This paper traces the path of television in Canada, from its introduction in 1952 to the present, exemines its ecoonomics, discusses aspects of its contents and takes a look at its future.

Both personal and business travel have seasonal patterns that lead to variations in the demand for hotels, motels and other accomodation services. This article examines seasonal fluctuations experiences by Canada's traveller accomodation industry in 1996. It then focuses on monthly variations in...

Cet article part des donnees sur les lancements et les fermetures d'entreprises pour examiner les changements et l'instabilite dans le secteur des services

Cette etude revele que le marche en regle generale concurrentiel et que l'on trouve de nombreuses petites entreprises qui coexistent avec d'autres qui sont tres grandes.

This article focuses on characteristics of primary Internet service providers (ISPs), that is, firms reporting that 50% or more of their revenues come from ISP activities. It looks at challenges facing ISPs including barriers to growth, competing in the Internet sector, complaints and practices...

Canada's consumer market for entertainment services grew almost 50% in real terms from 1986 to 1996. Canadians are sepnding more on renting cablevision, video games videotapes and satellite services, and they still attend live sports events, movies and theatre. As a result, spending on...

Cette article constitue une mise a jour pour 1998 des taux de penetration du telephone, du cable, de l'ordinateur et du modem, et comprend en outre des donnees pour 1996 sur l'utilisation du telephone cellulaire et de l'Internet. Les taux de penetration de ces liens sont analyses par rapport a...

Computer communications occur when someone connects a computer to a communications network to access information on the Internet, to send and receive e-mail, or to use electronic banking services. This article uses 1998 data to update previous estimates of the proportion of Canadian households...

A partir des donnees de l'Enquete sur la population active et du Fichier des donnes longitudinales sur la main-d'oeuvre, cet article examine les tendances de la stabilite d'emploi au Canada, particulierement dans le secteur tertiaire. L'article etablit que la stabilite d'emploi varie non...

Based on Family Expenditure Survey data for both 1986 and 1996, this study examines how the household consumption of services has shifted over the past decade. Particular attention is paid to spending on: communications services; finance and real estate services; food and beverage services;...