Productivity Growth

Michael Denny (1974, Amended 1998, Amended 2016) Report on the Measurement of Real Output and the Implications for Measuring Pro.

Implications for Statistics Canada's Current (2016) Productivity Efforts

This productivity study will be updated in 2016.

In 2013 CARE released a major study entitled "Newfoundland and Labrador's Productivity Performance, 1997-2010: The Impact ofAttached are the Highlights from the study.

Newfoundland and Labrador's economy has experienced impressive growth in recent years. Real GDP in the province's business sector increased at nearly twice the rate of Canada's (4.55 per cent vs. 2.50 per cent per year) between 1997 and 2010, while the province's labour productivity growth was more than three times greater than Canada's (3.86 per cent vs. 1.29 per cent).

Data for this study are available from the attached Excel file.