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Quarterly financial statistics for enterprises, second quarter 2019
Canadian corporations earned $107.1 billion in operating profit in the second quarter, up $5.3 billion or 5.2% from the first quarter, but 0.4% lower compared with the second quarter of 2018. Non-financial industries In the non-financial industries, operating profit increased $1.6 billion (+2.2%) from the first quarter to $75.7 billion. Overall, operating profit was up in 13 of 17 non-financial industries. Compared with the second quarter of 2018, operating profit for Canadian non-financial enterprises increased 2.8%. Operating profits increase in the oil and gas extraction and support activities industry Operating ... (full story)