Statistics Canada posted a reminder for its 2026 Census of Population Content Consultation. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada issued data on Canada’s population estimates and demographic dependency ratio: Health regions and peer groups, July 1, 2022. Population estimates and demographic dependency ratio by health region and peer groups on July 1, 2022, are … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data from its monthly average retail prices for selected products, January 2023. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released its For-hire Motor Carrier Freight Services Price Index, fourth quarter 2022. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada issued results from its Annual Head Office Survey, 2021. There were 2,683 head office locations across … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on gross domestic product, income and expenditure, fourth quarter 2022. Real gross domestic product was nearly unchanged in the fourth quarter, following five consecutive quarterly increases. Slower inventory accumulations along with declines in business investment in machinery and equipment and housing offset higher household and government spending and improved net trade. The … Read more
Statistics Canada posted Canada’s balance of international payments, fourth quarter 2022. Canada’s current account balance (on a seasonally adjusted basis) recorded a $10.6 billion deficit in the fourth quarter. In the financial account (unadjusted for seasonal variation), inflows of funds from abroad to finance the current account deficit mainly came from transactions in securities and, to … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on the control and sale of alcoholic beverages and cannabis, April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022. In total, federal and provincial governments earned $15.2 billion from the control and sale of alcohol ($13.6 billion, +1.1 per cent) and recreational cannabis ($1.6 billion) in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released the … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on payroll employment, earnings and hours, and job vacancies, December 2022. 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 91,400 (+0.5 per cent) in December, bringing cumulative gains since September to 240,600 (+1.4 per cent). The full release is … Read more
Statistics Canada pulished a new study: Black Business Owners in Canada. In 2018, there were an estimated 66,880 Black business owners in Canada, accounting for 2.1 per cent of all business owners. The majority of them were men (70.4 per cent), immigrants (61.4 per cent) and lived in Ontario (50.6 per cent) or Quebec (23.3 per cent). The full release is … Read more
Statistics Canada posted the Consumer Price Index, January 2023. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 5.9 per cent on a year-over-year basis in January, following a 6.3 per cent increase in December. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, the CPI rose 0.3 per cent in January. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada issued data on retail … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on Canada’s international transactions in securities, December 2022. Foreign investment in Canadian securities accelerated in December and reached $21.2 billion, the largest investment since August. At the same time, Canadian investors reduced their holdings of foreign securities by $2.3 billion after buying $14.7 billion in November. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on Employment Insurance, December 2022. The number of Canadians receiving regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits in December fell by 8,100 (-2.0 per cent) to 398,000, continuing the downward trend in the number of regular EI beneficiaries observed since July 2022. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada issued data on the balance sheet of … Read more
