Statistics Canada released figures on Employment Insurance for April 2014. The number of people receiving regular Employment Insurance benefits totalled 517,100 in April, up slightly (+1.1 per cent or +5,600) from March. The number of beneficiaries has been relatively unchanged for almost a year, following a long-term downward trend that began in the summer of 2009. The full release is available online. Call … Read more
Statistics Canada released figures on wholesale trade for April 2014. Wholesale sales rose 1.2 per cent to $51.2 billion in April following a decline in March. Higher sales were recorded in all subsectors except for food, beverage and tobacco. The full release is available online. Call 613-951-2074.
Statistics Canada released figures on job vacancies, three-month average ending in March 2014. Canadian businesses reported 206,000 job vacancies in March, down 17,000 compared with 12 months earlier. For every job vacancy, there were 6.8 unemployed people, up from 6.3 in March 2013, the result of fewer job vacancies. The full release is available online. Call 613-951-3007.
Statistics Canada released figures on Canada’s international transactions in securities, April 2014. Foreign investment in Canadian securities resumed in April as non-residents added $10.1 billion to their holdings, marking the highest such acquisition in a year. Meanwhile, Canadian investment in foreign securities slowed to $2.5 billion. The full release is available online. Call 613-951-3282.
Statistics Canada released its Monthly Survey of Manufacturing for April 2014. Manufacturing sales edged down 0.1 per cent in April to $50.9 billion, the first decrease in four months. The full release is available online. Call 514-283-8300. Statistics Canada released its figures for Canada’s international investment position for the first quarter 2014. Canada’s net asset position edged up by $2.5 billion to $30.2 billion in the first … Read more
Statistics Canada released figures on industrial capacity utilization rates, first quarter 2014. Canadian industries operated at 82.5 per cent of their production capacity in the first quarter, up slightly from 82.2 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2013. The mining and oil and gas extraction industries were the main sources of this increase. The full release is available online. Call 613-951-463. … Read more
Statistics Canada released figures on digital technology and Internet use for 2013. Canadian enterprises sold more than $136 billion in goods and services over the Internet in 2013, up from $122 billion a year earlier. As in 2012, wholesale trade, manufacturing and retail trade accounted for the majority (61 per cent) of the value of e-commerce sales. The full … Read more
Statistics Canada released its Labour Force Survey for May 2014. Employment edged up by 26,000 in May, driven by gains in part-time work. The unemployment rate increased 0.1 percentage points to seven per cent as there were more people in the labour market. Overall employment growth has been subdued since August 2013. The full release is available online. Call 514-283-8300.
Statistics Canada released its figures for building permits for April 2014. Following two consecutive monthly declines, the total value of building permits issued by Canadian municipalities rose 1.1 per cent to $6.0 billion in April. This increase resulted from higher construction intentions in the residential sector, which more than offset the decline in the non-residential sector. The full release … Read more
Statistics Canada released its figures for Canadian economic accounts for the first quarter of 2014 and March 2014. Real gross domestic product rose 0.3 per cent in the first quarter, following 0.7 per cent growth in the fourth quarter of 2013. This was the smallest increase since the fourth quarter of 2012. On a monthly basis, real GDP by industry edged up 0.1 per … Read more
