Statistics Canada posted data on labour productivity, hourly compensation and unit labour cost, second quarter 2021. Labour productivity of Canadian businesses rose 0.6 per cent in the second quarter, with the declines in hours worked more than offsetting the decrease in output. This was the first increase in productivity since the second quarter of 2020, when … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on Canadian international merchandise trade, July 2021. In July, Canada’s merchandise imports rose 4.2 per cent and exports increased 0.6 per cent. As a result, Canada’s merchandise trade surplus narrowed from $2.6 billion in June to $778 million in July. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released data on building permits, … Read more
Statistics Canada issued data on energy-related research and development expenditures, 2019 (final). In 2019, businesses spent $1.7 billion on in-house energy-related research and development in Canada, virtually unchanged from 2018; outsourced energy-related R&D spending increased by $49 million to $254 million. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada posted results from its Survey of Non-Bank … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on gross domestic product, income and expenditure, second quarter 2021. Substantial declines in home resale activities and exports pushed real gross domestic product down 0.3 per cent in the second quarter of 2021. This contrasted with three consecutive quarterly increases that followed the sharp decline (-11.3 per cent) caused by pandemic-related … Read more
Statistics Canada issued data on Canada’s balance of international payments, second quarter 2021. Canada’s current account balance (on a seasonally adjusted basis) posted a $3.6 billion surplus in the second quarter, following a $1.8 billion surplus in the first quarter. In the financial account (unadjusted for seasonal variation), portfolio and direct investment both led the net lending … Read more
Statistics Canada released the industrial product and raw materials price indexes for July 2021. The Industrial Product Price Index fell 0.4 per cent month over month in July, and was up 15.4 per cent year over year. The Raw Materials Price Index was up 2.2 per cent on a monthly basis in July and 37.7 per cent year over year. The full release … Read more
Statistics Canada issued figures on payroll employment, earnings and hours, and job vacancies, June 2021. There were 214,800 (+1.3 per cent) more employees receiving pay or benefits from their employer in June—measured in the Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours as payroll employment—the strongest monthly growth since March 2021. The full release is available online. … Read more
Statistics Canada issued figures on criminal victimization in Canada, 2019. In 2019, one in five Canadians—19 per cent, or close to 6 million people 15 years and older—indicated that they or their household had been a victim of a type of crime measured by the General Social Survey on Victimization. Young people, women and people … Read more
Statistics Canada posted its quarterly financial statistics for enterprises, second quarter of 2021. The overall Canadian corporate sector saw a quarterly decrease in net income before taxes of 0.4 per cemt. The non-financial sector recorded a 2.0 per cent drop in net income before taxes. The second quarter of 2021 was strongly impacted by the … Read more
Statistics Canada posted results from its Monthly Mineral Production Survey, June 2021. The total value of shipments of minerals showed a decrease in April, followed by two consecutive monthly increases. The total value of minerals shipped declined 17.6 per cent in April to $3.47 billion from March, driven by a decrease in metallic minerals. In … Read more
