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Business-sector labour productivity through 2026 Q2, with the official capital-intensity decomposition beside it
The latest held quarterly publication reaches 2026 Q2 (September 2026 release). Earlier era comparisons retain their original endpoints and captured editions; the annual capital-intensity decomposition remains a separately dated measure.
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Earlier description and capture-window note
Business-sector labour productivity by era, 1991 through 2026 Q1, and the official capital-intensity decomposition beside it
Canada's business-sector labour productivity index (output per hour, chained, seasonally adjusted, table 36-10-0206-01, quarterly, 1991 Q2 through 2026 Q1) read across four eras bounded by the record's own turning points, beside Statistics Canada's own official decomposition of labour-productivity growth into a capital-intensity contribution (table 36-10-0208-01, annual, business sector, through 2023) -- the outcome-side half of the capital-behind-each-worker record.
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The lineage
| Vintage | Issuer | Published | Position | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reference quarters 1991 Q1 through 2026 Q1, as published at the Q1-2026 release (2026-05-29) and captured 2026-07-18 | Statistics Canada | 2026-05-29 | superseded | Source → · accessed 2026-07-18 |
| Reference years 1961 through 2023, as published at the most recent annual release and captured 2026-07-18 | Statistics Canada | 2025-05-01 | current | Source → · accessed 2026-07-18 |
| 1981 Q1–2026 Q2; September 2026 release | Statistics Canada | 2026-09-03 | current | Source → · accessed 2026-09-16 |
| Vintage | Period | Value | Role | Assurance | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reference quarters 1991 Q1 through 2026 Q1, as published at the Q1-2026 release (2026-05-29) and captured 2026-07-18 | 1991 Q2 (the record's earliest published quarter) | 70.4 index, 2017=100 | institutional estimate | — | — |
| Reference quarters 1991 Q1 through 2026 Q1, as published at the Q1-2026 release (2026-05-29) and captured 2026-07-18 | 2001 Q2 | 87.3 index, 2017=100 | institutional estimate | — | — |
| Reference quarters 1991 Q1 through 2026 Q1, as published at the Q1-2026 release (2026-05-29) and captured 2026-07-18 | 2011 Q2 | 94.0 index, 2017=100 | institutional estimate | — | — |
| Reference quarters 1991 Q1 through 2026 Q1, as published at the Q1-2026 release (2026-05-29) and captured 2026-07-18 | 2019 Q4 (pre-pandemic; the era boundary this Brief compares the current record against) | 102.9 index, 2017=100 | institutional estimate | — | — |
| Reference quarters 1991 Q1 through 2026 Q1, as published at the Q1-2026 release (2026-05-29) and captured 2026-07-18 | 2026 Q1 (the latest published quarter) | 104.1 index, 2017=100 | institutional estimate | — | — |
| Reference years 1961 through 2023, as published at the most recent annual release and captured 2026-07-18 | 2019 (official capital-intensity contribution to labour-productivity growth, business sector) | 100.8 index, 2017=100 | institutional estimate | — | — |
| Reference years 1961 through 2023, as published at the most recent annual release and captured 2026-07-18 | 2023 (the latest published year -- roughly two and a half years behind the current quarter) | 101.9 index, 2017=100 | institutional estimate | — | — |
| 1981 Q1–2026 Q2; September 2026 release | 2026 Q2 (September 2026 reading) | 105.3 index, 2017=100 | institutional estimate | — | — |
| 1981 Q1–2026 Q2; September 2026 release | 1991 Q2 (era boundary) | 70.4 index, 2017=100 | institutional estimate | — | — |
| 1981 Q1–2026 Q2; September 2026 release | 2001 Q2 | 87.3 index, 2017=100 | institutional estimate | — | — |
| 1981 Q1–2026 Q2; September 2026 release | 2011 Q2 | 94.0 index, 2017=100 | institutional estimate | — | — |
| 1981 Q1–2026 Q2; September 2026 release | 2019 Q4 (era boundary) | 102.9 index, 2017=100 | institutional estimate | — | — |
| 1981 Q1–2026 Q2; September 2026 release | 2026 Q1 (revised in the September release) | 104.2 index, 2017=100 | institutional estimate | — | — |
Comparisons
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| Comparison | Compared periods and editions | Difference (stated convention) | Basis and convention |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business-sector labour productivity, 1991 Q2 to 2001 Q2 | 1991 Q2 (the record's earliest published quarter) · edition: Reference quarters 1991 Q1 through 2026 Q1, as published at the Q1-2026 release (2026-05-29) and captured 2026-07-18 (institutional estimate 70.4 index, 2017=100) vs. 2001 Q2 · edition: Reference quarters 1991 Q1 through 2026 Q1, as published at the Q1-2026 release (2026-05-29) and captured 2026-07-18 (institutional estimate 87.3 index, 2017=100) | +16.9 index, 2017=100 | same issuer. Numeric difference: the later index level minus the earlier, in index points; the percentage difference is the total percent change over the full ten-year window (not annualized). The average annual pace over the window, computed as average annual log growth (the standard national-accounts convention for a multi-period index), is +2.15 percent per year -- stated in this entry's note, not as a separate schema field. |
| Business-sector labour productivity, 2001 Q2 to 2011 Q2 | 2001 Q2 · edition: Reference quarters 1991 Q1 through 2026 Q1, as published at the Q1-2026 release (2026-05-29) and captured 2026-07-18 (institutional estimate 87.3 index, 2017=100) vs. 2011 Q2 · edition: Reference quarters 1991 Q1 through 2026 Q1, as published at the Q1-2026 release (2026-05-29) and captured 2026-07-18 (institutional estimate 94.0 index, 2017=100) | +6.8 index, 2017=100 | same issuer. Numeric difference in index points; the percentage difference is the total percent change over the full ten-year window (not annualized). Average annual log growth: +0.75 percent per year, stated in this entry's note. |
