Canada's economy grew in the final three months of 2009 by the fastest pace in nine years, official figures have shown. The economy expanded by 5% on an annualised basis during the quarter, after growing at a rate of 0.9% in the previous three months.
The data was boosted by rising consumption, government spending and property investments.
Canada's economy has rebounded strongly like its neighbour, the US.
The US economy grew at an annualised rate of 5.9% in the last three months of 2009, the Commerce Department said last week, revised higher from the first estimate of 5.7%.
Canada's growth was the more than economists had predicted, and faster than the 3.3% that its central bank had expected.
It was the fastest growth rate since the third quarter of 2000.
