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Quarterly financial statistics for enterprises, first quarter 2019
Canadian corporations earned $106.9 billion in operating profit in the first quarter, edging down $322 million or 0.3% from the fourth quarter of 2018 but 2.2% higher compared with the first quarter of 2018. In the non-financial industries, operating profit increased $2.1 billion (+3.0%) from the fourth quarter of 2018 to $74.8 billion. Overall, operating profit was up in 9 of 17 non-financial industries. Compared with the first quarter of 2018, operating profit for Canadian non-financial enterprises increased 5.0% in the first quarter. Operating profits in the oil and gas extraction and support activities industry ... (full story)