Productivity in Canada increased to 102.23 points in the first quarter of 2025 from 102.06 points in the fourth quarter of 2024. This dataset provides - Canada Productivity - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

This statistic shows the labor productivity in Canada in 2023, distinguished by province. In 2023, the Northwest Territories had the highest labor productivity in Canada with 89.2 chained 2017 Canadian dollars added to the GDP per hour worked.

Canada Labour Productivity data was reported at 1.014 Index, 2017 in 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.011 Index, 2017 for 2024. Canada Labour Productivity data is updated yearly, averaging 0.792 Index, 2017 from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2025, with 66 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.030 Index, 2017 in 2021 and a record low of 0.542 Index, 2017 in 1961. Canada Labour Productivity data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Canada – Table CA.OECD.EO: Labour Force: Forecast: OECD Member: Annual. PDTY - Labour productivity of the total economyIndex, OECD reference year

Labour productivity and related measures by business sector industry and by non-commercial activity consistent with the industry accounts, provinces and territories, annual.

Key information about Canada Labour Productivity Growth

• Canada Labour Productivity improved by 1.27 % YoY in Sep 2025, compared with a drop of 0.10 % in the previous quarter
• Canada Labour Productivity Growth data is updated quarterly, available from Mar 1977 to Sep 2025, averaging at 0.66 %
• The data reached an all-time high of 4.15 % in Sep 1999 and a record low of -2.81 % in Dec 1986

Quarterly labour productivity and related measures, by major industrial sectors for the business sector (15 two-digit North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) industries) and two sectors (goods-producing businesses and service-producing businesses), as well as for the total economy and the non-business sector, indexes.

Canada Labour Productivity Index: sa: 2007=100 data was reported at 110.318 2007=100 in Jun 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 109.677 2007=100 for Mar 2018. Canada Labour Productivity Index: sa: 2007=100 data is updated quarterly, averaging 90.826 2007=100 from Mar 1981 (Median) to Jun 2018, with 150 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 110.318 2007=100 in Jun 2018 and a record low of 71.624 2007=100 in Sep 1981. Canada Labour Productivity Index: sa: 2007=100 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Canada. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Canada – Table CA.G: Labour Productivity Index: 2007=100. Rebased from 2007=100 to 2012=100 Replacement series ID: 411038607

Quarterly labour productivity and related measures, for the aggregate business sector, indexes.

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Canada Labour Productivity Index: sa: Business Sector: Services: Accommodation & Food Svcs data was reported at 102.058 2002=100 in Jun 2012. This records an increase from the previous number of 101.432 2002=100 for Mar 2012. Canada Labour Productivity Index: sa: Business Sector: Services: Accommodation & Food Svcs data is updated quarterly, averaging 100.133 2002=100 from Mar 1997 (Median) to Jun 2012, with 62 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 104.696 2002=100 in Dec 2010 and a record low of 91.967 2002=100 in Jun 1998. Canada Labour Productivity Index: sa: Business Sector: Services: Accommodation & Food Svcs data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Canada. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Canada – Table CA.G: Labour Productivity Index: 2007=100.

Multifactor productivity, value-added, capital input and labour input in the aggregate business sector and major sub-sectors, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), annual (index, 2002=100).

Canada Labour Productivity Index: sa: 2007=100: Business Sector: Services: Accommodation & Food Svcs data was reported at 102.097 2007=100 in Jun 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 102.005 2007=100 for Mar 2018. Canada Labour Productivity Index: sa: 2007=100: Business Sector: Services: Accommodation & Food Svcs data is updated quarterly, averaging 99.723 2007=100 from Mar 1997 (Median) to Jun 2018, with 86 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 106.051 2007=100 in Mar 2009 and a record low of 93.961 2007=100 in Dec 1997. Canada Labour Productivity Index: sa: 2007=100: Business Sector: Services: Accommodation & Food Svcs data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Canada. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Canada – Table CA.G: Labour Productivity Index: 2007=100.

