Canada: Stock market activity for smaller firms
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| Canada |
Stock market value traded w/o top 10 firms, % of total value traded |
|---|---|
| Latest value | 74.54 |
| Year | 2016 |
| Measure | percent |
| Data availability | 1999 - 2016 |
| Average | 74.20 |
| Min - Max | 57.80 - 84.02 |
| Source | The World Federation of Exchanges |
The latest value from 2016 is 74.54 percent, a decline from 78.87 percent in 2015. In comparison, the world average is 50.39 percent, based on data from 39 countries. Historically, the average for Canada from 1999 to 2016 is 74.2 percent. The minimum value, 57.8 percent, was reached in 2000 while the maximum of 84.02 percent was recorded in 1999.
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Definition: Value of all traded shares outside of the top ten largest traded companies as a share of total value of all traded shares in a stock market exchange. WFE provides data on the exchange level. This variable is aggregated up to the country level by taking a simple average over exchanges.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Stock market capitalization, percent of GDP | 126.98 | 2022 | percent |
| Stock market capitalization, in dollars | 2,744.72 | 2022 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Stock market turnover ratio | 81.95 | 2022 | percent |
| Listed companies | 3,534 | 2022 | companies |
| Stock market value traded | 104.06 | 2022 | percent |
| Stock market return | 23.70 | 2021 | percent |
| Stock market access for smaller firms | 68.46 | 2016 | percent |
| Stock market activity for smaller firms | 74.54 | 2016 | percent |
| Stock price volatility | 22.87 | 2021 | percent |
| Mutual fund assets | 97.56 | 2020 | percent |
| Life insurance volume | 3.19 | 2019 | percent |
| Non-life insurance premium volume | 3.32 | 2020 | percent |
| Pension fund assets to GDP | 179.68 | 2020 | percent |
| Insurance company assets | 83.68 | 2020 | percent |
| Nonbank financial institutions assets to GDP | 64.09 | 2006 | percent |
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