Statistics Canada issued data on retail trade, February 2025. Retail sales decreased 0.4 per cent to $69.3 billion in February. Sales were down in four of nine subsectors and were led by decreases at motor vehicle and parts dealers. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released the building construction price indexes, first quarter 2025. Residential … Read more
Statistics Canada issued data on payroll employment, earnings and hours, and job vacancies, February 2025. The number of employees receiving pay and benefits from their employer—measured as “payroll employment” in the Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours—decreased by 49,000 (-0.3 per cent) in February, following an increase of 14,400 (+0.1 per cent) in January. On a … Read more
Statistics Canada issued data on travel between Canada and other countries, February 2025. In February, trips to Canada by US residents decreased 5.3 per cent year over year to 1.1 million trips. The number of trips to Canada by overseas residents fell 17.2 per cent, the sharpest decline in a stretch of five consecutive months of … Read more
Statistics Canada issued data on industrial product and raw materials price indexes, March 2025. In March, the Industrial Product Price Index rose 0.5 per cent month over month in and increased 4.7 per cent year over year. Meanwhile, the Raw Materials Price Index declined 1.0 per cent month over month in and grew 3.9 per … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on Canada’s international transactions in securities, February 2025. Canadian investors acquired $27.2 billion of foreign securities in February, led by a record investment in US equity securities, which more than offset the significant divestment in these instruments in January. Meanwhile, foreign investors reduced their exposure to Canadian securities by $6.5 billion. The full release is … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on the Indigenous peoples economic account, 2022. Gross domestic income (GDI), also known as income-based gross domestic product, earned by Indigenous people (Indigenous GDI) reached $60.2 billion in 2022, up 9.8 per cent from 2021. This represented 2.3 per cent of total Canadian GDI generated in 2022. Since 2012, Indigenous GDI has … Read more
Statistics Canada released the Consumer Price Index, March 2025. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 2.3 per cent on a year-over-year basis in March, down from a 2.6 per cent increase in February. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, the CPI was unchanged in March. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada posted the … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on the distributions of household economic accounts for income, consumption, saving and wealth of Canadian households, fourth quarter 2024. Highest income households increased their share of income through investment growth while lower income households’ wages declined in 2024. Easing borrowing costs and slower inflation supported economic well-being for lower income and … Read more
Statistics Canada issued data on rail transportation, 2023. In 2023, operating revenues for the Canadian rail transportation industry rose 2.5 per cent year over year to reach $20.9 billion. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada published results from its Survey of Health Care Clinics in Canada, 2023. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released data from … Read more
Statistics Canada issued data on building permits, February 2025. In February, the total value of building permits issued in Canada increased by $371.3 million (+2.9 per cent) to $13.1 billion. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada published a new study: Workforce renewal in health occupations, 1998 to 2024. The health care sector keeping pace with the … Read more