Overview with Chart & Report: Canada Labor Productivity q/q shows a change in the efficiency of Canadian workers producing goods and services, in the given quarter compared to the previous one. Labor productivity growth means

Canada Labour Productivity Index: sa: Business Sector: Goods data was reported at 104.937 2002=100 in Jun 2012. This records a decrease from the previous number of 105.472 2002=100 for Mar 2012. Canada Labour Productivity Index: sa: Business Sector: Goods data is updated quarterly, averaging 100.485 2002=100 from Mar 1997 (Median) to Jun 2012, with 62 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 105.472 2002=100 in Mar 2012 and a record low of 85.318 2002=100 in Mar 1997. Canada Labour Productivity Index: sa: Business Sector: Goods data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Canada. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Canada – Table CA.G010: Labour Productivity Index: 2007=100. Rebased from 2002=100 to 2007=100. Replacement series ID: 281331003

The AAFC Productivity Account for Canadian agriculture is an annual time-series database, covering the years 1961-2011, that is comprised of price index and constant dollar implicit quantity series for gross output and input aggregates. The data are defined at the national level only – i.e. for the whole of Canada. These data are used to estimate a total factor productivity (TFP) index for Canadian agriculture, which is the ratio of total gross output to total input, where both output and input are constant dollar implicit quantities. Average growth in the TFP index, referred to as TFP growth, can be estimated using a variety of methods; the growth rate reported in AAFC publications is estimated using OLS.

Canada Labour Productivity Index: sa: Business Sector: Services: Other data was reported at 101.640 2002=100 in Jun 2012. This records a decrease from the previous number of 102.640 2002=100 for Mar 2012. Canada Labour Productivity Index: sa: Business Sector: Services: Other data is updated quarterly, averaging 102.896 2002=100 from Mar 1997 (Median) to Jun 2012, with 62 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 106.675 2002=100 in Dec 2005 and a record low of 90.636 2002=100 in Mar 1997. Canada Labour Productivity Index: sa: Business Sector: Services: Other data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Canada. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Canada – Table CA.G: Labour Productivity Index: 2007=100.

