Talk:List of Canadian provinces and territories by gross domestic product

message: I changed Ontario's GDP per capita to closest to USA since Denmark was already below, and the fact that Ontario's economy and overall outlook is the closest to what you might see in the USA
Second, it says Canada's GDP per capita is $42,000(US $38,000). Does that not mean the main Canada page should also be changed to resemble the GDP per capita of $38,000? Does this not also mean that the GDP would be around 1.2 trillion US?
:As of the dates cited in the article/tables, Ontario's GDP (after conversion) is closest to that of Denmark ... not to the USA.  As well, the values in the country wikitables might have a different source/basis than the ones in the article and, therefore, none should be changed.  142.150.134.54 02:45, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  GDP per capitas/Canada's 

message: I do not know hwo PPP is calculated, but using the numbers at the top this is what I come up with.
	1.105 til /  1.368 til	 = 0.807748538
alberta            66279        53536
british columbia   39490        31898
manitoba	   35609        28763
new brunswick	   31552        25486
newfoundland	   41733        33709
northwest terrs    94953        76698
nova scotia        33533        27086
nunavut            36700        29644
ontario            42866        34624
prince ed. is.     29993        24226
quebec             36175        29220
saskatchewan       42742        34524
yukon	           49097        39658
canada             42402        34250
This appears rather correct.  Given that Canadian subdivisional GDPs are not provided in US dollars nor is there a source for this conversion/information, though, this should not be included.  142.150.134.54 02:45, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  GDP per capita PPP 

message: Something seems very wrong here. Specifically, it seems incredible to me that Newfoundland has a GDP per capita higher than British Columbia and nearly that of Ontario. So I took a look at the StatsCan references and discovered that the provincial GDP figures used in the article may be wrong. Specifically, the link cited in the article, http://www40.statcan.ca/l01/cst01/econ15.htm gives a value of $21 billion for the GDP of Newfoundland, but another page in the StatsCan site, http://www40.statcan.ca/l01/cst01/econ50.htm gives a value of $15 Billion. The first page is labeled 'Gross domestic product, expenditure-based' whereas the second is labeled 'Real gross domestic product, expenditure-based'. Altough all provincial GDP figures are higher in the first set of data, they are proportionally much higher for Newfoundland, which is contributing to its (apparent) high ranking. Using the second set ranks NL's GDP per capital much lower (29.6K vs 33.8K for BC and 38K for Ontario). These seem more plausible to me. Unfortunately I'm not sure what the difference is between the two methodologies and the StatsCan website offers little in the way of explanation. Any insights from the more economically-minded amongst us?
:I don't think that there's anything wrong with the figures already in the article (since they do correspond with cited figures in the relevant StatsCan article) - note that the 'real' GDP figures are calculated using "millions of chained (1997) dollars", so they are time-adjusted values whereas the figures currently in the article are not.  That being said, it is probably more a matter that the 'real' figures might need to be added to the tables; of course, this may raise more questions than answers (see above). Cogito ergo sumo 07:09, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Real vs Nominal GDP 

message: Could we by any chance change Canadian dollars to American dollars for the sake of internationalism. All other figures are given in USD and this may cause quite a confusion. Thank you, (12.218.46.67 18:59, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It doesn't work that way.  Andrew647 21:23, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, quite often it does.  Perhaps both can be given.  TastyCakes (talk) 14:45, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  International dollars 

message: I wrote that in and it's a fact can someone link that to a source.
Why would its ppp rank be highlighted and its nominal gdp rank (which is the more accurate gdp measurement) be ignored when its ranked higher ?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.89.212.64 (talk) 03:16, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Canada's nominal gdp rank is 8th or 9th in the world 

message: This article should be merged with Economy of Canada.  Aurush kazemini (talk) 03:46, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I disagree.  This list is similar to many others on Wikipedia regarding individual countries.  TastyCakes (talk) 22:25, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger 

message: This article synthesizes information from different sources.  Isn't that a no-no? LOLOL Aurush kazemini (talk) 04:24, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Using different sources does not constitute original research.  What part of the article are you claiming is original research?  TastyCakes (talk) 15:38, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Original research 

message: There seems to be a mistake in the article.  In the first table, the percentage you calculate with Alberta's GDP being 235,593 is about 20%, not 12.8%.  I believe the total also adds up incorrectly at the bottom, since the percentages do add up to 100%.  The reference given no longer works.  TastyCakes (talk) 14:43, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I corrected the figure based on the Real Growth figure.  It is now in line with the percentage as well.  --Astator (talk) 04:41, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mistake in article 

message: The column labelled "Market Income per capita" is original research. No source is provided directly supporting the data presented. It defines something called "market income" without citing a source, and calculates it using an unsourced, non-obvious formula. These are not routine calculations. Rectipaedia (talk) 09:09, 25 November 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Market income is a Statistics Canada concept, and a source was cited (in fact, in response to this comment). I can see why you deleted it last year due to the lack of citation, but the latest deletion despite evidence is unwarranted. A Google search of "market income" (with quotation marks) of statcan.gc.ca yields over 600,000 results; whether you were personally aware of it or not, it is a well-established concept. As for the "per capita" part, that is routine calculation. In fact, Statistics Canada doesn't directly provide GDP per capita by province, so if you disallow per capita calculations, you might as well delete this whole article. As such, I have reverted your edit. 172.103.172.218 (talk) 21:19, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, the number of search results estimated by Google can fluctuate (I now get 428,000), but the point is that it is very large, demonstrating that this is not some obscure concept. 172.103.172.218 (talk) 21:25, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

text: I'm not sure the issue is. First, equalization payments are made to provinces, not individuals, so your comment seems off. Second, government transfers are defined in the same glossary where market income is defined on the Statistics Canada website. https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/ref/dict/pop037-eng.cfm Third, transfer payments (both between  governments and from any government to individuals) are *not* part of GDP, so of the three income concepts used by Statistics Canada (market, total and after-tax), the one most closely related with GDP is market income. (If the point were instead to measure individuals' spending power, then after-tax income would be more appropriate, as it adds government transfers and subtracts income taxes.) 172.103.172.218 (talk) 21:19, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Market Income per capita is original research 

message: In updating to use more recent statistics how should the existing tables be kept? In a separate article in a talk page archives?Oceanflynn (talk) 14:48, 7 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Updated to more recent statistics

message: I created this sortable table and I have also added it in this article Economy of Alberta.  Oceanflynn (talk) 16:58, 7 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Added new table based on StatCan data