Canada’s capacity utilization rate for total manufacturing increased to 82.5% in May 2026, marking the highest level since June 2018, up from a downwardly revised 80.4% in April. Th largest increases were recorded for chemical products (+5.3pp), followed by transportation equipment (+3.2pp), and food (+2.5pp). These gains were partially offset by a decline of 1.2 percentage points in the primary metal subsector. source: Statistics Canada
Capacity Utilization in Canada averaged 78.36 percent from 2017 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 83.70 percent in March of 2018 and a record low of 54.60 percent in April of 2020. This page provides the latest reported value for - Canada Capacity Utilization - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Canada Capacity Utilization - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on July of 2026.
Capacity Utilization in Canada is expected to be 79.90 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Canada Capacity Utilization is projected to trend around 80.00 percent in 2027 and 80.50 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.