In light of recent calls for the voluntary sector to play anincreased role in the economy, this paper takes a look at the sector's current role in the Canadian economy. A brief profile of the Canadian nonprofit sector is provided based upon available data on the sector.

This paper compares the evolution of regional disparities in per capita incomes in Canade and the 12 American states along Canada's southern border. The phenomenon of capital accumulation as described by the neoclassical growth model can explain much of the observe decline in regional dispersion...

Using data from Statistics Canada and Human Resources Development Canada the paper describes the provincial trends in university student migration, tuition fees and accomodation costs over the period 1972-73 to 1996-97. A multinomial logit model was estimated to determine the importance of...