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Appendix J

Data in support of figures illustrating trends in key economic indicators

Figure 1018: Key economic indicators in Canada, 1990‑91 to 2002‑03

KEY ECONOMIC INDICATORS IN CANADA OVER THE 1990‑91 ‑ 2002‑03 PERIOD

  

FY

$ Millions

$ Millions

# of persons

$ Millions

%

%

Units

Nominal GDP
(1)

Real GDP
(2)

Population
(3)

Federal Deficit
(4)

Unemployment Rate
(5)

Inflation Rate
(6)

Housing starts (calendar year)

 

90‑91

678172

745782

27,736,755

32,368

8.1

4.8

 

1991

91‑92

692940

752103

28,066,408

38,617

10.3

5.6

156197

1992

92‑93

714776

765599

28,407,880

40,602

11.2

1.5

168271

1993

93‑94

750696

794261

28,724,135

40,432

11.4

1.8

155443

1994

94‑95

801904

832472

29,035,161

36,736

10.4

0.2

154057

1995

95‑96

819976

837371

29,339,247

33,211

9.4

2.2

110933

1996

96‑97

867828

867450

29,646,827

13,499

9.6

1.6

124713

1997

97‑98

906904

908309

29,938,140

-4,507

9.1

1.6

147040

1998

98‑99

949136

950590

30,183,789

-2,786

8.3

0.9

137439

1999

99‑00

1042100

1004935

30,436,185

-6,999

7.6

1.7

149968

2000

00‑01

1115408

1035414

30,725,451

-9,213

6.8

2.7

151653

2001

01‑02

1121528

1060397

31,059,970

-7,351

7.2

2.6

162733

2002

02‑03

1214880

1093793

31,385,694

-2,780

7.7

2.2

205034

Figure 1019: Comparison of rate of change of key economic indicators in Canada, 1990‑91 to 2002‑03 (1990‑91=100)

KEY ECONOMIC INDICATORS IN CANADA OVER THE 1990‑91 ‑ 2002‑03 PERIOD

  

Index (1990‑91=100)

FY

Nominal GDP
(1)

Real GDP
(2)

Population
(3)

Federal Deficit
(4)

Unemployment Rate
(5)

Inflation Rate
(6)

Housing starts (calendar year)

 

90‑91

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

1991

91‑92

102.2

100.8

101.2

119.3

127.2

115.4

100.0

1992

92‑93

105.4

102.7

102.4

125.4

138.3

31.5

107.7

1993

93‑94

110.7

106.5

103.6

124.9

140.7

37.3

99.5

1994

94‑95

118.2

111.6

104.7

113.5

128.4

4.1

98.6

1995

95‑96

120.9

112.3

105.8

102.6

116.0

44.6

71.0

1996

96‑97

128.0

116.3

106.9

41.7

118.5

33.8

79.8

1997

97‑98

133.7

121.8

107.9

-13.9

112.3

33.2

94.1

1998

98‑99

140.0

127.5

108.8

-8.6

102.5

19.2

88.0

1999

99‑00

153.7

134.7

109.7

-21.6

93.8

36.2

96.0

2000

00‑01

164.5

138.8

110.8

-28.5

84.0

56.2

97.1

2001

01‑02

165.4

142.2

112.0

-22.7

88.9

52.9

104.2

2002

02‑03

179.1

146.7

113.2

-8.6

95.1

46.2

131.3

NOTE

(1) GDP at current prices, expenditure-based, seasonally adjusted quarterly data at annual rate for the first quarter, Statistics Canada, CANSIM.

(2) GDP at chained 1997 dollars, seasonally adjusted at annual rate for the first quarter, Statistics Canada, CANSIM.

(3) Average population of four quarterly population estimates, Estimates of population, Statistics Canada, CANSIM.

(4) Federal government deficit for fiscal year ending March 31. Federal Government Finance - Estimates and Actual Data, Statistics Canada, CANSIM.

(5) Unemployment rate, both sexes, 15 years and older, Labour Force Survey estimates, Statistics Canada, CANSIM.

(6) Annual Change in CPI all items index, Statistics Canada, CANSIM.

