Statistics Canada posted data on retail trade, September 2021. Retail sales were down 0.6 per cent to $56.6 billion in September. The decline was led by lower sales at motor vehicle and parts dealers (-1.6 per cent) as new car dealer sales (-2.8 per cent) continued to struggle amid global supply shortages for semiconductor chips. The … Read more
Statistics Canada issued data on mployment Insurance, September 2021. Approximately 1.3 million Canadians received regular Employment Insurance benefits in September, down 187,000 (-12.7 per cent) from a month earlier. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada posted data on Canada’s international transactions in securities, September 2021. Foreign investment in Canadian securities totalled $20.0 billion in September, … Read more
Statistics Canada released data on automotive equipment rentals and leasing, 2020. After several years of steady growth, operating revenue of the automotive equipment rental and leasing industry group fell 17.7 per cent in 2020 to $6.5 billion. A drop in demand, costs reductions, bankruptcy filings, acquisition and government pandemic assistance impacted industry trends in 2020. This industry … Read more
Statistics Canada published the Industrial Product Price Index: Flash estimates, October 2021. The Industrial Product Price Index (flash estimate) was up 1.3 per cent in October. Year over year, the index rose 16.7 per cent. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released the experimental indexes of economic activity in the provinces and territories, July 2021. … Read more
Statistics Canada posted results from its Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, September 2021. Manufacturing sales fell 3.0 per cent in September, mainly attributable to lower sales in the motor vehicle industry. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada issued data on wholesale trade, September 2021. Wholesale sales grew 1.0% in September, generated by higher sales of agricultural … Read more
Statistics Canada released its detailed preliminary data on confirmed cases of COVID-19, January 15, 2020 to November 7, 2021 (revised data). An updated set of preliminary data on the number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases reported by provincial and territorial public health authorities to the Public Health Agency of Canada is now available. Along with … Read more
Statistics Canada issued data on investment in building construction, September 2021. Investment in building construction declined 0.7 per cent to $17.5 billion in September, continuing a downward trend that started in May. A decrease in the residential sector was partially offset by a small increase in the non-residential sector. The full release is available online. Statistics … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on provincial and territorial economic accounts, 2020. In 2020, real gross domestic product fell in all provinces and in the Northwest Territories. Canada’s real GDP was down 5.2 per cent, the sharpest annual decline since 1961, the year data were first recorded. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released data … Read more
Statistics Canada issued data on provisional death counts and excess mortality, January 2020 to August 2021. COVID-19 claimed the lives of 6,255 Canadians from the end of January 2021 to the beginning of July 2021. Significant excess mortality was not observed nationally during this time. Some provinces, however, did experience periods of excess mortality, generally coinciding … Read more
Statistics Canada released results from its Labour Force Survey, October 2021. After returning to its pre-pandemic level in September, employment held steady (+31,000; +0.2 per cent) in October. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada posted results from its Retail Commodity Survey, August 2021. Retail sales reached $59.1 billion in August, an increase of 8.5 … Read more
