Statistics Canada released data on the gross domestic product by industry, January 2022. Real gross domestic product grew 0.2 per cent in January, attributable to goods-producing industries. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada issued data on household actual final consumption, 2021. Household actual final consumption increased by 8.3 per cent (+$132.6 billion) in 2021. This is the … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on the national tourism indicators, fourth quarter 2021. Tourism spending in Canada increased 8.7 per cent in the fourth quarter, following a 29.3 per cent rise in the third quarter. Annually, tourism spending rose 4.4 per cent in 2021 after a 49.0 per cent decline in 2020. Tourism gross domestic product … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on payroll employment, earnings and hours, and job vacancies, January 2022. The number of employees receiving pay or benefits from their employer—measured by the Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours as payroll employment—was little changed in January. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released data on non-profit institutions and volunteering: … Read more
Statistics Canada posted the Experimental Environmental, Social and Governance Dashboard. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) refers to three non-financial factors that can be used to inform the long-term risk and return of an investment. This experimental dashboard offers an overview of the performance over time of selected industries with respect to a collection of ESG … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on farm operating revenues and expenses, 2020. In addition to climate change and trade barriers being major factors that greatly affected farming, 2020 added another factor with the global COVID-19 pandemic. Despite this, Canadian farmers experienced a profitable year due in large part to higher crop revenues, bouncing back after a … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on employment Insurance, January 2022. Approximately 633,000 Canadians received regular Employment Insurance benefits in January, little changed from one month earlier. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released data on natural resource indicators, fourth quarter 2021. Real gross domestic product (GDP) of the natural resources sector increased 0.9 per cent, after rising … Read more
Statistics Canada published results from its Canadian Income Survey, 2020. The median after-tax income of Canadian families and unattached individuals was $66,800 in 2020. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada issued data on travel between Canada and other countries, January 2022. The number of international arrivals to Canada increased year over year in January 2022, … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on job vacancies, fourth quarter 2021. In the fourth quarter of 2021, the number of job vacancies in Canada peaked at 915,500, little changed from the third quarter (912,600). Record-high job vacancies in the fourth quarter coincided with almost full recovery of payroll employment and falling unemployment. The full release is available … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on the health and well-being of women and Girls living in communities at varying levels of remoteness, 2015 to 2018. A new study looks at the Health and well-being profile of women and girls by the relative remoteness of their communities. The results show that women and girls living in more … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on retail trade, January 2022. Retail sales increased 3.2 per cent to $58.9 billion in January. The increase was led by higher sales at motor vehicle and parts dealers (+5.3 per cent), as sales at new car dealers (+5.5 per cent) rebounded in January following a decline in December 2021. The full … Read more
