Statistics Canada issued data on gross domestic product by industry, January 2023. Real gross domestic product rose 0.5 per cent in January, as both goods-producing industries and services-producing industries expanded during the month. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada posted distributions of household economic accounts for income, consumption, saving and wealth of Canadian households, fourth … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on payroll employment, earnings and hours, and job vacancies, January 2023. The number of employees receiving pay or benefits from their employer—measured as “payroll employees” in the Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours—rose by 71,100 (+0.4 per cent) in January, following an increase of 53,700 (+0.3 per cent) in December 2022. The … Read more
Statistics Canada released 11 new data visualization tools and a reference guide on social inclusion indicators for Canada’s ethnocultural groups are released. Over 120 indicators that are accessible on the homepage of the Gender, Diversity and Inclusion Statistics Hub and classified under 11 themes can now be visualized in graphs. The complete list of social inclusion indicators … Read more
Statistics Canada issued data on household actual final consumption, 2022. Household actual final consumption increased by 10.2 per cent (+$175.4 billion) in 2022—the largest increase observed for these estimates, which date back to 2008. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada published the Experimental Environmental, Social and Governance Dashboard. Environmental, social and governance indicators are … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on the decrease in the rate of police strength in Canada in 2022. In 2022, the rate of police strength was 181 officers per 100,000 population, down 1 per cent from the year prior. There were 70,566 police officers in Canada on May 15, 2022, 406 more than on the same date in 2021. The full release … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on retail trade, January 2023. Retail sales increased 1.4 per cent to $66.4 billion in January. Sales increased in seven of nine subsectors and were led by increases at motor vehicle and parts dealers (+3.0 per cent) and gasoline stations and fuel vendors (+2.9 per cent). The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on police-reported hate crime, 2021. The number of hate crimes reported by police in Canada rose from 2,646 incidents in 2020 to 3,360 in 2021, a 27 per cent increase. This finding follows a 36 per cent increase in 2020. The number of police-reported hate crimes rose by 72 per cent … Read more
Statistics Canada posted the Consumer Price Index, February 2023. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 5.2 per cent on a year-over-year basis in February, following a 5.9 per cent increase in January. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, the CPI rose 0.1 per cent in February. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada issued data on … Read more
Statistics Canada posted results from the Canada’s Core Public Infrastructure Survey: Replacement values, 2020. At the end of 2020, core public infrastructure in Canada, excluding social and affordable housing, had a total replacement value of $2.1 trillion. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada published data on the labour characteristics of women by the relative remoteness of … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on Canada’s international transactions in securities, January 2023. Canadian investors reduced their holdings of foreign securities by $16.2 billion in January, the largest divestment since March 2022. Meanwhile, non-residents acquired $4.2 billion of Canadian securities in January 2023, down considerably from a $21.2 billion investment in December 2022. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released its … Read more
