Statistics Canada posted a new study: Manufacturing: The year 2017 in review. Canadian manufacturing sales increased by $36.4 billion or 5.9 per cent from 2016 to $648.9 billion in 2017. This was the largest increase since 2011, and it follows a 1.2 per cent rise in sales in 2016. The growth was led by the … Read more
Statistics Canada published the Labour Force Survey, March 2018. Employment increased by 32,000 in March, driven by full-time gains. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 5.8 per cent. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada issued data on the number and salaries of full-time teaching staff at Canadian universities, 2017/2018. The University and College Academic … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on Canadian international merchandise trade, February 2018. Canada’s merchandise trade deficit totalled $2.7 billion in February, widening from a $1.9 billion deficit in January. Imports rose 1.9 per cent and exports increased 0.4 per cent. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released the export and import price indexes, February 2018. Current-weighted … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on the production and disposition of tobacco products, February 2018. Canadian manufacturers produced 1.5 billion cigarettes in February, down 2.5 per cent from January. Cigarette production decreased 6.0 per cent compared with February 2017. The full release is available online.
Statistics Canada published the Passenger Air Services Price Index, 2016. The Passenger Air Services Price Index decreased 6.4 per cent in 2016 compared with 2015. This was the largest drop since 2009 when the index fell 8.8 per cent. Both domestic (-4.6 per cent) and international (-7.7 per cent) fares declined. The full release is available … Read more
Statistics Canada issued data on gross domestic product by industry, January 2018. Real gross domestic product edged down 0.1 per cent in January, offsetting part of the 0.2 per cent growth in December. The decline was mainly the result of lower output of non-conventional oil extraction and decreased activity in real estate. The full release is … Read more
Statistics Canada posted a Pilot Survey—Canadian Health Survey on Children and Youth, 2016. Data from the pilot survey of the Canadian Health Survey on Children and Youth are now available for research. The data were collected between October and December 2016 to test survey content, methodology, collection and processing, prior to the implementation of a … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on payroll employment, earnings and hours, January 2018. Average weekly earnings of non-farm payroll employees were $996 in January, little changed from the previous month. Earnings were up 3.2 per cent compared with January 2017, largely the result of gains in the second half of 2017. The full release is available online. Statistics … Read more
Statistics Canada issued natural resource indicators for the fourth quarter of 2017. Real natural resource gross domestic product increased 0.4 per cent in the fourth quarter, with growth in energy (+0.4 per cent) offsetting a decline in mining (-0.2 per cent). Natural resource prices were up 5.8 per cent. The full release is available online. Statistics … Read more
Statistics Canada posted the Softwood Lumber Satellite Account, 2016. The value added of the forestry, lumber and pulp and paper industries, as defined by the Softwood Lumber Satellite Account, exceeds $20 billion and increased from 2013 to 2016. The softwood lumber industry remains an important industry, accounting for an average of 1.2 per cent of … Read more
