Statistics Canada posted results from its Labour Force Survey, April 2025. Employment was little changed in April (+7,400; +0.0 per cent) and the employment rate declined 0.1 percentage points to 60.8 per cent. The unemployment rate increased by 0.2 percentage points to 6.9 per cent. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released data on the … Read more
Statistics Canada issued data on stocks of principal field crops, March 31, 2025. As of March 31, 2025, total stocks of wheat, canola, oats, corn and barley were all down, while stocks of soybeans increased, compared with the same period in 2024. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada posted the monthly average retail prices for selected … Read more
Statistics Canada posted results from its Retail Commodity Survey, February 2025. Retail sales reached $56.9 billion in February, an increase of 1.0 per cent compared with the same month one year earlier. Higher sales were reported in 10 of the 18 commodity classes. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released two new infographics that provide insights into the … Read more
Statistics Canada issued data on Canadian international merchandise trade, March 2025. In March, Canada’s merchandise exports decreased 0.2 per cent, while imports were down 1.5 per cent. As a result, Canada’s merchandise trade deficit with the world narrowed from $1.4 billion in February to $506 million in March. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada posted … Read more
Statistics Canada issued data on regional gross domestic income, 2010 to 2021 in the Rural Data Viewer. The Rural Data Viewer is a Statistics Canada online map tool that uses multiple data sources to present relevant data on rural and small towns. It was recently updated to include data on regional gross domestic income (GDI) … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data from the National Graduates Survey, class of 2015 (data collected in 2018): data tables, 2015. The data tables for the National Graduates Survey, class of 2015 (data collected in 2018), based on the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021, are now available. The initial release used the CIP Canada 2016 … Read more
Statistics Canada issued data on gross domestic product by industry: Provinces and territories, 2024. In 2024, real gross domestic product grew in every province and Nunavut, while Yukon and the Northwest Territories decreased. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada published results from its Canadian Income Survey, 2023. The median after-tax income of Canadian families and … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on gross domestic product by industry, February 2025. Real gross domestic product was down 0.2 per cent in February, driven by decreases in both goods-producing and services-producing industries. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada issued data on direct foreign investment, 2024. Canada’s net direct investment position with the rest of the world reached … Read more
Statistics Canada issued data on police-reported crime in rural areas in the Canadian provinces, 2023. In 2023, the police-reported crime rate and the Crime Severity Index were approximately one-third higher in rural areas than in urban areas. This continues a pattern that has been observed for more than a decade. The full release is available online. … Read more
Statistics Canada released the monthly estimates of business openings and closures, January 2025. In January, the business opening rate dropped 0.3 percentage points to 4.8 per cent after holding steady at 5.1 per cent over the previous two months. The opening rate was 0.1 percentage points above its 2015-to-2019 historical average. The business closure rate … Read more
