Statistcs Canada issued dairy statistics for December 2017. Cheddar cheese production rose 4.6 per cent from 2016 to 162 350 tonnes in 2017, while specialty cheese production increased 3.6 per cent to 310 856 tonnes. Creamery butter (up 16.4 per cent to 108 774 tonnes) and hard ice cream (up 3.0 per cent to 141 … Read more
Statistics Canada issued data on deaths and causes of death for 2015. The total number of deaths in Canada was 264,333 in 2015, the highest annual total since the introduction of the vital statistics registration system in 1921. Every province and territory except Prince Edward Island, Manitoba, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut reported a record … Read more
Statistics Canada published the Consumer Price Index, January 2018. The Consumer Price Index rose 1.7 per cent on a year-over-year basis in January, following a 1.9 per cent increase in December. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, the Consumer Price Index was up 0.5 per cent in January, after increasing 0.1 per cent in December. The … Read more
Statistcs Canada published the Canadian Health Measures Survey: Arsenic and Paraben concentrations in Canadians, 2014 and 2015. Inorganic arsenic is a natural element that occurs in the environment. It can enter the human body through contaminated food or drinking water, air or through the skin with direct contact with contaminated soil. Elevated levels of arsenic … Read more
Statistics Canada issued data on retail trade, December 2017. Following three consecutive monthly increases, retail sales decreased 0.8 per cent in December to $49.6 billion. Despite this decline, retail sales were up 1.5 per cent in the fourth quarter and up 6.7 per cent for the year. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada posted … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on investment in new housing construction, December 2017. New housing construction investment totalled $4.7 billion in December, up 10.0 per cent compared with December 2016. Investment in new housing construction rose in eight provinces, led by Quebec, Alberta and British Columbia. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada published the quarterly … Read more
Statistics Canada published a new study in Health Reports: Analysis of trends in the prevalence of cannabis use in Canada, 1985 to 2015, which examines the long-term trends in the use of cannabis in Canada for the first time by comparing nine national surveys of the household population that collected information about cannabis use from 1985 … Read more
Statistics Canada issued data for wholesale trade, December 2017. Wholesale sales declined 0.5 per cent to $63.0 billion in December, the first decrease in three months. Lower sales were recorded in five of seven subsectors, representing 65 per cent of total wholesale sales. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada posted a new study: Long-term job vacancies … Read more
Statistics Canada published the Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, December 2017. Manufacturing sales declined 0.3 per cent to $55.5 billion in December, following a revised increase of 3.8 per cent in November. The decline was mainly the result of lower sales in the petroleum and coal products industry and the food manufacturing industry. The full release is available online. … Read more
Statistics Canada issued data on Employment Insurance, December 2017. In December, 500,100 people received regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits, down 1.1 per cent from November. The number of EI recipients has been on a downward trend since October 2016. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada posted the Wholesale Services Price Index, third quarter 2017. … Read more
