Statistics Canada released a study on living apart together. About 1.9 million Canadians, or just over 7 per cent of the population aged 20 and over, said that they were in a couple relationship with someone in 2011, but lived at separate addresses. This proportion was down slightly from 8 per cent in 2001. The … Read more
Statistics Canada released figures on Canadian economic accounts for the fourth quarter 2012 and December 2012. Real gross domestic product edged up 0.2 per cent in the fourth quarter, similar to the gain in the third quarter. On a monthly basis, real gross domestic product by industry declined 0.2 per cent in December. The full … Read more
Statistics Canada released figures on Canada's balance of international payments for the fourth quarter 2012. Canada's current account deficit (on a seasonally adjusted basis) decreased $0.8 billion to $17.3 billion in the fourth quarter. In the financial account (unadjusted for seasonal variation), transactions in loans and deposits accounted for most of the inflows in the … Read more
Statistics Canada released figures on private and public investment for 2013. Public and private organizations and the housing sector report that their anticipated investment in construction and machinery and equipment will reach $398.2 billion in 2013, up 1.7 per cent from 2012 in current dollars. This would be the smallest increase since the economic downturn … Read more
Statistics Canada released figures on payroll employment, earnings and hours for December 2012. Average weekly earnings of non-farm payroll employees were $908 in December, up 0.3 per cent from the previous month. On a year-over-year basis earnings increased 2.8 per cent. The full release is available online. Call 613-951-4720. Statistics Canada released figures on quarterly … Read more
Statistics Canada released figures on violence against women for 2011. According to police-reported data, just over 173,600 women aged 15 and older were victims of violent crime in 2011, a rate of 1,207 female victims for every 100,000 women in the population. Common assaults accounted for about half of all police-reported violent crimes against women. … Read more
Statistics Canada released the Consumer Price Index for January 2013. Consumer prices rose 0.5 per cent in the 12 months to January, following a 0.8 per cent increase in December. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, the Consumer Price Index decreased 0.1 per cent in January after posting no change in December. The full release … Read more
Statistics Canada released figures on Employment Insurance for December 2012. In December, the number of people receiving regular Employment Insurance benefits fell for the third time in four months, down 8,300 (-1.6 per cent) to 517,000. The recent decreases brought the number of beneficiaries down to a level similar to that of the spring of … Read more
Statistics Canada released its Monthly Survey of Manufacturing for December 2012. Manufacturing sales declined 3.1 per cent in December to $48.0 billion, the largest decline since May 2009. The full release is available online. Call 613-951-9832.
Statistics Canada released its Labour Force Survey for January 2013. Following two months of gains, employment decreased slightly in January (-22,000). A decline in the number of people looking for work pushed the unemployment rate down 0.1 percentage points to 7.0 per cent. The full release is available online. Call 613-951-7118. Statistics Canada released figures … Read more
