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% (2006 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
21.3% of GDP (2006 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $183.5 billion
expenditures: $181.8 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2005 est.)
Public debt:
65.4% of GDP (2006 est.)
Agriculture - products:
wheat, barley, oilseed, tobacco, fruits, vegetables; dairy
products; forest products; fish
Industries:
transportation equipment, chemicals, processed and unprocessed
minerals, food products, wood and paper products, fish products,
petroleum and natural gas
Industrial production growth rate:
0.7% (2006 est.)