Figure 1020: Employment and Income in Canada, 1990‑91 to 2002‑03

EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME

FY

# of persons

$

Canadian Employment (x1000)
(1)

Private Sector Employment
(2)

Public Sector Employment
(3)

Nominal GDP per capita

Real GDP per capita

Average Weekly Earnings
(4)

Median after-tax income
(5)

Average Hourly Earnings
(6)

90‑91

13,017

10,267

2,749

24,450

26,887.86

n/a

38,300

n/a

91‑92

12,833

10,040

2,793

24,689

26,797.27

544.68

36,400

n/a

92‑93

12,772

9,945

2,828

25,161

26,950.23

562.73

37,200

n/a

93‑94

12,886

10,077

2,809

26,135

27,651.35

569.59

35,700

n/a

94‑95

13,215

10,415

2,800

27,618

28,671.17

579.65

36,600

n/a

95‑96

13,377

10,646

2,731

27,948

28,540.98

584.50

36,000

n/a

96‑97

13,507

10,831

2,676

29,272

29,259.45

598.24

35,900

15.61

97‑98

13,870

11,226

2,645

30,293

30,339.53

606.85

36,000

15.75

98‑99

14,241

11,588

2,654

31,445

31,493.40

615.09

37,000

16.09

99‑00

14,640

11,914

2,725

34,239

33,017.77

624.63

38,300

16.56

00‑01

14,969

12,159

2,810

36,302

33,698.90

638.89

39,100

17.16

01‑02

15,116

12,288

2,828

36,108

34,140.31

650.83

40,800

17.69

02‑03

15,531

12,591

2,939

38,708

34,850.05

662.47

41,300

18.04

Figure 1020: (cont'd)

EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME

FY

Index (1990-91=100)

Canadian Employment (x1000)
(2)

Private Sector Employment
(2)

Public Sector Employment
(3)

Nominal GDP per capita

Real GDP per capita

Avrg Weekly Earnings
(4)

Median after-tax income
(5)

Average Hourly Earnings
(6)

90‑91

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

 

100.0

 

91‑92

98.6

97.8

101.6

101.0

99.7

100.0

95.0

 

92‑93

98.1

96.9

102.8

102.9

100.2

103.3

97.1

 

93‑94

99.0

98.1

102.2

106.9

102.8

104.6

93.2

 

94‑95

101.5

101.4

101.8

113.0

106.6

106.4

95.6

 

95‑96

102.8

103.7

99.3

114.3

106.1

107.3

94.0

 

96‑97

103.8

105.5

97.3

119.7

108.8

109.8

93.7

100.0

97‑98

106.6

109.3

96.2

123.9

112.8

111.4

94.0

100.9

98‑99

109.4

112.9

96.5

128.6

117.1

112.9

96.6

103.1

99‑00

112.5

116.0

99.1

140.0

122.8

114.7

100.0

106.1

00‑01

115.0

118.4

102.2

148.5

125.3

117.3

102.1

109.9

01‑02

116.1

119.7

102.8

147.7

127.0

119.5

106.5

113.3

02‑03

119.3

122.6

106.9

158.3

129.6

121.6

107.8

115.6

Source:

(1) Average monthly employment for the year ended March. Both sexes, 15 years and older. Labour Force Survey Estimates, Statistics Canada, CANSIM.

(2) Monthly average of the difference between total employment in all industries minus the number of public sector employees for the year ended March (includes private sector employees and self-employed). Both sexes. Labour Force Survey Estimates, Statistics Canada, CANSIM.

(3) Monthly average of the number of public sector employees for the year ended March. Both sexes. Labour Force Survey Estimates, Statistics Canada, CANSIM.

(4) Average weekly earnings for all employees, excluding overtime, industrial aggregate excluding unclassified. SEPH, Statistics Canda, CANSIM.

(5) Median after-tax income at 2002 constant dollars, all family types. Statistics Canada, CANSIM.

(6) Average hourly wage rate in the month of March. Total employees, both sexes, 12 years and older. Labour Force Survey Estimates, Statistics Canada, CANSIM.

