Business investment per worker in Canada—a key driver of higher living standards—declined from 87.3% of U.S. level in 2014 to 54.0% in 2024

CALGARY—Business investment per worker—a key driver of higher living standards—has declined in Canada from slightly lower than in the United States (87.3 per cent) in 2014, to just over half (54.0 per cent) in 2024, the latest data available, finds a new study published today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank.