Statistics Canada published the Labour Force Survey, May 2024. Employment was little changed in May (+27,000; +0.1 per cent) and the employment rate fell 0.1 percentage points to 61.3 per cent. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released securities statistics, first quarter 2024. Net borrowings by Canadian corporations and governments in the form of … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on Canadian international merchandise trade, April 2024. In April, Canada’s merchandise exports increased 2.6 per cent, while imports rose 1.1 per cent. As a result, Canada’s merchandise trade deficit with the world narrowed from $2.0 billion in March to $1.0 billion in April. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on time use and teleworkers: Highlights from the 2022 Time Use Survey. New data from the 2022 Time Use Survey are now available, including a study on telework and time use. In the context of the rise in working from home, this study examines how teleworking may be linked to time use—such … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on sawmills, March 2024. Lumber production increased 1.0 per cent from February to 4 397.3 thousand cubic metres in March. Production was down 8.5 per cent from March 2023. The full release is available online.
Statistics Canada posted the Provincial and Territorial Cultural Indicators, 2022. There was continued recovery in Canada’s culture and sport sectors in 2022 following the initial COVID-19 pandemic restrictions put in place in the early part of 2020. Nominal gross domestic product of culture and sport increased in all provinces and territories in 2022. The full … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on gross domestic product, income and expenditure, first quarter 2024. Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 0.4 per cent in the first quarter, after posting no change in the fourth quarter of 2023 (revised down from 0.2 per cent). In the first quarter of 2024, higher household spending on services was … Read more
Statistics Canada published data on Canada’s balance of international payments, first quarter 2024. Canada’s current account balance (on a seasonal adjusted basis) posted a $5.4 billion deficit in the first quarter, widening $0.9 billion from the previous quarter. In the financial account (unadjusted for seasonal variation), inflows of funds from abroad to finance the current account deficit … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on farm income, 2023. Realized net income for Canadian farmers rose 18.3 per cent to $14.5 billion in 2023, as growth in receipts offset the rise in expenses. The increase in 2023 followed a 4.1 per cent decline in 2022 and a 69.6 per cent increase in 2021. Excluding cannabis, realized … Read more
Statistics Canada posted the industrial product and raw materials price indexes, April 2024. The Industrial Product Price Index rose 1.5 per cent month over month in April 2024 and increased 1.4 per cent year over year. The Raw Materials Price Index increased 5.5 per cent on a monthly basis in April 2024 and was 3.1 per … Read more
Statistics Canada posted results from its Canadian Survey on Business Conditions, second quarter 2024. Labour- and cost-related challenges remain the top obstacles businesses anticipate in the second quarter. While the proportion of businesses expecting cost-related obstacles has continued to ease since the previous quarter, the proportion expecting labour-related obstacles has risen. The full release is available … Read more