Figure 1021: Comparison of rate of change in key employment and income indicators in Canada, 1990-91 to 2002-03 (indexed, 1990-91 =100)

FY

Index (1990-91=100)

 

Federal Public Sector Average Salary
(1)

Public Service and Separate Employers Average Salary
(2)

Regular Canadian Forces Average Salary
(3)

RCMP Average Salary
(4)

90‑91

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

91-92

101.8

101.7

99.9

115.5

92-93

107.0

106.1

106.0

130.8

93-94

109.3

108.2

106.9

142.0

94-95

110.5

109.3

107.6

149.1

95-96

112.1

109.7

111.3

158.9

96-97

113.9

109.6

117.2

167.4

97-98

116.2

110.7

121.5

176.9

98-99

120.2

114.7

124.9

184.7

99-00

126.7

121.4

129.9

201.0

00-01

133.3

125.7

142.8

223.5

01-02

138.5

131.5

146.2

229.2

02-03

147.1

141.0

151.6

238.5

Figure 1021: (cont'd)

FY

Index (1990-91=100)

 

Average Weekly Earnings
(5)

Average Hourly Earnings
(6)

Private Sector Average Weekly Earnings
(7)

Private Sector Average Hourly Earnings
(8)

Federal Public Sector Wage Bill (x Millions)
(9)

90‑91

 

 

 

 

100.0

91‑92

101.8

 

101.8

 

101.6

92‑93

105.1

 

105.1

 

105.9

93‑94

106.4

 

106.3

 

105.6

94‑95

108.3

 

108.4

 

103.2

95‑96

109.2

 

109.6

 

97.7

96‑97

111.8

111.8

112.4

111.8

93.6

97‑98

113.4

112.8

114.3

112.4

91.8

98‑99

114.9

115.2

115.9

115.4

93.5

99‑00

116.7

118.6

117.6

117.8

100.5

00‑01

119.4

122.9

120.3

120.2

109.6

01‑02

121.6

126.7

122.5

124.3

119.2

02‑03

123.8

129.2

124.4

126.5

131.4

(1) Wage bill divided by employment for Core Public Service (PSSRA 1-1), Separate Employers (PSSRA 1-2), regular Canadian Forces and RCMP members. TBS Incumbent System, Statistics Canada, and RCMP.

(2) Public Service (PSSRA 1-1) and Separate Employers (PSSRA 1-2) wage bill divided by employment for the fiscal year ended March 31. TBS Incumbent System.

(3) Regular Canadian Forces wage bill (including allowances) divided by employment. Statistics Canada CANSIM.

(4) RCMP wage bill divided by RCMP employment, RCMP and Statistics Canada.

(5) Average weekly earnings for all employees, excluding overtime, industrial aggregate excluding unclassified. SEPH, Statistics Canda, CANSIM.

(6) Average hourly wage rate in the month of March. Total employees, both sexes, 15 years and older. Labour Force Survey Estimates, Statistics Canada, CANSIM.

(7) Average weekly earnings computed from Industrial Aggregate excluding Public Administration for all employees (salaried employees and employees paid by the hour), SEPH, Statistics Canada, CANSIM.

(8) Average hourly earnings for the Private Sector with an establishment size greater than 500 employees, for full-time employed single job holder, Labour Force Survey, Statistics Canada, CANSIM.

(9) Covers total payroll for Core Public Service (PSSRA 1-1), Separate Employers (PSSRA 1-2), regular Canadian Forces (including allowances) and RCMP members. TBS Incumbent System, Statistics Canada, and RCMP.

Figure 1022: Federal and overall Canadian employment trends 1990-91 to 2002-03

Federal Public Sector and Canadian Employment

FY

# of persons

%

 

Federal Public Sector Employment
(1)

Public Service and Separate Employers Employment
(2)

Canadian Employment (x1000)
(3)

Private Sector Employment
(4)

Public Sector Employment
(5)

Share of Federal Public Sector Employment as a Percentage of Canadian Employment

90‑91

350,868

242,398

13,017

10267

2,749

2.70%

91-92

350,429

244,099

12,833

10040

2,793

2.73%

92-93

347,242

245,116

12,772

9945

2,828

2.72%

93-94

339,268

240,867

12,886

10077

2,809

2.63%

94-95

327,689

233,695

13,215

10415

2,800

2.48%

95-96

305,742

218,297

13,377

10646

2,731

2.29%

96-97

288,334

206,221

13,507

10831

2,676

2.13%

97-98

277,340

197,642

13,870

11226

2,645

2.00%

98-99

273,020

194,776

14,241

11588

2,654

1.92%

99-00

278,420

202,282

14,640

11914

2,725

1.90%

00-01

288,343

213,185

14,969

12159

2,810

1.93%

01-02

301,961

225,469

15,116

12288

2,828

2.00%

02-03

313,421

234,393

15,531

12591

2,939

2.02%

Figure 1023: Comparison of trends in federal employment to total Canadian employment, 1990-91 to 2002-03 (1990-91 = 100)

FY

Index (1990-91=100)

