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Gross national expenditure at market prices, 1938 to 1946

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Gross national expenditure at market prices, 1938 to 1946
  1943 1944 19451 19462
  $ millions
Personal expenditure on consumer goods and services 5,896 6,268 6,824 7,383
Government expenditure        
  War—goods and services, excluding Mutual Aid 3,114 3,336 1,816 735
  War—Mutual Aid, etc. 516 961 1,041 200
  Non-war 697 764 850 1,000
Gross investment at home        
  Plant and equipment 571 657 823 1,100
  Inventories        
    Wheat Board 110 -7 -212 -33
    Other -267 -37 -166 308
Current receipts from abroad for goods and services, excluding Mutual Aid, etc.3 3,456 3,558 3,590 3,225
Deduct current expenditures abroad for goods and services -2,858 -3,539 -2,914 -2,865
Residual error of estimate for reconciliation with Table 1, Canada Year Book 1947 p. 944 -111 -190 -174 76
Total, gross national expenditure at market prices 11,124 11,771 11,478 11,129
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1947.