Activities of Foreign Majority-Owned Affiliates in Canada

Value added of enterprise, value

Value added refers to the value that the producers add to their intermediate inputs before generating their own output. It is obtained as the difference between output and intermediate inputs of the producers.

Enterprise refers to the highest level of the Business Register statistical hierarchy. In alignment with the System of National Accounts, it is defined as an institutional unit that directs and controls the allocation of resources relating to its operations, and for which financial statements are maintained from which international transactions, an international investment position and a financial position for the unit can be derived. Enterprises can be corporations, quasi-corporations, institutions, or unincorporated businesses such as sole proprietors or partnerships. For incorporated enterprises, financial statements can be consolidated.

The data for this variable are reported using the following measurements:

• Canadian dollar at current prices