Non-profit sector accounts for billions in economy: study

CBC.ca reports on recent study published by Statistics Canada:

The GDP of the core non-profit sector reached $29.1 billion in 2003, representing 2.6 per cent of the total economy. The entire non-profit share rose to 7.1 per cent when the GDP of hospitals, universities and colleges was included in the total.

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Even the smaller core sector was about twice the size of the agricultural industry and larger than the accommodation and food services industry in Canada.