Table 11
Detailed financial statistics for the book publishers industry, Canadian-controlled establishments, Canada, 2008 and 2010

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Detailed financial statistics for the book publishers industry, Canadian-controlled establishments, Canada, 2008 and 2010


Table summary
This table displays the results of detailed financial statistics for the book publishers industry 2008 and 2010, calculated using thousands of dollars and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  2008Note r: revised 2010Note p: preliminary
  thousands of dollars
Total operating revenue 1,388,386.3 1,393,486.3
Sales in Canada 1,005,304.5 974,398.4
Of publishers' own titles 692,185.8 696,613.2
Educational 351,424.3 373,513.9
Children's books Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Other trade, all formats 206,236.9 206,411.4
OtherNote 1 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
As exclusive agents 313,118.7 277,785.2
Educational 173,159.0 133,063.8
Children's books Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Other trade, all formats 67,407.8 77,782.9
OtherNote 1 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Exports and other foreign
sales		 229,138.5 231,056.2
Other revenueNote 2 153,943.3 188,031.7
Total operating expenses 1,230,368.8 1,221,787.6
  percent
Operating profit margin 11.4 12.3
  thousands of dollars
Salaries, wages and benefits 268,533.0 272,886.2
p preliminary
r revised
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Note 1.

Other includes scholarly, reference, professional and technical books.

Note 2.

Other revenue includes revenue from grants, sales of rights, sales of other goods and services produced and tax credit programs.

Note(s): The results in this table are for firms classified under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) category 51113. See "Data sources, definitions and methodology" at the end of tables for definitions of terms. Due to rounding, components may not add to total. Data presented in this table are from the surveyed portion only. The survey portion excludes the smallest firms in terms of revenues earned. These firms account for a relatively small portion of total industry revenues and are not included in the estimates of this table.
1.
Other includes scholarly, reference, professional and technical books.
2.
Other revenue includes revenue from grants, sales of rights, sales of other goods and services produced and tax credit programs.
Note(s):
The results in this table are for firms classified under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) category 51113. See "Data sources, definitions and methodology" at the end of tables for definitions of terms. Due to rounding, components may not add to total. Data presented in this table are from the surveyed portion only. The survey portion excludes the smallest firms in terms of revenues earned. These firms account for a relatively small portion of total industry revenues and are not included in the estimates of this table.
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