CA Labor Productivity q/q

The labour productivity of Canadian businesses fell 0.5% in the first quarter, after edging down in the previous quarter (-0.3%). The decline in the first quarter reflects the mild contraction in the pace of business output. Meanwhile, hours worked increased. The first quarter decline in business sector productivity was driven by goods-producing businesses (-1.7%). Meanwhile, productivity in services-producing businesses edged up 0.3%. Overall, productivity decreased in 10 of the 16 main industry sectors in the first quarter. ...

The labour productivity of Canadian businesses edged down 0.1% in the fourth quarter as hours worked declined at a slower pace than real gross domestic product (-0.2%). This contrasts with the previous quarter in which labour productivity rose 1.1% as output increased with fewer hours worked. The fourth quarter decrease in business labour productivity was the second quarterly decline in the last nine quarters. In the fourth quarter, the productivity decline in goods-producing businesses (down 0.9% after an increase of 1.8% in the ...

Labour productivity of Canadian businesses rebounded in the third quarter, increasing 0.9% after a 1.0% decline in the second quarter and no change in the first quarter. This was the sixth quarterly increase in eight quarters. This upturn in productivity in the third quarter reflects the sharp recovery in business output, following a quarter of decline, while hours worked declined slightly. Despite a context of persistent uncertainty related to international trade during the third quarter, real gross domestic product of businesses ...

Labour productivity of Canadian businesses declined 1.0% in the second quarter. This decline followed a nearly flat variation in the first quarter, which had followed a strong increase of 1.2% in the fourth quarter of 2024. The last time productivity declined so sharply was in the fourth quarter of 2022 (-1.1%). With uncertainty surrounding international trade, businesses reduced their output for the first time in seven quarters in the second quarter of 2025. At the same time, hours worked continued to increase but at half the pace ...

Labour productivity of Canadian businesses grew 0.2% in the first quarter of 2025, a marked slowdown compared to the 1.2% growth observed in the fourth quarter of 2024. This also represents a second consecutive quarterly increase—the first time there have been consecutive quarterly increases since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the first quarter, hours worked devoted to the production in the business sector rebounded after a quarter of decline. Meanwhile, growth in business output continued at the same pace as in the previous ...

Labour productivity of Canadian businesses increased 0.6% in the fourth quarter, after posting slight variations in each of the first three quarters of 2024. This was the highest quarterly growth rate in a year. For 2024, labour productivity of businesses resumed growth, rising by 0.6%, after declining over the previous three years. In the fourth quarter, businesses increased their output at twice the rate of the previous quarter, while the hours worked devoted to this output continued to rise, but at half the rate of the previous ...

Labour productivity of Canadian businesses fell 0.4% in the third quarter, after edging down by 0.1% in the second quarter and by 0.2% in the first quarter. The decline in productivity in the third quarter reflects the slowdown in the pace of growth in business output, while hours worked continued to increase at a rate fairly similar to that of the previous two quarters. Growth in real gross domestic product of businesses slowed to 0.1% in the third quarter, after rising by 0.5% in the previous quarter. Hours worked in the business ...