Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Tim Hodgson (Markham-Thornhill, Ont.) concluded a five-day tour across Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia, highlighting how provinces, workers, Indigenous partners, researchers and industry are positioning Canada as a global energy superpower with the strongest economy in the G7. In Alberta, Minister spent time with Todd Loewen, Alberta’s Minister of Forestry and Parks, visiting forest sector workers in the Grande Prairie region and meeting firefighters who have kept Albertans safe through wildfire seasons. He also visited Suncor’s oil sands operations in Fort McMurray, Alta. In Saskatchewan, discussions focused on the infrastructure, innovation and resources that will help power Canada’s future. The full release is available online. Contact Charlotte.Power@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca.

Statistics Canada published the Labour Force Survey, August 2026. Employment declined by 42,000 (-0.2 per cent) in August and the employment rate fell 0.1 percentage points to 60.8 per cent. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 6.4 per cent. The full release is available online.

Statistics Canada issued data on sawmills, June 2026. Lumber production increased 0.2 per cent from May to 3 894.4 thousand cubic metres in June. Production was down 1.9 per cent from June 2025. The full release is available online.

Statistics Canada released the Farm Product Price Index, June 2026. The Farm Product Price Index rose 4.0 per cent in June compared with the same month one year earlier. This increase was mainly due to the gain in the cattle and calves index (+17.5 per cent), which more than offset the declines in the indexes of hogs (-6.4 per cent) and total crops (-0.2 per cent). The full release is available online.

Statistics Canada announced the creation of the Sector Based Producer Price Indexes. These indexes have been built to measure price changes across four producer sectors—energy, non-energy, goods and services—using a methodology developed by the Bank of Canada. The indexes will be published for the first time on October 9, 2026. These data support research on firms’ price-setting behaviours and inflation dynamics, including the development of economic models. The full release is available online.

Natural Resources Canada released an update on the McIlvenna Bay copper-zinc mine located in Saskatchewan’s Flin Flon Greenstone Belt. The full release is available online. ContactCharlotte.Power@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca.