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Canada industrial capacity utilization rates, 3rd quarter 2017
Canadian industries operated at 85.0% of their production capacity in the third quarter, up from 84.3% the previous quarter. This was the fifth consecutive quarterly increase. The increase in the third quarter was mainly driven by construction and electric power generation, transmission and distribution. In non-manufacturing industries, increased capacity utilization in construction, electric power generation, transmission and distribution, and mining and quarrying were partly offset by a decline in oil and gas extraction, forestry and logging. The capacity utilization rate in construction posted a fifth consecutive ... (full story)