Statistics Canada posted its Consumer Price Index, September 2021. The Consumer Price Index rose 4.4 per cent on a year-over-year basis in September, up from a 4.1 per cent gain in August. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, the CPI rose 0.4 per cent in September. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada published a new … Read more
Statistics Canada issued data on new motor vehicle registrations, second quarter 2021. Canadians registered 486,592 new motor vehicles in the second quarter, 180,681 (+59.1 per cent) more than in the same quarter in 2020 when public health measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 resulted in the closure of dealerships for the entire month of … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on Canada’s international transactions in securities, August 2021. Foreign investors acquired $26.3 billion of Canadian securities in August, mainly in the form of debt securities. At the same time, Canadian investors resumed their purchases of foreign securities, adding $15.2 billion worth to their portfolios in August. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on wholesale trade, August 2021. Wholesale sales increased 0.3 per cent in August, reflecting mixed results among wholesale subsectors. Sales of food, beverage and tobacco products surpassed March 2020 levels for the first time. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada issued data on new motor vehicle sales, August 2021. The full release … Read more
Statistics Canada posted results from its Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, August 2021. Manufacturing sales rose 0.5 per cent to $60.3 billion in August on higher sales of petroleum and coal, chemicals and primary metals. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released data on provisional death counts and excess mortality, January 2020 to July 2021. COVID-19 … Read more
Statistics Canada issued data on investment in building construction, August 2021. Investment in building construction decreased 2.0 per cent to $17.7 billion in August, a fourth consecutive monthly decline. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada posted data on surveying and mapping services, 2020. Surveying and mapping services in Canada faced a 12.0 per cent … Read more
Statistics Canada issued data on the leading indicator of international arrivals to Canada, September 2021. September saw the number of international arrivals to Canada increase from the same month last year, but remain well below the pre-pandemic levels of September 2019. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released the experimental indexes of economic activity in … Read more
Statistics Canada posted results from its Labour Force Survey, September 2021. Employment rose by 157,000 (+0.8 per cent) in September, the fourth consecutive monthly increase. The unemployment rate fell by 0.2 percentage points to 6.9 per cent. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released energy statistics, July 2021. Primary energy production rose 11.1 per cent … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data from the Canadian Housing Statistics Program, Properties sold in 2018. A new measure to evaluate housing affordability, the sale price-to-income ratio, is released today. For properties sold in 2018, the price-to-income ratio in British Columbia was more than double that in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and in British Columbia, the … Read more
Statistics Canada issued data on the projections of the Indigenous populations and households in Canada, 2016 to 2041. New demographic projections suggest that the Indigenous identity population in Canada, which has grown steadily in recent decades, is projected to continue to increase between now and 2041. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada posted data … Read more
