.8	11.0	10.8	10.5	10.2	10.5	10.2
	Self-employment rate, women: female civilian employment	%	8.4	8.5	8.4	8.0	8.1	7.9	8.0	7.8
	Unemployment
	Unemployment rate: total civilian labour force	%	7.2	7.7	7.6	7.2	6.8	6.3	6.0	6.1
	Unemployment rate, men: male civilian labour force	%	7.5	8.1	7.9	7.5	7.0	6.5	6.4	6.6
	Unemployment rate, women: female civilian labour force	%	6.9	7.1	7.2	6.9	6.5	6.1	5.6	5.7
	Long-term unemployment: total unemployed	%	9.5	9.6	10.0	9.5	9.6	8.7	7.5	7.1
	Labour compensation and hours worked
	Labour compensation per unit labour input, total economy	Annual growth %	3.1	2.2	3.1	2.7	4.7	4.8	..	..
	Average time worked per person in employment	Hours per year	1 762	1 744	1 734	1 752	1 738	1 738	1 735	1 727
	Research and Development (R&D)
	Gross domestic expenditure on R&D	% of GDP	2.09	2.04	2.04	2.07	2.05	1.97	1.90	1.84
	Researchers: full-time equivalent	Per '000 employed	7.5	7.4	7.7	8.1	8.3	8.3	..	..
	Population
	Total population	'000 persons	31 021	31 373	31 676	31 995	32 312	32 649	32 976 \|	33 095
	Population growth rates	%	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	..
	Total fertility rates	Children	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.7	..
	Youth population aged less than 15	% of population	18.9	18.6	18.3	18.0	17.6	17.3	17.0	16.7
	Elderly population aged 65 and over	% of population	12.6	12.7	12.8	13.0	13.1	13.2	13.4	13.6
	International migration
	Net migration rate	Per '000 inhabitants	8.1	7.0	6.7	6.6	7.0	6.9	7.3	..
	Foreign-born population	% of population	18.4	18.7	19.0	19.2	19.5	19.8	20.1	..
	Foreign population	% of population	..	..	..	..	..	6.0	..	..
	Unemployment rate of native-born men	% of labour force	..	..	6.5 \|	..	..	6.6	..	..
	Unemployment rate of foreign-born men	% of labour force	..	..	7.8 \|	..	..	6.2	..	..
	Unemployment rate of native-born women	% of labour force	..	..	5.9 \|	..	..	6.2	..	..
	Unemployment rate of foreign-born women	% of labour force	..	..	9.9 \|	..	..	8.0	..	..
	Health
	Life expectancy at birth	Years	79.6	79.7	79.9	80.2	80.4	80.7	..	..
	Life expectancy at birth: men	Years	77.0	77.2	77.4	77.8	78.0	78.4	..	..
	Life expectancy at birth: women	Years	82.1	82.1	82.4	82.6	82.7	83.0	..	..
	Infant mortality	Per '000	5.2	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.0	..	..
	Society
	Suicide rates	Per 100 000 persons	..	..	..	..	..	10.2	..	..
	Youths 20-24 not in education nor employment	%	15.7	15.3	14.3	14.2	14.4	13.0	13.7	..
	Youths 15-19 not in education nor employment	%	7.3	8.0	8.1	8.8	7.0	7.3	6.4	..
	Number of tourists	'000	19 679	20 057	17 534	19 145	18 770	18 265	17 931	..
	Road fatalities	Per mln inhabitants	90	93	87	85	91	89	83	82
Note: e: Estimated value, \|: Break Last updated 27 May 2010
e	Estimated value
Source: For explanatory notes, see OECD Factbook 2010 (DOI: 10.1787/factbook-2010-en)

doi: 10.1787/20752288-2010-table-can