Statistics Canada released data on Employment Insurance for June 2016. Regular Employment Insurance beneficiaries in Canada totalled 545,900 in June, essentially unchanged from May. Compared with 12 months earlier, the number of people receiving regular EI benefits was up by 8,000 or 1.5 per cent. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada announced Canada’s … Read more
Statistics Canada released a Study: The Canada–US gap in women’s labour market participation, 1997 to 2015: The proportion of women aged 25 to 54 who participated in the labour market has risen in Canada over the last two decades, while it has fallen in the United States. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released figures … Read more
Statistics Canada released its Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, June 2016: Manufacturing sales rose 0.8 per cent to $50.2 billion in June, following a 1.0 per cent decline in May. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released its Monthly Survey of Large Retailers, June 2016. The full data is available online. Statistics Canada released New motor vehicle sales, … Read more
Statistics Canada released figures on Research and development of Canadian private non-profit organizations, 2014 (actual) and 2016 (intentions): Private non-profit organizations intend to spend $148 million on in-house research and development in 2016, up 4.2 per cent from the 2015 revised intentions of $142 million. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released figures on supply and disposition of refined … Read more
Statistics Canada issued its Traveller Accommodation Services Price Index, second quarter 2016. The Traveller Accommodation Services Price Index increased 10.7 per cent in the second quarter compared with the previous quarter. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada announced motor vehicle fuel sales, 2015. Gross sales of gasoline for which road taxes were paid … Read more
Statistics Canada issued its Job Vacancy and Wage Survey, first quarter 2016. There were 328,000 job vacancies among Canadian employers in the first quarter, and the job vacancy rate was 2.1 per cent. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada published the New Housing Price Index, June 2016. The New Housing Price Index (NHPI) … Read more
Statistics Canada announced that data on the number of United States travellers entering Canada by car in July 2016 are now available upon request. Data are available by visitors’ state of residence and province of entry into Canada. The full release is available online.
Statistics Canada released figures on crude oil and natural gas: Supply and disposition, May 2016. Canada produced 14.7 million cubic metres (92.8 million barrels) of crude oil and equivalent products in May, down 11.6 per cent compared with the same month in 2015. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released figures on apartment Building Construction … Read more
Statistics Canada released figures on building permits, June 2016. Municipalities issued building permits worth $6.4 billion in June, down 5.5 per cent from the previous month. Lower construction intentions for multi-family dwellings and institutional buildings were mostly responsible for the decline. The full posting is available online.
Statistics Canada released figures on Farm product prices, June 2016. Prices received by farmers in June for grains, oilseeds, specialty crops, potatoes, cattle, hogs, poultry, eggs and dairy products are now available. Statistics Canada released figures on Canadian foreign post indexes, August 2016. The full data is available online. Statistics Canada released its Canadian Economic News, July 2016. The … Read more
