Labor force: 16.3 million (December 2005)
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 2%, manufacturing 14%, construction 5%, services 75%, other 3% (2004)
Unemployment rate: 6.8% (2005 est.)
Population below poverty line: 15.9%; note - this figure is the Low Income Cut-Off (LICO), a calculation that results in higher figures than found in many comparable economies; Canada does not have an official poverty line (2003)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.8% highest 10%: 23.8% (1994)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
33.1 (1998)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2.2% (2005 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
20.5% of GDP (2005 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $159.6 billion
expenditures: $152.6 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2004)
Public debt:
69.6% of GDP (2005 est.)