Economic Indicators

Are we moving in the right direction? Canadian prosperity, measured.

Canada should be the most prosperous country in the world. The question is whether we are turning those advantages into better lives — and that is measurable.

Prosperity is more than a growing GDP. It’s paycheques that buy more each year, homes people can afford, streets that are safe, air that is clean, institutions worth trusting, and lives people are satisfied with, confident enough in the future to build one here. That is what these charts measure.

Where the world offers a yardstick, Canada is the red line against its G7 and OECD peers. Where the question is ours alone, how many homes we start, how fast people climb out of low income, we measure Canada against its own record. Every chart asks the same question: are we moving in the right direction?

Overall Economy

Is Canada's economy growing and producing enough to sustain rising living standards?

GDP per capita vs. other countries

Real GDP, monthly (Canada) · GDP per capita vs. other countries · GDP growth · Inflation · Trade balance · Labour productivity

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Cost of Living

What Canadians actually pay for the essentials — monthly consumer prices for food, shelter, and getting around (2002 = 100).

CPI, all items

CPI, all items · Food prices · Shelter costs · Rent · Clothing and footwear · Transportation · Gasoline · Energy

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Individual Economics & Welfare

Does prosperity reach everyday Canadians — in wages, work, and the distribution of income?

Household debt

Employment rate · Real minimum wage · Hours worked · Household debt · Income inequality (Gini index) · Income inequality after tax (Canada) · Bottom-quintile income share · Age dependency ratio · Low income entry rate · Low income exit rate

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