Overall Economy
Is Canada's economy growing and producing enough to sustain rising living standards?
Real GDP, monthly (Canada)
Statistics Canada's monthly real GDP, all industries, in chained 2017 dollars. Canada's output pulse with only a ~60-day lag, where the international series below run a year or more behind.
Source: Statistics Canada (table 36-10-0434) · Updated July 13, 2026
GDP per capita vs. other countries
Output per person, adjusted for purchasing power. The clearest single measure of how living standards in Canada compare with peer economies.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators · Updated July 13, 2026
GDP growth
Annual growth in real gross domestic product. Sustained growth is what compounds into higher incomes over a generation.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators · Updated July 13, 2026
Inflation
Annual change in consumer prices. Inflation quietly erodes wages and savings — price stability is the foundation everything else is built on.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators · Updated July 13, 2026
Trade balance
External balance on goods and services as a share of GDP. Shows whether Canada sells more to the world than it buys.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators · Updated July 13, 2026
Labour productivity
GDP per hour worked. Productivity growth is the engine of rising wages — and where Canada has fallen furthest behind.
Source: OECD Productivity Database · Updated July 13, 2026
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