Canada's recent experience in constructing regional economic accounts

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Salem, Meir^{; *} | Siddiqi, Yusuf

Affiliations: Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Canada

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Meir Salem, R.H. Coats Bldg, 23 R, Statistics Canada, 100 Tunney's Pasture Drive, Ottawa, K1A 0T6, Canada. Tel.: +1 613 951 3702; Fax: +1 613 951 0489; E-mail: salemeh@statcan.ca

Abstract: The first part of this paper describes how the systems and programs that feed Canada's sub-national economic accounts were built at Statistics Canada. A carefully chosen overview of challenges in developing these accounts offers insights into the issues and problems involved in building the statistical infrastructure that supports the present national and sub-national economic accounts. The second part of the paper deals with conceptual issues and challenges in developing a regional input-output framework that is capable integrating the sub-national data discussed earlier using national accounting principals and conventions.

Keywords: National accounts, Sub-national economic accounts, regional input-output tables

DOI: 10.3233/SJU-2006-232-310

Journal: Statistical Journal of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, vol. 23, no. 2-3, pp. 209-228, 2006