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Economic OverviewSASKATCHEWAN 2003 REAL GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT,AT BASIC PRICES, BY INDUSTRY.Education,Health andSocial ServicesIndustries11.9%Other ServiceIndustries5.3%Agriculture, Forestry,Fishing and Hunting6.8%GovernmentServiceIndustries5.8%BusinessServiceIndustries6.5%Mining andPetroleum13.0%ManufacturingIndustries7.7%Finance,Insurance,Real Estateand Leasing17.1%ConstructionIndustries5.0%Wholesale andRetail Trade11.7%Transportation,Communicationand Utility9.1%ECONOMIC OVERVIEWAccording to Statistics Canada’s revised estimates,Saskatchewan’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), inflationadjusted, stood at $32 billion in 2003. In the last decade(from 1994 to 2003), Saskatchewan’s real GDP grew, onaverage, at a rate of 2.2 per cent annually.Over the 1994-2003 period, Saskatchewan’s realGDP per capita increased at an annual rate of 2.3 per centand Saskatchewan’s productivity (real GDP per employedperson) was tied at third highest among the 10 provinces(1.4 per cent a year).NOTES:Business services industries include: information andcultural industries, professional, scientific, technical,administrative and support services.Other service industries include: arts, entertainmentand recreation industries, and accommodations and foodservices industries.Source: Statistics Canada, Preliminary Provincial GDPby Industry, Catalogue No. 15-203-XIB or CANSIM table379-0025.20