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 August 5, 202613 charts
Overview
Original analysis
Quarterly GDP-per-capita growth decomposed into real GDP growth minus population growth — population began shrinking in late 2025How 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
OverviewOriginal analysis
Quarterly real GDP growth at annual rates against its 25-year median — the title states the latest quarter's verdictHow to read: Each bar is one quarter's growth at an annual pace; the dashed line is the 25-year median. The title is computed from the latest quarter.Data through Q1 2026
OverviewExpenditure components as a share of nominal GDP, latest quarterData through Jan 2026
OverviewOriginal analysis
Real GDP per person, with the peak and the quarter today's level was first reached — the stall, computedHow to read: The dotted line runs from today's level back to the quarter the economy first reached it. Both endpoints are computed on every release.Data through Q1 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
OverviewProvincial
Annual real GDP growth across provinces, colour-codedData through 2024
ProvincialCumulative real GDP growth by province since 2000, ranked — a sorted lollipopData through May 2026
ProvincialOriginal analysis
Each province's real GDP against its own 2019 level, latest available year, with Canada markedHow to read: Bars run from each province's 2019 level to the latest year; a red bar points left, meaning the province is still below 2019.Data through May 2026
ProvincialSectors
Waterfall breakdown of industry contributions to monthly GDP changeData through May 2026
SectorsIndustry-level real GDP growth rates with top performers highlightedData through 2025
SectorsLatest 12-month real GDP growth by industry, ranked — a sorted dot plotData through May 2026
SectorsRanked bar chart of real GDP by industryData through May 2026
Sectors