Canada · data to Q2 2026
Is the economy growing?
OK.
Output per person grew 0.6% over the year. Growing, but only just once you count each person.
For context: 0.6% is lower than 71% of all 258 figures since 1962.
GDP per person, year over year
Real economic output divided by population
The strip under the chart shows the verdict each period would get by today's rules:Good OK Bad
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| Period | Value | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 0.6% | OK |
| Q1 2026 | -0.5% | Bad |
| Q4 2025 | -0.1% | Bad |
| Q3 2025 | 0.7% | OK |
| Q2 2025 | 0.7% | OK |
| Q1 2025 | 1.4% | OK |
| Q4 2024 | 1.0% | OK |
| Q3 2024 | -0.1% | Bad |
| Q2 2024 | -1.3% | Bad |
| Q1 2024 | -2.0% | Bad |
| Q4 2023 | -1.6% | Bad |
| Q3 2023 | -1.5% | Bad |
Source: Statistics Canada, Real GDP (chained 2017 dollars, seasonally adjusted, table 36-10-0104) divided by population (table 17-10-0009), annual % change; our calculation · Series v62305752 / v1 · Latest Q2 2026
How we judged this
What we test: The latest figure (GDP per person, year over year). Right now that's 0.6%.
- Good if 1.5% or more
- OK if from 0.0% to under 1.5%applies now
- Bad if anything the rules above don’t cover
Rules are checked from the top. The first one that fits decides the verdict.
About this data
- Measure
- GDP per person, year over year
- Latest
- 0.6% (Q2 2026)
- Published
- Quarterly, by Statistics Canada
- Verdict counts for
- Equal weight with the others in the overall verdict
We divide by population because a growing population can make the economy bigger without anyone being better off. This matters in Canada, where the population grew unusually fast in 2022 to 2024.
Statistics Canada publishes GDP and population separately; dividing one by the other (using the average population over each quarter) is our calculation.