The Centre for the Study of Living Standards would like to thank Alberta Finance and Enterprise for the financial support that made possible the construction and maintenance of these tables, as well as Statistics Canada for preparing these data. All errors and omissions are the responsibility of CSLS.

Note that the estimates are adjusted for labour and capital quality, unlike previous estimates. For a discussion on the methodology behind these data, please refer to the Sharpe and Arsenault (2009) article New Estimates of Multifactor Productivity Growth for the Canadian Provinces.

The entire database may be downloaded as a PDF file or as an Excel file.

The following summary tables in PDF format are available for Canada and the 10 provinces together for the period 1997 to 2007:

Summary Table 1: Comparison of Industry-Specific Sources of Growth by Province and Industry, 1997-2007

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