 

Federal Public Sector Employment
(1)

Public Service and Separate Employers Employment
(2)

Canadian Employment (x1000)
(3)

Private Sector Employment
(4)

Public Sector Employment
(5)

Share of Federal Public Sector Employment as a Percentage of Canadian Employment

90‑91

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

91-92

99.9

100.7

98.6

97.8

101.6

101.3

92-93

99.0

101.1

98.1

96.9

102.8

100.9

93-94

96.7

99.4

99.0

98.1

102.2

97.7

94-95

93.4

96.4

101.5

101.4

101.8

92.0

95-96

87.1

90.1

102.8

103.7

99.3

84.8

96-97

82.2

85.1

103.8

105.5

97.3

79.2

97-98

79.0

81.5

106.6

109.3

96.2

74.2

98-99

77.8

80.4

109.4

112.9

96.5

71.1

99-00

79.4

83.5

112.5

116.0

99.1

70.6

00-01

82.2

87.9

115.0

118.4

102.2

71.5

01-02

86.1

93.0

116.1

119.7

102.8

74.1

02-03

89.3

96.7

119.3

122.6

106.9

74.9

(1) Covers Core Public Service (PSSRA 1-1), Separate Employers (PSSRA 1-2), Regular Canadian Forces and RCMP Members. Average employment for the four period (March, June, September, December). TBS incumbent system and Statistics Canada.

(2) Covers Core Public Service (PSSRA 1-1) and Separate Employers (PSSRA 1-2), Regular Canadian Forces and RCMP Members. Average employment for the four period (March, June, September, December). TBS incumbent system.

(3) Average monthly employment for the year ended March. Both sexes, 15 years and older. Labour Force Survey Estimates, Statistics Canada, CANSIM.

(4) Monthly average of the difference between total employment in all industries minus the number of public sector employees for the year ended March (includes private sector employees and self-employed). Both sexes. Labour Force Survey Estimates, Statistics Canada, CANSIM.

(5) Monthly average of the number of public sector employees for the year ended March. Both sexes. Labour Force Survey Estimates, Statistics Canada, CANSIM.

Figure 1024 : Federal, provincial, municipal and overall Canadian wage bills, 1990-91 to 2002-03

WAGE BILLS

In Nominal Terms

FY

$ Millions

 

Federal Public Sector Wage Bill
(1)

Public Service and Separate Employers Wage Bill
(2)

Total Canadian Wage Bill (incl. Supplementary labour income)
(3)

Private Sector Wage Bill
(4)

Public Sector Payroll
5)

Broad Provincial and Territorial Public Sector Wage Bill
(6)

90‑91

13,095

9,081

374,900

275,703

99,197

46,573

91-92

13,311

9,297

384,244

280,214

104,030

49,183

92-93

13,872

9,742

393,252

285,770

107,482

50,736

93-94

13,834

9,764

397,708

289,354

108,354

50,989

94-95

13,514

9,566

414,432

306,872

107,560

50,424

95-96

12,794

8,972

422,852

317,729

105,123

49,693

96-97

12,254

8,471

443,832

341,297

102,535

49,082

97-98

12,023

8,200

468,188

366,573

101,615

48,936

98-99

12,243

8,368

490,084

385,789

104,295

50,478

99-00

13,161

9,197

528,444

419,540

108,904

53,282

00-01

14,350

10,037

564,836

447,438

117,398

56,880

01-02

15,608

11,110

582,564

461,502

121,062

60,066

02-03

17,204

12,384

609,020

481,602

127,418

63,232

Figure 1024: (cont'd)

FY

$ Millions

%

 

 

Broad Municipal Public Sector Wage Bill
(7)

Nominal GDP
(8)

Total Canadian Wage Bill (wages & salaries only)
(9)

Federal Public Sector Wage Bill as a % of Nominal GDP

Federal Public Sector Wage Bill as a % of Canadian Wage Bill

90‑91

31,043

678,172

 

1.9%

3.5%

91-92

33,452

692,940

 

1.9%

3.5%

92-93

35,083

714,776

 

1.9%

3.5%

93-94

35,623

750,696

 

1.8%

3.5%

94-95

35,463

801,904

 

1.7%

3.3%

95-96

35,341

819,976

 

1.6%

3.0%

96-97

35,308

867,828

 

