GDP per capita, long-run history in Canada

Latest: 45,530
Previous: 44,380
Change: +1,150 (+2.6%)
Reference period: Dec 31, 2022
Frequency: Annual
Unit: International dollars (2011 prices)

GDP per capita, long-run history over time

Annual, International dollars (2011 prices), Not seasonally adjusted

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Observations for GDP per capita, long-run history in Canada
Date	Value
Dec 31, 1963	15,248
Dec 31, 1964	15,938
Dec 31, 1965	16,694
Dec 31, 1966	17,448
Dec 31, 1967	17,658
Dec 31, 1968	18,297
Dec 31, 1969	18,988
Dec 31, 1970	19,207
Dec 31, 1971	20,024
Dec 31, 1972	20,837
Dec 31, 1973	22,058
Dec 31, 1974	22,643
Dec 31, 1975	22,819
Dec 31, 1976	23,754
Dec 31, 1977	24,265
Dec 31, 1978	24,994
Dec 31, 1979	25,775
Dec 31, 1980	25,784
Dec 31, 1981	26,256
Dec 31, 1982	25,151
Dec 31, 1983	25,625
Dec 31, 1984	26,836
Dec 31, 1985	28,025
Dec 31, 1986	28,472
Dec 31, 1987	29,246
Dec 31, 1988	30,275
Dec 31, 1989	30,458
Dec 31, 1990	30,082
Dec 31, 1991	29,152
Dec 31, 1992	29,141
Dec 31, 1993	29,658
Dec 31, 1994	30,746
Dec 31, 1995	31,331
Dec 31, 1996	31,594
Dec 31, 1997	32,710
Dec 31, 1998	33,786
Dec 31, 1999	35,346
Dec 31, 2000	36,943
Dec 31, 2001	37,307
Dec 31, 2002	38,124
Dec 31, 2003	38,560
Dec 31, 2004	39,492
Dec 31, 2005	40,485
Dec 31, 2006	41,247
Dec 31, 2007	41,807
Dec 31, 2008	41,896
Dec 31, 2009	40,313
Dec 31, 2010	41,209
Dec 31, 2011	42,197
Dec 31, 2012	42,476
Dec 31, 2013	43,009
Dec 31, 2014	43,801
Dec 31, 2015	43,762
Dec 31, 2016	43,702
Dec 31, 2017	44,494
Dec 31, 2018	45,088
Dec 31, 2019	45,284
Dec 31, 2020	42,494
Dec 31, 2021	44,380
Dec 31, 2022	45,530

About this indicator

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023 (opens in a new tab)

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Canada

1820-1850: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1851-70: O.J. Firestone, "Canada's Changing Economy in the Second Half of the 19th Century", NBER, New York, 1957, processed, amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870)
1870-1926: M.C. Urquart and Associates, ed., Gross National Product, Canada 1870-1926: The Derivation of the Estimates, McGill Queen's University Press, Montreal, 1993, pp. 11-12 and 24-5,
1926-1950: Statistics Canada, National Income and Expenditure Accounts, vol. 1, The Annual Estimates 1926-1974, Ottawa, 1975, p. 323. 1960 onwards from OECD, National Accounts.

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