Eh Sayers

Listen to the Eh Sayers podcast to meet the people behind the data and explore the stories behind the numbers.

Author: Statistics Canada

Listen to the Eh Sayers podcast to meet the people behind the data and explore the stories behind the numbers. Join us as we meet with experts from Statistics Canada and from across the nation to ask and answer the questions that matter to Canadians.
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GDP Explained Without Putting You to Sleep (We Promise!)
Thursday, 8 January, 2026

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) tells us about the health and size of Canada’s economy. But for those of us who don’t own or operate multi-million-dollar companies, why does it matter at all? In this episode, Amanda Sinclair, Assistant director for the National Economic Accounts at Statistics Canada, explains some surprising ways GDP can be useful and why, for certain Canadian households, the numbers don’t always seem to add up.Economic accounts statistics