Gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices, by industry, monthly
Statistics Canada monthly GDP at basic prices by industry (table 36-10-0434-01): all industries plus 16 key sectors (goods- and services-producing aggregates, manufacturing, construction, mining/oil/gas, wholesale, retail, transportation and warehousing, finance and insurance, real estate, professional services, health care, public administration, accommodation and food, education, utilities). Seasonally adjusted at annual rates, chained (2017) dollars, in millions. Monthly.
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Attribution
Source: Statistics Canada
Schema
| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| date | string | Reference period of the observation (the WDS Datapoint 'refPer' field), mapped to the start of the period: first day of the month for monthly series, first day of the quarter for quarterly series. |
| series_id | string | Statistics Canada vector identifier for the series (the WDS 'vectorId', prefixed with 'v', e.g. 'v41690973'). Vectors are the stable public identifiers printed on StatCan tables. |
| series_label | string | Official English series title from the WDS Series Info response ('SeriesTitleEn'), e.g. 'Canada;All-items'. |
| unit | string | Unit of measure for the series, from Statistics Canada's own UOM code set (memberUom): index (2002=100) for CPI, percent for labour force rates, millions of chained (2017) dollars for GDP by industry, persons for population estimates. Values are stored as published (not rescaled). |
| value | float | Observed value for the series and reference period (the WDS Datapoint 'value' field), in the unit given by the 'unit' column. Missing observations are null. |
Sample rows
| date | series_id | series_label | unit | value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-01-01 | v65201210 | Canada;Seasonally adjusted at annual rates;Chained (2017) dollars;All industries | millions of chained (2017) dollars | 1200427 |
| 1997-02-01 | v65201210 | Canada;Seasonally adjusted at annual rates;Chained (2017) dollars;All industries | millions of chained (2017) dollars | 1207984 |
| 1997-03-01 | v65201210 | Canada;Seasonally adjusted at annual rates;Chained (2017) dollars;All industries | millions of chained (2017) dollars | 1207836 |
| 1997-04-01 | v65201210 | Canada;Seasonally adjusted at annual rates;Chained (2017) dollars;All industries | millions of chained (2017) dollars | 1216027 |
| 1997-05-01 | v65201210 | Canada;Seasonally adjusted at annual rates;Chained (2017) dollars;All industries | millions of chained (2017) dollars | 1220355 |
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Download the full sample snapshot for this dataset (sample rows, not the complete dataset).
Use with an LLM
Point any LLM at the metadata endpoint — the documentation above is machine-readable too (JSON-LD + Croissant).
cURL
curl "https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/statcan/statcan_gdp_by_industry" | jq '{title, rows, columns_count, license}'Python
import requests
ds = requests.get("https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/statcan/statcan_gdp_by_industry").json()
print(ds["title"], ds["rows"], "rows")
# Sample rows for an LLM context window
for row in ds.get("sample_rows", [])[:5]:
print(row)API endpoint: https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/statcan/statcan_gdp_by_industry
Tip: fetch /llms.txt for the full machine-readable catalog.