Data from the Labour Force Survey are based on interviews with 56,000 households and more than 100,000 individuals every month. The March Labour Force Survey results reflect labour market conditions during the week of March 15 to 21. By then, a sequence of unprecedented government interventions related to COVID-19—including the closure of non-essential businesses, travel restrictions, and public health measures directing Canadians to limit … Read more
The following estimates are based on open-source building permit reports for 23 large municipalities, as well as municipal building permit reports submitted to Statistics Canada by April 2, 2020. Combined, these municipalities comprised approximately 29 per cent of total building permits by value in 2019. On a year-over-year basis, the value of building permits issued by Canadian municipalities fell 23.2 per cent to $1.4 billion … Read more
A revised set of preliminary data on the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases reported by the provincial and territorial health authorities to the Public Health Agency of Canada is now available. The set covers the period from January 15 to April 5, 2020. This data set includes information for a total of 8,100 Canadians who tested positive for COVID-19 as of April 5, 2020. … Read more
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) has identified older people, individuals with a weaker immune system and people with certain pre-existing health conditions as being more at risk of developing complications from COVID-19. According to daily epidemiological reports produced by PHAC, Canadians requiring hospitalization were generally older, and the most commonly reported pre-existing health conditions among cases … Read more
Data on stocks of frozen eggs and poultry meats, as well as edible dried egg products, are available for March. Data on the placements of hatchery chicks and turkey poults are available for February. Data on egg production are available for January. Details online. The March issue of Canadian Economic News is now available. Details online. This … Read more
Canada’s merchandise exports rose 0.5 per cent in February, because of higher exports of aircraft, while imports were down 0.8 per cent, in part due to a decrease in crude oil imports. As a result, Canada’s merchandise trade deficit with the world narrowed from $1.7 billion in January to $983 million in February. Details online. In February, Canada’s monthly deficit … Read more
Capital investment in infrastructure totalled $93.3 billion in 2018. Over one-third of the total was attributable to transportation infrastructure ($33.1 billion), which led the way in all provinces and territories except Newfoundland and Labrador, Manitoba and Nunavut. Electric power infrastructure ($16.6 billion) and education facilities ($10.1 billion) followed. These three types of assets together accounted for 64.1 per cent of total spending. … Read more
While the landscape of the Canadian and world economy has shifted since January, data from the beginning of the year are important in monitoring when and where changes occur over the following months. In January, effects such as reduced trade with China and advisories against non-essential travel to China affected potential growth. Manufacturing rose 0.8 per cent in January … Read more
The current COVID-19 situation has forced organizations such as Statistics Canada to review operations, with the primary objective being the health and safety of employees and Canadians. Over the last 10 days, your national statistical agency has responded to this challenge by setting up the infrastructure necessary for its dedicated employees to collect information vital to the economy … Read more
While the landscape of the labour market has shifted since January, data from the beginning of the year are important in monitoring when and where changes occur over the following months. As such, this release serves as a benchmark for measuring the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak. The average weekly earnings of non-farm payroll employees were … Read more
