Aircraft take-offs and landings at the 90 Canadian airports with NAV CANADA air traffic control towers and flight service stations decreased 4.3 per cent in January to 360,509 movements, compared with 376,562 movements in January 2019. Details online. Statistics Canada is releasing a dashboard that presents selected indicators to help monitor the impact of the pandemic on economic activity in Canada. The dashboard includes 16 indicators from … Read more
Canadian railways transported 30.6 million tonnes of freight in January, down 5.5 per cent from January 2019. This marked the fifth consecutive month of year-over-year declines. Non-intermodal loadings declined 7.5 per cent to 24.1 million tonnes compared with the same period in 2019. Details online.
Quarterly data for Government Finance Statistics (GFS), a system that presents fiscal statistics using the international standard GFS developed by the International Monetary Fund, are now available. This standard allows consistent aggregation and analysis between participating countries. Details online. In 2018, 49,622 temporary foreign workers filled 54,734 jobs in agricultural operations. Data on the number of temporary foreign workers employed in the agriculture … Read more
Wholesale sales increased for a second consecutive month, up 1.8 per cent to $65.2 billion in January. While all subsectors reported higher sales, gains were concentrated in the motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories and the miscellaneous subsectors. In volume terms, sales grew 1.7 per cent. Details online. Total investment in building construction increased by 0.5 per … Read more
Retail sales rose for the third consecutive month, up 0.4 per cent to $52.0 billion in January. While the impacts of the coronavirus on the retail trade sector will be more noticeable in subsequent months, respondent comments for February note that business activities have been impacted. The largest contributor to the monthly gain came from the motor vehicle and … Read more
New home prices were up 0.4 per cent at the national level in February. Builders reported that new home prices rose in 17 of the 27 census metropolitan areas surveyed in February. Prices increased the most in Ottawa (+1.1 per cent), St. Catharines–Niagara (+1.1 per cent), Victoria (+1.0 per cent) and Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo (+0.9 per cent). Details online. Demographic estimates for Canada, … Read more
The Consumer Price Index rose 2.2 per cent on a year-over-year basis in February, down from a 2.4 per cent gain in January. Excluding gasoline, the CPI rose 2.0 per cent, matching the increase in December and in January. Details online. In the context of the rapidly-evolving situation around the novel coronavirus (also known as COVID-19), Statistics Canada remains committed to providing … Read more
Manufacturing sales were down 0.2 per cent to $56.1 billion in January, the fifth consecutive monthly decline. Sales decreased in 9 of 21 industries, led by lower sales in the transportation equipment and petroleum and coal products industries. The food industry posted the largest gain. In volumes terms, manufacturing sales decreased 0.4 per cent. Details online. Foreign investors acquired $17.0 billion of Canadian securities … Read more
There were 36,000 apprentices who completed their training and became newly certified journeypersons in Canada in 2016. In 2017, one year after certification, 3.7 per cent or 1,330 of these journeypersons moved to another province. This population is referred to as the “migrant population of journeypersons.” Details online. Canadian oilseed processors crushed 9 608 640 tonnes of canola in 2019, up 3.5 per cent from 2018, while the amount of soybeans … Read more
National net worth, the sum of national wealth and Canada’s net foreign asset position, rose to $12,725.2 billion in the fourth quarter, up $182.7 billion from the previous quarter. Canada’s net foreign asset position increased by $197.1 billion to reach $1,006.0 billion, fueled by the stronger performance of foreign stock markets relative to the Canadian stock market, which pushed … Read more
