GDP & Economic Growth
A comprehensive look at Canadian GDP — aggregate real output growth, provincial breakdowns, industry-level contributions, and structural shifts across sectors. Based on Statistics Canada national accounts data and automatically refreshed.
Updated July 7, 202620 charts
Overview
Original analysis
Quarterly GDP-per-capita growth decomposed into real GDP growth minus population growthHow to read: The black line is how much richer or poorer the average Canadian got each quarter. Blue bars are the economy growing; light bars are population growth eating into it — when the light bars outweigh the blue, GDP per person falls even though total GDP rises.Data through Q1 2026
OverviewOriginal analysis
Real GDP per person, Canada vs the United States, indexed to a common base — the widening living-standards gapHow to read: Both lines are real output per person, set to 100 in the same base year so they start together. When the U.S. line pulls away, American living standards are growing faster than Canada's.Data through Q1 2026
OverviewChained Canadian real GDP, quarterly, seasonally adjustedData through Q1 2026
OverviewExpenditure components as a share of nominal GDP, latest quarterData through Jan 2026
OverviewOriginal analysis
Real public vs private domestic demand since Q4 2019 — government (consumption + investment) vs private (households + business)How to read: The public line is government spending and investment; the private line is household spending and business investment. Whichever rises faster is the part of the economy actually carrying growth.Data through Q1 2026
OverviewOriginal analysis
Each province's real GDP relative to its own 2019 level — regional winners and laggards since the pandemicHow to read: Each province's real GDP is indexed to its own 2019 level (= 100). Above 100 means the province is bigger than before the pandemic; below 100 means it has not yet recovered.Data through Apr 2026
OverviewPer Capita
Output per Canadian, quarterly, chained dollarsData through Q1 2026
Per CapitaProvincial
Provincial real GDP levels mapped across CanadaData through Apr 2026
Provincial
Annual real GDP growth across provinces, colour-codedData through 2024
ProvincialCumulative real GDP growth by province since 2000, ranked — a sorted lollipopData through Apr 2026
Provincial
Recent real GDP growth rates mapped across Canadian provincesData through Apr 2026
ProvincialSectors
Waterfall breakdown of industry contributions to monthly GDP changeData through Apr 2026
SectorsIndustry-level real GDP growth rates with top performers highlightedData through 2025
SectorsMonth-over-month industry growth rates with top performers highlightedData through Apr 2026
SectorsLatest 12-month real GDP growth by industry, ranked — a sorted dot plotData through Apr 2026
Sectors
Month-by-month GDP growth across industries, colour-codedData through Apr 2026
SectorsTile-style treemap of provincial shares in Canadian real GDPData through Apr 2026
SectorsRelative size of each industry in the Canadian economyData through Apr 2026
SectorsRanked bar chart of real GDP by industryData through Apr 2026
SectorsLatest monthly GDP change ranked by industryData through Apr 2026
Sectors