1.4%

2.8%

97-98

34,775

906,904

403,898

1.3%

2.6%

98-99

35,018

949,136

424,586

1.3%

2.5%

99-00

36,118

1,042,100

454,204

1.3%

2.5%

00-01

37,201

1,115,408

491,980

1.3%

2.5%

01-02

38,567

1,121,528

508,128

1.4%

2.7%

02-03

40,404

1,214,880

526,696

1.4%

2.8%

Figure 1025 : Comparison of changes in federal, provincial, municipal and overall Canadian wage bills 1990-91 to 2002-03 (1990-91 = 100)

FY

Index (1990-91=100)

 

Federal Public Sector Wage Bill
(1)

Public Service and Separate Employers Wage Bill
(2)

Total Canadian Wage Bill (incl. Supplementary labour income)
(3)

Private Sector Wage Bill
(4)

Public Sector Payroll
(5)

90‑91

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

91-92

101.6

102.4

102.5

101.6

104.9

92-93

105.9

107.3

104.9

103.7

108.4

93-94

105.6

107.5

106.1

105.0

109.2

94-95

103.2

105.3

110.5

111.3

108.4

95-96

97.7

98.8

112.8

115.2

106.0

96-97

93.6

93.3

118.4

123.8

103.4

97-98

91.8

90.3

124.9

133.0

102.4

98-99

93.5

92.1

130.7

139.9

105.1

99-00

100.5

101.3

141.0

152.2

109.8

00-01

109.6

110.5

150.7

162.3

118.3

01-02

119.2

122.3

155.4

167.4

122.0

02-03

131.4

136.4

162.4

174.7

128.5

Figure 1025: (cont'd)

FY

Index (1990-91=100)

 

Broad Provincial and Territorial Public Sector Wage Bill
(6)

Broad Municipal Public Sector Wage Bill
(7)

Nominal GDP
(8)

Total Canadian Wage Bill (wages & salaries only)
(9)

Federal Public Sector Wage Bill as a % of Nominal GDP

Federal Public Sector Wage Bill as a % of Canadian Wage Bill

90‑91

100.0

100.0

100.0

 

100.0

100.0

91-92

105.6

107.8

102.2

 

99.5

99.2

92-93

108.9

113.0

105.4

 

100.5

101.0

93-94

109.5

114.8

110.7

 

95.4

99.6

94-95

108.3

114.2

118.2

 

87.3

93.4

95-96

106.7

113.8

120.9

 

80.8

86.6

96-97

105.4

113.7

128.0

 

73.1

79.0

97-98

105.1

112.0

133.7

100.0

68.7

73.5

98-99

108.4

112.8

140.0

105.1

66.8

71.5

99-00

114.4

116.4

153.7

112.5

65.4

71.3

00-01

122.1

119.8

164.5

121.8

66.6

72.7

01-02

129.0

124.2

165.4

125.8

72.1

76.7

02-03

135.8

130.2

179.1

130.4

73.3

80.9

(1)  Covers total payroll excluding Pay Equity for Core Public Service (PSSRA 1-1), Separate Employers (PSSRA 1-2), regular Canadian Forces (including allowances) and RCMP members. TBS Incumbent System, Statistics Canada, and RCMP.

(2)  Average of four quarterly data on wages and salaries excluding Pay Equity for Public Service (PSSRA 1-1) and Separate Employers (PSSRA 1-2) for the fiscal year ended March 31. TBS Incumbent System.

(3)  Wages, salaries and supplementary income in Canada, GDP, income-based, seasonally adjusted data at the annual rate for the first quarter to match the fiscal year. Statistics Canada CANSIM.

(4)  Computed from taking the difference between total Canadian wage bill and public sector wage bill.

(5)  Public sector includes all levels of governments and government business enterprises, Public Sector Employment, Statistics Canada CANSIM.

(6)  Includes general government plus health and social services institutions, universities, colleges, vocational and trades institutions, and provincial and territorial government business enterprises. The sum of the wages and salaries for the 12 months ended March 31, Estimates of Labour Income, Statistics Canada CANSIM.

(7)  Includes general government plus local school boards and local government business enterprises. The sum of the wages and salaries for the 12 months ended March 31. Statistics Canada, CANSIM.

(8)  GDP at current prices, expenditure-based, seasonally adjusted quarterly data at annual rate for the first quarter, Statistics Canada, CANSIM.

(9)  12 month roll up of monthly wages and salaries for the year ended March 31, Estimates of Labour Income, Statistics Canada CANSIM.