This publication focuses on the metropolitan economies of Halifax, Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa-Gatineau, Toronto, Hamilton, Winnipeg, Regina, Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, and Victoria.
Metropolitan Outlook 1: Economic Insights into 13 Canadian Metropolitan Economies: Autumn 2011
Metropolitan Outlook 1: Economic Insights into 13 Canadian Metropolitan Economies: Autumn 2011
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- Work at the Halifax Shipyard will help support overall economic growth of 2.9 per cent in Halifax this year.
- Weakness in manufacturing and related sectors will limit Québec City’s GDP growth to 1.8 per cent in 2011.
- Montréal’s economy will expand by 1.9 per cent this year, held back by slower services sector growth.
- Federal government belt-tightening will limit Ottawa–Gatineau’s economic growth to 2.2 per cent in 2011.
- Toronto’s GDP growth will ease to 2.8 per cent this year, despite strength in business and other services.
- The ongoing manufacturing recovery will help Hamilton’s economy grow by 2.3 per cent in 2011.
- Winnipeg’s GDP will rise 2 per cent this year, given slower growth in construction and the services sector.
- Strong demand for Saskatchewan’s natural resources will help propel Regina’s GDP growth to 4 per cent in 2011.
- Saskatoon’s economic growth of 3.9 per cent this year is underpinned by Saskatchewan’s resource boom.
- Strength in construction and manufacturing will help lift Calgary’s GDP by 2.8 per cent this year.
- Edmonton’s GDP growth of 3.5 per cent in 2011 will be supported by the construction and primary sectors.
- Vancouver’s GDP will rise by 2.8 per cent this year as construction and services sector activity moderate.
- Muted services sector growth in 2011 will cause Victoria’s economy to expand by only 1.9 per cent.
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