National Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by Income and by Expenditure Accounts

Capital assistance of economy, value

Capital assistance refers to a non-compulsory transfer of cash from government to another institutional unit, either incorporated or unincorporated, to be used to acquire an asset other than inventories or cash.

Economy refers to the entire set of resident institutional units. It is divided into sectors that consists of groups of resident institutional units. An institutional unit is resident in a country when it has a centre of economic interest in the economic territory of that country. It is said to have a centre of economic interest when there exists some location - dwelling, place of production or other premises - within the economic territory on, or from, which it engages, and intends to continue to engage, in economic activities and transactions on a significant scale either indefinitely or over a finite period of time.

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

• Canadian dollar at current prices
  Data tables

  • Capital assistance, 1968 System of National Accounts (SNA) Table: 380-0551