Productivity & Competitiveness
Canada's productivity challenge analyzed through multi-decade trends — labour and multifactor productivity growth, comparisons against G7 peers (specifically the United States), investment-to-wage dynamics, and sectoral breakdowns. Refreshed automatically.
Overview
Business-sector real output per hour worked (index, 2017 = 100), 1981–present
Data through Q1 2026
Overview Business-sector labour productivity, Canada vs the United States, indexed to 2002
Data through Q1 2026
Overview Sources of growth
Canada business sector: labour productivity rises while multifactor (efficiency) productivity stalls
Data through 2023
Sources of growth Cumulative change in labour productivity by major business-sector industry, 1997–2024
Data through 2024
Sources of growth