Metropolitan Outlook 1: Economic Insights into 27 Canadian Metropolitan Economies: Autumn 2008

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Metropolitan Outlook 1: Economic Insights into 27 Canadian Metropolitan Economies: Autumn 2008

Urban City Economic Analysis

Author: Alan Arcand, Jane McIntyre, Mario Lefebvre, Maxim Armstrong, Robin Wiebe

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  • Generally broad-based growth will allow Halifax’s economy to expand by 2.4 per cent in 2008.
  • Québec City’s GDP growth will ease to 2.3 per cent in 2008, despite healthy tourism for the 400th anniversary.
  • Ongoing weakness in manufacturing will drag down Montréal’s economy to 1.7 per cent growth this year.
  • Weakness in Ottawa–Gatineau’s high-tech manufacturing sector will limit GDP growth to 1.8 per cent in 2008.
  • With manufacturing output dropping, Toronto’s overall economy will post growth of just 1.3 per cent this year.
  • The manufacturing downtown will result in Hamilton’s real GDP edging up by only 0.3 per cent in 2008.
  • Winnipeg’s resilient manufacturing sector and solid domestic demand will help lift GDP by 3.3 per cent in 2008.
  • Regina’s GDP will expand 4.1 per cent this year, benefitting from the wider economic boom in Saskatchewan.
  • Potash and oil demand will fuel 5.2 per cent GDP growth in 2008 in Saskatoon, a key regional services centre.
  • Calgary’s economy will grow by 3.2 per cent in 2008, thanks to strength in the energy-related services sector.
  • Robust services sector gains will allow Edmonton’s economy to grow by 3.1 per cent this year.
  • Vancouver’s GDP growth will ease for the third straight year in 2008, with a gain of 2.7 per cent forecast.
  • Solid non-residential construction will help propel economic growth to 3.3 per cent this year in Victoria.
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This publication focuses on the metropolitan economies of Halifax, Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa-Gatineau, Toronto, Hamilton, Winnipeg, Regina, Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, and Victoria.

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