Quarterly estimates of productivity in the total economy and in the industries are derived from a Fisher chained index of gross domestic product (GDP). The approach to measure the GDP in the total economy differs from the one that used in the estimates by industry. For the total economy, GDP is measured using the expenditure approach at market prices published by the Quarterly Income and Expenditure Accounts. For the estimates by industry, GDP is measured using the value added approach at basic prices published by the Industry Accounts Division. This was the Fisher chained index in the case of years for which final input-output tables are available. For the most current years or annual post-benchmarks, the real GDP is based on a fixed-weight Laspeyres chained index formula. GDP estimates in the productivity measures for the businesses producing services and for real estate, and rental and leasing exclude the rental value of owner occupied dwellings. The estimate of the total number of jobs covers four main categories: employee jobs, work owner of an unincorporated business, own account self-employment, and unpaid family jobs. The last category is found mainly in sectors where family firms are important (agriculture and retail trade, in particular). Jobs data are consistent with the System of National Accounts. This is the quarterly average of hours worked for jobs in all categories. The number of hours worked in all jobs is the quarterly average for all jobs times the annual average hours worked in all jobs. Hours worked data are consistent with the System of National Accounts. According to the retained definition, hours worked means the total number of hours that a person spends working, whether paid or not. In general, this includes regular and overtime hours, breaks, travel time, training in the workplace and time lost in brief work stoppages where workers remain at their posts. On the other hand, time lost due to strikes, lockouts, annual vacation, public holidays, sick leave, maternity leave or leave for personal needs are not included in total hours worked. Labour productivity is the ratio between real GDP and hours worked. For the estimates of productivity in the total economy, a Fisher chain index of GDP at market prices is used as measure of the output. On the other hand, in the quarterly productivity estimates for the industries, a Fisher chain index of GDP at basic prices for each industry is used as measure of the output up to the last year benchmark for which final input-output tables are available, after that by a fixed-weight volume Laspeyres chained index formula for the most recent years. The ratio between total compensation for all jobs, and the number of hours worked. The term hourly compensation" is often used to refer to the total compensation per hour worked." This measures the cost of labour input required to produce one unit of output, and equals labour compensation in current dollars divided by the real output. It is often calculated as the ratio of labour compensation per hour worked and labour productivity. Unit labour cost increases when labour compensation per hour worked increases more rapidly than labour productivity. It is widely used to measure inflation pressures arising from wage growth. The measure of real value added used in the labour unit cost estimation is based on a Fisher chain index excluding the rental value of owner occupied dwellings. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is an industry classification system developed by the statistical agencies of Canada, Mexico and the United States. Created against the background of the North American Free Trade Agreement, it is designed to provide common definitions of the industrial structure of the three countries and a common statistical framework to facilitate the analysis of the three economies. NAICS is based on supply side or production oriented principles, to ensure that industrial data, classified to NAICS, is suitable for the analysis of production related issues such as industrial performance. Since 1997, the System of National Accounts' (SNA) input-output industry classification system is based on NAICS. In the National Accounts industries, the levels of the different classification systems were chosen so as to provide the most detail possible in order to maximise continuity with the previous classification systems used in Statistics Canada since 1961. Therefore, the greatest level of detail that is available over time occurs at the L level of aggregation, which corresponds, to 105 industries. This L level can also be aggregated to the M level (medium - 56 industries) and to the S level (small - 21 industries). This combines the business establishments of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes 11, 21, 22, 23, 31-33. This combines the business establishments of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes 41, 44-45, 48-49, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 61, 62, 71, 72, 81. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) used to measure productivity excludes rent value for owner occupied dwellings from the business service producing industries. This combines the business establishments of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 53. The gross domestic product (GDP) used to measure productivity excludes rent value for owner occupied dwellings from this industry code. This combines the business establishments of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes 61, 62, 81. This combines the part of non-business establishments of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes 11-91, but also including the owner occupied dwellings industry and the private households. Total economic activities that have been realized within the country. That covers both business and non-business sectors. Unit labour cost in United States dollars is the equivalent of the ratio of Canadian unit labour cost to the exchange rate. This latter corresponds to the United States dollar value expressed in Canadian dollars. This combines the business establishments of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes 52 and 55.

The AAFC Productivity Account for Canadian agriculture is an annual time-series database, covering the years 1961-2011, that is comprised of price index and constant dollar implicit quantity series for gross output and input aggregates. The data are defined at the national level only – i.e. for the whole of Canada. These data are used to estimate a total factor productivity (TFP) index for Canadian agriculture, which is the ratio of total gross output to total input, where both output and input are constant dollar implicit quantities. Average growth in the TFP index, referred to as TFP growth, can be estimated using a variety of methods; the growth rate reported in AAFC publications is estimated using OLS.

Canada Labour Productivity Index: 2012=100: sa: BS: Services: Other data was reported at 104.960 2012=100 in Sep 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 104.795 2012=100 for Jun 2018. Canada Labour Productivity Index: 2012=100: sa: BS: Services: Other data is updated quarterly, averaging 99.893 2012=100 from Mar 1997 (Median) to Sep 2018, with 87 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 106.065 2012=100 in Sep 2014 and a record low of 87.975 2012=100 in Dec 1999. Canada Labour Productivity Index: 2012=100: sa: BS: Services: Other data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Canada. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Canada – Table CA.G029: Labour Productivity Index.

Canada Labour Productivity Index: 2012=100: sa: Business Sector (BS) data was reported at 105.701 2012=100 in Sep 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 105.425 2012=100 for Jun 2018. Canada Labour Productivity Index: 2012=100: sa: Business Sector (BS) data is updated quarterly, averaging 87.912 2012=100 from Mar 1981 (Median) to Sep 2018, with 151 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 105.701 2012=100 in Sep 2018 and a record low of 67.653 2012=100 in Sep 1981. Canada Labour Productivity Index: 2012=100: sa: Business Sector (BS) data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Canada. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Canada – Table CA.G029: Labour Productivity Index.