exclude write-offs, capital losses, extraordinary losses, interest on borrowing, and other non-recurring items
Supplementary notes
The source did not provide data for New Brunswick in 2016 or for Manitoba in 2014. Data prior to 2016 for all provinces comes from previous reports. Estimates for the most recent year are preliminary. Preliminary data are subject to revision. Due to rounding, components may not add to total. Scaling may also affect the calculation of ratios. Data presented in this table are from the surveyed portion only. The survey portion excludes the smallest firms in terms of revenues earned. These firms account for a relatively small portion of total industry revenues and are not included in the estimates of this table.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, stacan.gc.ca, 2014 to 2018. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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Operating expenses in the motion picture industry in Canadian provinces 2014-2018
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