Canadian industries operated at 78.5% of their production capacity in the third quarter. This is an increase from 77.6% in the second quarter, which was revised downward by 1.7 percentage points. Capacity utilization in the construction sector rose 1.3 percentage points to 80.2% in the third quarter. The increase was the first quarterly gain following eight consecutive declines. The increase in the third quarter coincided with higher activity in engineering construction. Capacity utilization in the mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction sector increased 0.7 percentage points to 77.1% in the third quarter. This ... (full story)