Press Release Department: Federal - Statistics Canada

Labour productivity growth slowed in Canada after 2000, despite the seemingly accelerating pace of technological change. After taking into account assets that are not normally defined as intangible capital according to conventional national accounting standards, the contribution of intangible capital to average annual labour productivity growth declined from 0.37 percentage points in the 1976-to-2000 period to 0.23 percentage points in the 2000-to-2016 period. The study “Business … Read more

Fruit and vegetable sales were up 1.3 per cent to $2.5 billion in 2019, mainly due to a 3.0 per cent increase in the value of vegetables. The farm-gate value of vegetables grown in Canada rose for the ninth consecutive year. In contrast, the farm-gate value of fruits edged down 0.5 per cent. Details online. Statistics Canada released January data indicating cross-border … Read more

The total value of building permits issued by Canadian municipalities increased 7.4 per cent to $8.7 billion in December. Increases were reported in five provinces, led by Ontario (+10.5 per cent to $3.4 billion) and Quebec (+15.8 per cent to $2.2 billion). For 2019 overall, municipalities issued $102.4 billion worth of permits, up 2.6 per cent compared with 2018. Details online.

Employment increased by 35,000 (+0.2 per cent) in January, all in full-time work. The unemployment rate fell 0.1 percentage points to 5.5 per cent. The additional employment in January contributed to gains totalling 268,000 (+1.4 per cent) since January 2019. Details online. Chicken production totalled 1.3 million tonnes in 2019, up 2.2 per cent from the previous year. More than half of the chicken produced in Canada came from … Read more

In 2018, mental illness was the most common reason for receiving care (18 per cent), especially among young care receivers aged 15 to 34 (56 per cent). Receiving care for a mental illness was more common among young men (52 per cent) than young women (48 per cent). Details online. Prices for residential building construction increased 0.5 per cent in the fourth … Read more

Canada’s merchandise exports rose 1.9 per cent in December, mostly on higher crude oil exports, while imports edged up 0.2 per cent. As a result, Canada’s merchandise trade deficit with the world narrowed from $1.2 billion in November to $370 million in December. Details online. Annual data for Canadian international merchandise trade, by the Classification by Broad Economic Categories, Revision 5, … Read more

In November, modest increases were observed in the production of crude oil and equivalent products (+0.5 per cent), natural gas (+1.1 per cent) and electricity (+0.9 per cent) compared with the same month in 2018. Meanwhile, coal production (-11.6 per cent) declined for the fifth consecutive month. Over the same period, exports of natural gas (+6.1 per … Read more

The Economic Accounts Statistics portal, accessible from the Subject module of our website, features an up-to-date portrait of national and provincial economies and their structure. Details online.

Real gross domestic product edged up 0.1 per cent in November, offsetting most of the decline in October. Increases in 15 of 20 industrial sectors more than offset notable declines in the mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction and transportation and warehousing sectors. Details online. Prices for products manufactured in Canada, as measured by the Industrial Product Price Index, edged up 0.1 per … Read more

The average weekly earnings of non-farm payroll employees were $1,042 in November, little changed from October. On a year-over-year basis, earnings grew 3.1 per cent, continuing an upward trend observed since March. To explore the most recent results of the Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours in an interactive format, visit the “Earnings and payroll employment in … Read more