Statistics Canada released data on air conditioning in Canada in 2025, showing that in 2025, just over two-thirds (68%) of Canadian households reported using air conditioning or similar cooling equipment (e.g., heat pumps) to offset the summer heat. This represents a slight increase from 64% in 2021, as measured by a previous survey. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada … Read more
Statistics Canada released the “New Housing Market Report” and the “Technical Guide for the New Housing Market Report.” The report and the technical guide are available online.
Statistics Canada will conduct the next Census of Population in May 2026. In advance of the next Census of Population, the 2026 Census of Population questionnaire is now available on the Statistics Canada website. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada is pleased to announce today that the questionnaire for the 2026 Census of Agriculture has … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on the Canadian international merchandise trade for May 2025. Canada’s merchandise exports were up 1.1%, while imports fell 1.6%. As a result, Canada’s merchandise trade deficit with the world narrowed from a record $7.6 billion in April to $5.9 billion in May. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada also issued data … Read more
Statistics Canada posted the monthly average retail prices for selected products for May 2025. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released data from the Lending Services Price Index (2017=100) for the first quarter of 2025. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada issued their weekly data on aircraft itinerant movements from June 14 to 20, 2025. The data relates to domestic and international Itinerant … Read more
Statistics Canada posted the natural resource indicators, first quarter 2025. Real gross domestic product of the natural resources sector rose 1.6 per cent in the first quarter of 2025, after edging up 0.2 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2024. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada published the June 2025 online issue of Survey Methodology. This … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on gross domestic product by industry, April 2025. Real gross domestic product edged down 0.1 per cent in April, driven in large part by declines in the manufacturing and wholesale trade sectors. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada issued data on principal field crop areas, June 2025. Canadian farmers reported planting … Read more
Statistics Canada issued data on payroll employment, earnings and hours, and job vacancies, April 2025. The number of employees receiving pay and benefits from their employer—measured as “payroll employment” in the Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours—was little changed in April (-6,200), following two consecutive declines in February and March. The full release is available online. Statistics … Read more
Statistics Canada released the June 2025 Economic and Social Reports,which contains six new articles. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada published the quarterly rent statistics, first quarter 2019 to first quarter 2025. In the first quarter of 2025, Vancouver was the census metropolitan area with the highest asking rent for a two-bedroom apartment, at $3,170 on … Read more
Statistics Canada posted the Consumer Price Index, May 2025. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 1.7 per cent year over year in May, matching the 1.7 per cent increase in April. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, the CPI rose 0.2 per cent in May. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada issued data … Read more
