Statistics Canada issued data on monthly trade in goods by exporter characteristics, November 2020. Despite several provinces beginning to implement new measures to contain the resurgence of COVID-19 in November, the number of Canadian businesses exporting goods continued to recover. The number of exporting enterprises in Canada grew by 0.4 per cent in November to … Read more
Statistics Canada posted results from its Labour Force Survey: Revisions, 2001 to 2020. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada issued data indicating that head office employment increased in 2019. In 2019, despite head office closures in several sectors, the number of head offices in Canada edged up 0.5 per cent to 2,750. Similarly, … Read more
Statistics Canada published results from its Labour Force Survey: Revisions, 2001 to 2020. Following each census cycle, Labour Force Survey (LFS) data are revised to ensure alignment with the most recently available population estimates, geographic boundaries, and occupation and industry classifications. This standard revision process—which has little impact on key labour market indicators such as … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on retail trade, November 2020. Retail sales rose at their fastest pace since September, up 1.3 per cent to $55.2 billion in November. This was the seventh consecutive monthly gain. The increase was led by higher sales at food and beverage stores, along with an uptick in e-commerce sales. The full release is … Read more
Statistics Canada released data on Employment Insurance, November 2020. In November, 1.3 million Canadians received regular Employment Insurance benefits, down 3.4 per cent from a record 1.4 million in October. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada issued results from Canada’s Core Public Infrastructure Survey: Public transit, solid waste and asset management, 2018. Canada’s public transit … Read more
Statistics Canada published the Consumer Price Index, December 2020. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.7 per cent on a year-over-year basis in December, down from a 1.0 per cent increase in November. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, the CPI rose 0.1 per cent in December. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada posted the Consumer … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on wholesale trade, November 2020. Wholesale sales grew for the seventh consecutive month in November—up 0.7 per cent to an all-time high of $67.4 billion. Five of seven subsectors reported stronger sales, led by the machinery, equipment and supplies subsector and the building material and supplies subsector. The full release is available … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on Canada’s international transactions in securities, November 2020. Foreign investors acquired $11.8 billion of Canadian securities in November, largely purchases of federal government debt securities. At the same time, Canadian investors increased their holdings of foreign securities by $7.6 billion, led by acquisitions of US shares. The full release is available online. … Read more
Statistics Canada issued data on natural resource indicators, third quarter 2020. Real gross domestic product of the natural resources sector edged up 0.3 per cent in the third quarter, following a record 10.7 per cent decline in the second quarter. Gains in the minerals and forestry subsectors were mostly offset by continued declines in the … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on Canada’s population estimates: Subprovincial areas, July 1, 2020. Population growth in Canada’s large urban regions slowed compared with the same period a year earlier (+1.3 per cent compared with +1.7 per cent). However, Canada continues to be more urbanized as the population of census metropolitan areas rose to 27.3 million … Read more
