Statistics Canada issued data on employment Insurance, May 2021. Approximately 1.7 million Canadians received regular EI benefits in May, up 83,000 (+5.2 per cent) from a month earlier. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada published a new study: Parents’ use of child care services and differences in use by mothers’ employment status. This study uses … Read more
Statistics Canada issued data on travel between Canada and other countries, May 2021. May marked more than a full year of border restrictions in effect to contain the spread of COVID-19. Although historically low, the number of international arrivals to Canada during May increased from the same month last year. The full release is available online. … Read more
Statistics Canada published data on the sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors linked to COVID-19 mortality rates. Statistics Canada is working rapidly to develop many new and innovative ways to measure the social and economic impacts of COVID-19 on the Canadian population. This includes the creation of an integrated de-identified dataset that connects the provisional COVID-19 death … Read more
Statistics Canada published a new study: Canada’s oceans and the economic contribution of marine sectors, 2014 to 2018. Canada has the longest coastline in the world, and its marine sectors make a significant contribution to provincial, regional and national economies. In 2016, 14 per cent of Canada’s population lived within 10 km of the coast. … Read more
Statistics Canada released data on wholesale trade, May 2021. Sales of wholesale products rose 0.5 per cent in May to $72.2 billion, setting a record high for the sector for a third consecutive month. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada posted data on Canada’s international transactions in securities, May 2021. Foreign investors acquired $20.8 … Read more
Statistics Canada released data on the income of families and individuals: Subprovincial data from the T1 Family File, 2019. Median after-tax income of families and individuals edged up 0.6 per cent from a year earlier, to $54,790 in 2019. Median after-tax income grew at the fastest pace in census metropolitan areas in Quebec, while the largest … Read more
Statistics Canada published results from the Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, May 2021 (final). Manufacturing sales declined 0.6 per cent in May, on lower sales in 11 of 21 industries led by the machinery, chemical and fabricated metal product industries. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada posted the Industrial Product Price Index: Flash estimates, June 2021. … Read more
Statistics Canada issued data on the leading indicator of international arrivals to Canada, June 2021. In June, the number of international arrivals to Canada by land and air increased from last year, but remained well below pre-pandemic levels. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released the Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and … Read more
Statistics Canada issued data on investment in building construction, May 2021. Investment in building construction cooled slightly in May, decreasing 1.9 per cent to $19.4 billion. This was the first drop in seven months. Residential construction investment (-2.7 per cent) was down for the first time since April 2020, while non-residential construction increased slightly. The … Read more
Statistics Canada released results from its Labour Force Survey, June 2021. Employment rose by 231,000 (+1.2 per cent) in June, following a cumulative decline of 275,000 over the previous two months. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada issued results from its COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage Survey. Almost half of adults residing in the provinces (45.3 … Read more
