Statistics Canada posted the industrial product and raw materials price indexes, July 2024. The Industrial Product Price Index was unchanged month over month in July and rose 2.9 per cent on a yearly basis. The Raw Materials Price Index rose 0.7 per cent month over month in July and increased 4.1 per cent year over … Read more
Statistics Canada posted the Consumer Price Index, July 2024. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 2.5 per cent on a year-over-year basis in July, down from a 2.7 per cent increase in June. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, the CPI rose 0.3 per cent in July. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released the New … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on investment in building construction, June 2024. Investment in building construction grew 2.8 per cent to $21.4 billion in June, after a slight increase of 0.8 per cent in May. These increases partly reflect April’s record high of $13.4 billion in total building permits value, since investment levels for a given period are … Read more
Statistics Canada made available Canada’s international transactions in securities, June 2024. Canadian investors increased their exposure to foreign securities by $16.4 billion in June, mainly in U.S. shares. Meanwhile, foreign acquisitions of Canadian securities slowed to $5.2 billion in June, down from significant investments in the previous two months. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada … Read more
Statistics Canada released data on wholesale trade, June 2024. Wholesale sales (excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and excluding oilseed and grain) fell 0.6 per cent to $82.4 billion in June. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada announced that nearly half of Canadians report that rising prices are greatly impacting their ability to meet … Read more
Statistics Canada published the Indigenous Peoples Survey: First Nations children living off reserve, Métis children and Inuit children and their families, 2022. In 2022, two-thirds (67 per cent) of parents of Indigenous children aged 1 to 5 years reported it being very or somewhat important for their children to speak or understand an Indigenous language, up from less than … Read more
Statistics Canada published its Households and the Environment Survey: Electric and hybrid vehicles, 2021. Just under nine in 10 Canadian households (89 per cent) had a vehicle that used gasoline or diesel in 2021, and five per cent of households had an electric vehicle or hybrid vehicle. While three per cent of households had both a gasoline vehicle and some … Read more
Statistics Canada released data on building permits for June 2024. The total monthly value of building permits in Canada decreased 13.9 per cent to $9.9 billion in June. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada made available the leading indicator of international arrivals to Canada, July 2024. In July, the preliminary number of international arrivals to Canada … Read more
Statistics Canada posted results from its Labour Force Survey, July 2024. Employment was little changed in July (-2,800; -0.0 per cent), while the employment rate fell 0.2 percentage points to 60.9 per cent. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 6.4 per cent. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada issued data on farm product prices, June 2024. … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on the circumstances surrounding fire-related deaths among Indigenous people in Canada, 2011 to 2020. From 2011 to 2020, an average of 220 fire-related deaths occurred each year in Canada. In the Canadian context, fire-related mortality and morbidity have previously been found to be significantly higher among Indigenous people (First Nations people, Métis and Inuit)—particularly among First … Read more
