Statistics Canada issued data on Employment Insurance, January 2021. The number of Canadians receiving regular Employment Insurance benefits rose 11.2 per cent (+149,000) to 1.5 million in January. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released data on natural resource indicators, fourth quarter 2020. Real gross domestic product (GDP) of the natural resources sector … Read more
Statistics Canada posted a study: Canadians’ assessments of social media in their lives. This article uses data from the 2018 Canadian Internet Use Survey to examine individual self-reports of negative experiences resulting from use of social networking websites or apps. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada published results from its Monthly Survey of Manufacturing: … Read more
Statistics Canada posted results from its Canadian Income Survey, 2019. The median after-tax income of Canadian families and unattached individuals was $62,900 in 2019. This was virtually unchanged from the previous year. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada posted data on job vacancies, fourth quarter 2020. There were 560,200 job vacancies in the … Read more
Statistics Canada issued data on aspects of quality of employment in Canada, February and March 2020. From mid-February to mid-March 2020, the 2020 Survey on Quality of Employment collected information on aspects of job quality in Canada from the perspective of workers. Estimates reflect employment characteristics before the full onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on retail trade, January 2021. Retail sales fell for the second consecutive month, down 1.1 per cent to $52.5 billion in January, primarily because of lower sales at clothing and clothing accessories stores, furniture and home furnishings stores, and sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores. The full release is available online. … Read more
Statistics Canada issued results from its survey on COVID-19 and Mental Health, September to December 2020. Findings released today from the Survey on COVID-19 and Mental Health indicate that about one in five (21 per cent) Canadian adults aged 18 and older screened positive for at least one of three mental disorders that were assessed. … Read more
Statistics Canada posted the Consumer Price Index, February 2021. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 1.1 per cent on a year-over-year basis in February, up from a 1.0 per cent increase in January. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, the CPI rose 0.1 per cent in February. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on Canada’s international transactions in securities, January 2021. Foreign investment in Canadian securities totalled $1.3 billion in January, the lowest investment in six months. Meanwhile, Canadian investors acquired $3.5 billion in foreign securities, down considerably from a $26.9 billion investment in December. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released data … Read more
Statistics Canada posted results from its Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, January 2021. Manufacturing sales rose 3.1 per cent to $56.2 billion in January, exceeding the level observed before the COVID-19 pandemic (February 2020) for the first time. Higher sales of wood products, computer and electronic products, and primary metals contributed the most to the gains. The … Read more
Statistics Canada posted results from its Labour Force Survey, February 2021. Employment increased by 259,000 (+1.4 per cent) in February, after falling by 266,000 over the previous two months. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada issued data on the national balance sheet and financial flow accounts, fourth quarter 2020. National net worth, the sum of national … Read more
