Press Release Department: Federal - Statistics Canada

Provisional estimates of the Canadian Government Finance Statistics are now available for the period 2008 to 2012. The full release is available online. Call 514-283-8300.

Statistics Canada released its figures for Canada’s international transactions in securities for September 2014. Canadian acquisitions of foreign securities resumed in September as investors added $8.6 billion worth of these instruments to their holdings. Meanwhile, foreign investment in Canadian securities slowed to $4.4 billion and mainly focused on instruments from the private corporate sector. The full release is available online. Call … Read more

Statistics Canada released its Monthly Survey of Manufacturing for September 2014. Manufacturing sales increased 2.1 per cent in September to $53.0 billion, the eighth gain in nine months. The full release is available online. Call 613-951-4636. Statistics Canada released figures on Graduating in Canada: Profile, labour market outcomes and student debt of the class of 2009/2010, 2013. In 2009/2010, 4 in 10 graduates chose to continue … Read more

Statistics Canada released figures a study: Agriculture in Canada. Farm area on Canada’s best agricultural land declined by almost one million hectares from 2001 to 2011. The full release is available online. Call 604-666-4878.

Statistics Canada released its Labour Force Survey for October 2014. Employment rose for the second consecutive month, up 43,000 in October. This pushed the unemployment rate down 0.3 percentage points to 6.5 per cent, the lowest rate since November 2008. The full release is available online. Call 514-283-8300.

Statistics Canada released figures on building permits, September 2014. Municipalities issued building permits worth $7.5 billion in September, up 12.7 per cent from August, following a 27.3 per cent decrease the previous month. The increase in September resulted primarily from higher construction intentions for both non-residential and residential buildings in Ontario. The full release is available online.

Statistics Canada released its figures for provincial and territorial economic accounts for 2013. Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased in all provinces and territories in 2013, with the exception of New Brunswick and Yukon. Nunavut (+11.2 per cent) and Newfoundland and Labrador (+7.2 per cent) had the largest increases in real GDP. The full release is available … Read more

Statistics Canada released figures on Canadian international merchandise trade for September 2014. Canada’s merchandise imports declined 1.5 per cent in September, while exports rose 1.1 per cent. As a result, Canada’s trade balance with the world went from a deficit of $463 million in August to a surplus of $710 million in September. The full release is available online. Call 613-951-0325. … Read more

Statistics Canada released figures on gross domestic product by industry, August 2014. Real gross domestic product declined 0.1 per cent in August, following no growth in July and increases in the first six months of the year. Oil and gas extraction and manufacturing were the major contributors to the August decrease. The full release is available online. … Read more

Statistics Canada released figures on payroll employment, earnings and hours, August 2014. Average weekly earnings of non-farm payroll employees were $943 in August, little changed from $942 the previous month. Compared with 12 months earlier, weekly earnings increased 3.5 per cent. The full release is available online.