Statistics Canada released a comprehensive portrait of police-reported crime in Canada, 2021. Police-reported violent crime rose in 2021, while non-violent crime continued to drop. These underlying shifts resulted in virtually no change to the overall Crime Severity Index (CSI) from 2020 to 2021. Although the overall CSI was little changed, increases in violent crime and incidents … Read more
Statistics Canada published data on gross domestic product by industry, May 2022. Real gross domestic product was essentially unchanged in May as growth in services-producing industries was offset by declines in goods-producing industries. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released its weekly data on real-time local business conditions for July 18 to July 24, 2022. The full release is … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on payroll employment, earnings and hours, and job vacancies, May 2022. The number of employees receiving pay or benefits from their employer—measured by the Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours as payroll employment—decreased by 26,100 (-0.1 per cent) in May, the first decline since May 2021. The full release is available online. … Read more
Statistics Canada published the July 2022 issue of Economic and Social Reports. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada published a new article entitled “Adjusting to life in a pandemic: Embracing culture, arts and other leisure services in 2021.” According to this study, most culture, recreation and entertainment industries were able to partially recover in terms of … Read more
Statistics Canada posted results from Canada’s Core Public Infrastructure Survey: Water Infrastructure, 2020. In 2020, public potable water, wastewater and stormwater networks were composed of 4,126 wastewater treatment plants and lagoon systems, 3,342 water treatment facilities, 472,488 kilometres of underground pipes, and 284,827 kilometres of culverts and open ditches, as well as numerous pump stations, … Read more
Statistics Canada published monthly estimates of business openings and closures, April 2022. In April, the business closure rate (4.4 per cent) dropped for the second consecutive month to settle below its 2015-to-2019 historical average of 4.6 per cent. As in March 2022, the business opening rate decreased by 0.2 percentage points in April and was … Read more
Statistics Canada released data on retail trade, May 2022. Retail sales increased 2.2 per cent to $62.2 billion in May. Sales were up in eight of 11 subsectors, led by higher sales at gasoline stations and motor vehicle and parts dealers. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada posted data on travel between Canada and other … Read more
Statistics Canada published dtata on Employment Insurance, May 2022. In May, 499,000 Canadians received regular Employment Insurance benefits, little changed from April. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released data indicating that housing challenges remain for vulnerable populations in 2021. Fewer households in Canada’s 10 provinces lived in unaffordable housing in 2021 despite rising shelter costs … Read more
Statistics Canada posted the Consumer Price Index, June 2022. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 8.1 per cent on a year-over-year basis in June, up from a 7.7 per cent gain in May. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, the CPI increased 0.6 per cent in June. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released the industrial … Read more
Statistics Canada posted results from the Canadian Housing Statistics Program, 2020. New data from the Canadian Housing Statistics Program indicate higher rates of buying among recent immigrants and people younger than 35 in Manitoba compared with other provinces and territories. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada issued data on urban public transit, May … Read more
