Statistics Canada published its quarterly financial statistics for enterprises for the second quarter of 2015. Canadian corporations earned $80.9 billion in operating profits in the second quarter, up 12.9 per cent from the previous quarter. The increase was mainly the result of a turnaround in profits in the financial sector. The full release is available … Read more
Statistics Canada released a study: Prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents in the United States and Canada, 1976 to 2013. In the late 1970s, the prevalence of childhood obesity in Canada and the United States was the same at about 5 per cent. However, the most recent statistics indicate that, overall, obesity among children and … Read more
Statistics Canada released figures on Television broadcasting, 2014. The Canadian television broadcasting sector reported a 0.3 per cent decline in total operating revenues to $7.6 billion in 2014. Profits before interest and taxes fell 22.0 per cent to $836.8 million in 2014 from $1.1 billion in 2013. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released figures … Read more
Statistics Canada released figures on production and disposition of tobacco products, July 2015. Canadian manufacturers produced 1.9 billion cigarettes in July, down 0.6 per cent from the previous month. Cigarette production decreased 9.2 per cent from the same month a year earlier. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released figures on refined petroleum products, July 2015. Data … Read more
Statistics Canada released figures on Consumer Price Index, July 2015. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 1.3 per cent in the 12 months to July, after increasing 1.0 per cent in June. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, the CPI increased 0.2 per cent in July, after increasing 0.4 per cent in June. The full release is … Read more
Statistics Canada released figures on wholesale trade, June 2015. Wholesale sales rose 1.3 per cent to $55.3 billion in June, more than offsetting the decline in May, on the strength of gains in five of seven subsectors. In the second quarter of 2015, wholesale sales rose 2.1 per cent compared with the first quarter. The full … Read more
Statistics Canada released figures on travel between Canada and other countries, June 2015. United States residents made 1.9 million trips to Canada in June, up 3.3 per cent from May. This was the highest level in over seven years. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released figures on Health Reports, August 2015. According to an analysis of … Read more
Statistics Canada released figures on stocks of frozen and chilled meats, July 2015. Stocks of frozen and chilled meats in cold storage totalled 103 111 tonnes in July, up 0.2 per cent from the same month a year earlier. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released its Monthly Survey of Large Retailers, June 2015. Monthly data … Read more
Statistics Canada released figures on Canada’s international transactions in securities, June 2015. Foreign investors added $8.5 billion of Canadian securities to their holdings in June, following a $5.5 billion divestment in May. At the same time, Canadian investors acquired $8.6 billion of foreign securities, all non-US instruments. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released figures … Read more
Statistics Canada released its monthly survey of manufacturing for June 2015. Manufacturing sales rose 1.2 per cent to $50.8 billion in June, the second consecutive gain and the third increase since January 2015. Despite the gains in June, year-to-date sales were down 1.5 per cent from the same period in 2014. The full release is … Read more