| Business-sector labour productivity, 2011 Q2 to 2019 Q4 | 2011 Q2 · edition: Reference quarters 1991 Q1 through 2026 Q1, as published at the Q1-2026 release (2026-05-29) and captured 2026-07-18 (institutional estimate 94.0 index, 2017=100) vs. 2019 Q4 (pre-pandemic; the era boundary this Brief compares the current record against) · edition: Reference quarters 1991 Q1 through 2026 Q1, as published at the Q1-2026 release (2026-05-29) and captured 2026-07-18 (institutional estimate 102.9 index, 2017=100) | +8.8 index, 2017=100 | same issuer. Numeric difference in index points; the percentage difference is the total percent change over the full 8.5-year window (not annualized). Average annual log growth: +1.06 percent per year, stated in this entry's note. |
| Business-sector labour productivity, 2019 Q4 to 2026 Q1 (the current era) | 2019 Q4 (pre-pandemic; the era boundary this Brief compares the current record against) · edition: Reference quarters 1991 Q1 through 2026 Q1, as published at the Q1-2026 release (2026-05-29) and captured 2026-07-18 (institutional estimate 102.9 index, 2017=100) vs. 2026 Q1 (the latest published quarter) · edition: Reference quarters 1991 Q1 through 2026 Q1, as published at the Q1-2026 release (2026-05-29) and captured 2026-07-18 (institutional estimate 104.1 index, 2017=100) | +1.2 index, 2017=100 | same issuer. Numeric difference in index points; the percentage difference is the total percent change over the full 6.25-year window (not annualized). Average annual log growth: +0.19 percent per year, stated in this entry's note -- roughly one-eleventh the 1990s pace. |
| Official capital-intensity contribution index, business sector, 2019 to 2023 | 2019 (official capital-intensity contribution to labour-productivity growth, business sector) · edition: Reference years 1961 through 2023, as published at the most recent annual release and captured 2026-07-18 (institutional estimate 100.8 index, 2017=100) vs. 2023 (the latest published year -- roughly two and a half years behind the current quarter) · edition: Reference years 1961 through 2023, as published at the most recent annual release and captured 2026-07-18 (institutional estimate 101.9 index, 2017=100) | +1.1 index, 2017=100 | same issuer. Numeric difference in index points; the percentage difference is the total percent change over the four-year window. This index measures a different quantity, on a different basis, than the stock/flow per-worker levels on the capital-record entry -- the two are never combined into one figure; this comparison states only what Statistics Canada's own official decomposition shows, on its own terms, through its own latest available year. |
| Business-sector labour productivity, 2019 Q4 to 2026 Q2 (September reading) | 2019 Q4 (era boundary) · edition: 1981 Q1–2026 Q2; September 2026 release (institutional estimate 102.9 index, 2017=100) vs. 2026 Q2 (September 2026 reading) · edition: 1981 Q1–2026 Q2; September 2026 release (institutional estimate 105.3 index, 2017=100) | +2.4 index, 2017=100 | same issuer. Later index minus earlier index; percentage difference is the total change over 6.5 years. Average annual log growth is 100 × ln(later/earlier) ÷ 6.5. The earlier boundary is unchanged in the new source vintage. |
| Business-sector labour productivity, 2026 Q1 to Q2, September vintage | 2026 Q1 (revised in the September release) · edition: 1981 Q1–2026 Q2; September 2026 release (institutional estimate 104.2 index, 2017=100) vs. 2026 Q2 (September 2026 reading) · edition: 1981 Q1–2026 Q2; September 2026 release (institutional estimate 105.3 index, 2017=100) | +1.0 index, 2017=100 | same issuer. Numeric difference is the later index minus the earlier; percentage difference is 100 × (later / earlier − 1), not annualized. |
Evidence qualifications (5)
- The four productivity eras are bounded at the record's own visible turning points (a decade after the record begins; two further decade marks; the pre-pandemic peak quarter), not at arbitrary round years -- 2019 Q4 is used, not 2020, because it is the last quarter before pandemic-era distortion enters the seasonally-adjusted series.
- Average annual log growth (the standard convention for comparing multi-period index growth across windows of different lengths) is stated in each comparison's note; the recorded difference and percentage-difference figures carry the total, non-annualized change over each full window.
- The capital-intensity-contribution index (36-10-0208-01) is Statistics Canada's own official decomposition of measured labour-productivity growth into its sources; it is published annually and currently lags the current quarter by roughly two and a half years -- named in a published evidence gap -- the boundary this Resolution's context reading hits. No figure on this page infers what the 2024-2026 contribution would show.
- Business-sector labour productivity (output per hour) and the capital-intensity-contribution index are both index series, not levels; neither is divided by employment on this page (the per-worker division happens on the capital-record entry's stock and flow levels, a different quantity on a different basis).
- No figure on this page attributes the productivity slowdown to any specific cause; it states the measured record, era by era, on the issuer's own basis.
Latest source: Business-sector labour productivity through 2026 Q2, with the official capital-intensity decomposition beside it · accessed 2026-07-18
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