Posted in Economic Accounts on Apr 1st, 2011
Question A researcher would like to have provincial GDP for the period 1950-1981 – preferably in quarterly form. Can you direct me to a source for these stats? Answer We have looked into your question below and have obtained confirmation that quarterly GDP estimates by province are not available. The division that disseminates provincial GSD [...]
Posted in Economic Accounts on Mar 22nd, 2011
Question Good morning, everyone. I have a PhD student who is using provincial I-O multipliers (S-level), and he would like corresponding import and export between the US & the Canadian provinces – also at the S-level aggregation (25 industries). I’m able to find various almost-perfect numbers, but nothing which provides everything he needs. The closest [...]
Posted in Agriculture, Economic Accounts on Oct 28th, 2010
Question Is there a public source indicating the value of dairy quotas – amount needed to purchase, value of current quotas, etc.? The student is most interested in Ontario, if this information differs by province. Thanks in advance. Answer Data on quotas are also available through the Canadian Farm Financial Database and E-Stat. Detailed instructions [...]
Posted in Economic Accounts, Government, Statistical Methods on Sep 17th, 2010
Question A researcher here is looking at revenues and expenditures of individual provincial governments back to 1961. This used to be nicely covered by the old CANSIM I, with one matrix for each province (NFDL=6769, PEI=6770 …. BC=6778, and Yukon/NWT=6779) and covering the years 1961-1995. Similar data is available in CANSIM II, however, it is [...]
Posted in Economic Accounts, Manufacturing on Sep 16th, 2010
Question I am looking for the number of manufacturers and distributors within the city of Calgary who ship cargo, where they ship the cargo, and the dollar value of the cargo they ship… Is this available anywhere please? Answer You could approach this from a few different angles using StatCan products and surveys. Canadian Business [...]
Posted in Economic Accounts on Apr 8th, 2010
Question I have a patron looking for CMA level data for Ontario for the Industry price indexes for chemical products. Table 329-0049 in E-Stat only provides regions. Also, they would like electricity consumption and prices by CMA or city in Ontario for 2001-2006. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Answer Industry price indexes for chemical products [...]
Posted in Business Performance and Ownership, Economic Accounts on Jan 8th, 2010
Question A student here is interested in determining the percentage or value of Canadian equities held by institutional investors (such as pension funds) as opposed to private investors. He would like these data over time, preferably since 1980, and preferably on a monthly basis (although quarterly or annual would suffice). Any ideas? Answer Please refer [...]
Posted in Economic Accounts on Oct 2nd, 2009
Question A grad student here at the University of Manitoba is doing a thesis on the economy in Northern Manitoba. As most data sources do not have much of a geographical breakdown, he has been looking at the Census (profile) data. This has been somewhat helpful, but he is running into problems when he starts [...]
Posted in Economic Accounts on Dec 8th, 2008
Question I have a researcher who is looking for data for the last thirty years on the GDP of the UK as well as real interest rates over the same time period. I doubt that this will surprise those of you who know me but I can not, for the life of me, find this [...]
Posted in Economic Accounts, Updates on Oct 17th, 2008
National Input – Output Tables (Catalogue no. 15F0041XDB) Level L, M, S, W The Input-Output accounting system consists of three tables. The input tables (USE tables) detail the commodities that are consumed by various industries. Output tables (MAKE tables) detail the commodities that are produced by various industries. Final demand tables detail the commodities bought [...]