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Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board Special Data Dissemination Standard (AS PROVIDED TO THE IMF BY THE RESPECTIVE COUNTRY) Canada Summary of Observance          Printer Friendly Page Contact Person(s)   Mr. Art Ridgeway, Balance of Payments Division, Statistics Canada, R.H. Coats Building, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0T6   Phone : 1 613 951 8907   Fax : 1 613 951 9031   Email : Art.Ridgeway@statcan.gc.ca  Access National Summary Data Page Cross-country comparisons: access the DSBB metadata query facility

Canada ( CAN )
SDDS Data Category	Coverage(meets SDDS)	Periodicity		Timeliness		Comments (Flexibility Options, etc)
		SDDS	CAN	SDDS	CAN
Real Sector (specifications)
National accounts (National Economic and Financial Accounts )	Yes	Q	Q	1Q	60D
Production index	Yes	M	M	6W (1M encour- aged)	60D	Timeliness flexibility
Labor market: Employment (Labour Force Survey )	Yes	Q	M	1Q	2W
Labor market: Unemployment (Labour Force Survey )	Yes	Q	M	1Q	2W
Labor market: Wages/Earnings (Employment, Earnings and Hours )	Yes	Q	M	1Q	NLT 60D
Price index: Consumer prices	Yes	M	M	1M	NLT 1M
Price index: Producer prices (The Industry Product Price Index )	Yes	M	M	1M	1M
Fiscal Sector (specifications)
General government or public sector operations (Government revenues, expenditures, savings and net lending, System of National Accounts basis )	Yes	A	Q	2Q	60D
Central government operations	Yes	M	M	1M	7W	Timeliness flexibility
Central government debt	Yes	Q	M	1Q	NLT 1Q
Financial Sector (specifications)
Analytical accounts of the banking sector	Yes	M	M	1M	NLT 1M
Analytical accounts of the central bank	Yes	M (W recom- mended )	M	2W (1W encour- aged)	2D
Interest rates	Yes	D	D	1	1D
Stock market: Share price index (Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) - S&P/TSX Composite Index )	Yes	D	D	1	1D
External Sector (specifications)
Balance of payments	Yes	Q	Q	1Q	60D
Official reserve assets	Yes	M(W recom- mended)	W	1W	1W
Reserves template	Yes	M	M	1M (1W encour- aged)	NLT 7D
Merchandise trade (Imports and Exports )	Yes	M	M	8W (4-6W encour- aged)	43D
International investment position	Yes	A(Q recom- mended)	Q	3Q (1Q encour- aged)	75D
External debt	Yes	Q	Q	1Q	75D
Exchange rates	Yes	D	D	1	1D
Socio-demographic Data (specifications)
Population (Demographic Statistics )	Yes	A	Q	...	1Q

Periodicity and timeliness: (D) daily; (W) weekly or with a lag of ## week(s) from the reference date; (WD) working days, or business days; (M) monthly or with a lag of ## month(s); (NLT) not later than; (Q) quarterly or with a lag of ## quarter(s); (A) annually; (SA) semiannual; and (...) not applicable. 1Given that the data are broadly disseminated by private means, the timeliness with which official data are disseminated is not time critical.