Updated Products - Input-Output Tables

National Input - Output Tables (Catalogue no. 15F0041XDB)

Level L, M, S, W

The Input-Output accounting system consists of three tables. The input tables (USE tables) detail the commodities that are consumed by various industries. Output tables (MAKE tables) detail the commodities that are produced by various industries. Final demand tables detail the commodities bought by many categories of buyers (consumers, industries and government) for both consumption and investment purposes. These tables allow users to track intersectional exchanges of goods and services between industries and final demand categories such as personal expenditures, capital expenditures and public sector expenditures.

There are four levels of detail: the "W" or Worksheet level with 303 industries, 727 commodities and 170 final demand categories, the "L" or Link level (the most detailed level that allows the construction of consistent time series of annual data from 1961 to 2002) with 117 industries, 469 commodities and 123 final demand categories, the "M" or Medium level with 62 industries, 111 commodities and 39 final demand categories, and the "S" or Small level with 25 industries, 59 commodities and 16 final demand categories.

WEB: http://www.statcan.ca/english/Dli/Data/Ftp/io.htm

FTP: /ftp/dli/input-output-tables_entrées-sorties-tableaux

Historical Input-Output Tables

Question

I have a patron who wants historical input-output tables by province between 1980 and 1997. There is no trouble finding canada I/O data, but the provinces seem elusive prior to 1997.

I know that it is muggy in most areas of the country, but does anyone have any ideas on the best place to find these stats?

Answer

Statistics Canada has provincial I/O Tables for the years 1997-2000 only. They are available on CANSIM in tables 381-0012 & 381-0013. These tables are also available in publication 15-201-XIE.

Input-Output Tables

Question

What is an input-output table?

Answer

There is a basic lecture about input output tables at the following URL.
http://www.sonoma.edu/users/b/benito/econ403/units/

Also at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/about/FCSD/OCEA/00014713/index.aspx

Canada has been one of the world leaders in the building of these tables. For instance, we developed a rectangular table as opposed to the traditional square ones. Kishori Lal has published some articles on the evolution of the Canadian tables but you need the above primers to undertand what he is talking about. See
http://www.statcan.ca/english/research/13F0031MIE/13F0031MIE2001009.pdf

Basically, an I/O table allows the researcher to do 'what if analysis'.

They can be constructed at various different levels and for different sectors of the economy.

Information on the interprovincial IO tables is at:
http://www.statcan.ca:8096/bsolc/english/bsolc?catno=15F0009X

Also see the publication:
15F0077GIE - A Guide to Deflating the Input-Output Accounts: Sources and methods
http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/15F0077GIE/free.htm