Statistics Canada issued data on travel between Canada and other countries, April 2025. In April, the number of trips to Canada by US residents decreased 8.9 per cent year over year, while the number of trips to Canada by overseas residents edged down 0.6 per cent. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada posted data on volunteering … Read more
Statistics Canada released data on retail trade, April 2025. Retail sales increased 0.3 per cent to $70.1 billion in April. Sales were up in six of nine subsectors and were led by increases at motor vehicle and parts dealers. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada issued the industrial product and raw materials price indexes, May 2025. In May, … Read more
Statistics Canada Employment Insurance, April 2025. The number of Canadians receiving regular Employment Insurance benefits increased by 17,000 (+3.4%) to 520,000 in April. This followed an increase of 3.1% in February and little change in March. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released the Employment Insurance Beneficiaries in Rural and Small Town Canada: Interactive Dashboard … Read more
Statistics Canada issued data on Canada’s population estimates, first quarter 2025. From January 1 to April 1, 2025, the population of Canada increased by 20,107 people to reach 41,548,787 people. This was the smallest quarterly growth since the third quarter of 2020, when the population decreased by 1,232 people in the wake of border restrictions … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on job vacancies, first quarter 2025. Job vacancies fell in the first quarter of 2025 to 524,300 (-20,600; -3.8 per cent), following little change in the fourth quarter of 2024. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada issued data on Canada’s international transactions in securities, April 2025. Canadian investors acquired $4.1 billion of … Read more
Statistics Canada posted the Construction Union Wage Rate Index, December 2024 to May 2025. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released data on inter-corporate ownership: Data product, 2024. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada launched the Traffic Flow Dashboard as a source of experimental statistics to provide information on the traffic flow … Read more
Statistics Canada posted results from its Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, April 2025. Manufacturing sales decreased 2.8 per cent in April, the third consecutive monthly decline, driven largely on lower sales of petroleum and coal products, motor vehicles, and primary metals. Excluding the petroleum and coal product subsector, total manufacturing sales were down 1.8 per cent … Read more
Statistics Canada posted the national balance sheet and financial flow accounts, first quarter 2025. Households were wealthier in the first quarter of 2025, despite headwinds of economic uncertainty and volatile markets, as their net worth—the value of all assets minus all liabilities—increased $141.2 billion (+0.8 per cent) to $17,599.8 billion. The full release is available online. Statistics … Read more
Statistics Canada issued data on Canada’s international investment position, first quarter 2025. Canada’s net foreign asset position—the difference between Canada’s international financial assets and international liabilities—was down by $103.2 billion to $1,824.8 billion at the end of the first quarter of 2025. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada published data on building permits, April 2025. … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on the leading indicator of international arrivals to Canada, May 2025. In May 2025, the preliminary number of international arrivals (returning Canadian residents and non-residents combined) to Canada by air and automobile was 4.8 million, down 16.7 per cent from May 2024. This was the fourth consecutive month of year-over-year declines. The full … Read more
