Business Outlook Survey - data by region (four-quarter moving averages)

Quarterly results from the Business Outlook Survey (BOS) are based on interviews with about 15 firms in the Atlantic region, 20 in Quebec, 25 in Ontario, 20 in the Prairies region and 20 in British Columbia and Yukon. This page presents BOS data for each of these regions. For more information, see the backgrounder.

Regions are identified by province or defined as follows: the Atlantic region includes Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick; the Prairies region includes Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories; and the British Columbia region includes the province of British Columbia and the territory of Yukon. Because the responses are presented here as four-quarter moving averages, these charts may not show the same movements as the aggregate BOS data published each quarter.

Business activity

Chart 1: Past sales declines


Chart 2: Future sales growth


Chart 3: Investment in machinery and equipment


Chart 4: Credit conditions


Chart 5: Future employment level


Pressures on production capacity

Chart 6: Ability to meet demand


Chart 7: Labour shortages


Wages, prices and inflation

Chart 8: Wage growth


Chart 9: Input price inflation


Chart 10: Output price inflation


Chart 11a: Inflation expectations of firms in the Atlantic region


Chart 11b: Inflation expectations of firms in Quebec


Chart 11c: Inflation expectations of firms in Ontario


Chart 11d: Inflation expectations of firms in the Prairies region


Chart 11e: Inflation expectations of firms in British Columbia


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