Statistics Canada released data on Canada’s balance of international payments, third quarter 2022. Canada’s current account balance (on a seasonally adjusted basis) recorded a deficit of $11.1 billion in the third quarter, following surpluses in the first two quarters of 2022. In the financial account (unadjusted for seasonal variation), inflows of funds from abroad to finance the current account … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on Government spending by function, 2021. Spending by all levels of government in Canada declined in 2021 after reaching an all-time high of over $1 trillion in 2020 because of COVID-19 pandemic response spending. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released results from its Canadian Survey on Business Conditions, fourth quarter … Read more
Statistics Canada issued data on payroll employment, earnings and hours, and job vacancies, September 2022. The number of employees receiving pay or benefits from their employer—referred to as “payroll employees” in the Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours—rose by 85,300 (+0.5 per cent) in September. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada published results from … Read more
Statistics Canada Quarterly financial statistics for enterprises, third quarter 2022. Canadian corporations reported a quarterly decrease of 8.1 per cent in net income before taxes (NIBT) in the third quarter. The financial sector recorded a decline of 11.6 per cent in NIBT. The non-financial sector saw a decline in NIBT of 6.7 per cent during the quarter. The full … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on retail trade, Sept. 2022. Retail sales decreased 0.5 per cent to $61.1 billion in September. Sales declined in seven of the 11 subsectors, led by sales at gasoline stations (-2.4 per cent) and food and beverage stores (-1.3 per cent). The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released data on wholesale trade: Early … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on homicide trends in Canada, 2021. The national homicide rate rose by three per cent in 2021. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada published results from it sMonthly Mineral Production Survey, September 2022. The value of mineral shipments decreased by 14.5 per cent in the third quarter of 2022 ($12.0 billion) compared with the second quarter … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on Canada’s international transactions in securities, September 2022. Non-resident investors reduced their exposure to Canadian securities by $22.3 billion in September, mainly in the form of federal government debt securities and Canadian shares. Meanwhile, Canadian investors acquired $9.6 billion of foreign securities, led by an unprecedented investment in foreign bonds. The full release is … Read more
Statistics Canada issued data on employment Insurance, September 2022. In September, 27,000 (-5.6 per cent) fewer Canadians received regular Employment Insurance benefits, bringing the total number of beneficiaries to 455,000, a similar level to February 2020 (447,000) prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released data on stock and consumption of fixed … Read more
Statistics Canada posted the Consumer Price Index, October 2022. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 6.9 per cent on a year-over-year basis in October, matching the increase in September. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, the CPI increased 0.6 per cent in October. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released data on high-income Canadians, 2020. Average … Read more
Statistics Canada published results from its Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, September 2022. Manufacturing sales held steady and were unchanged in September as higher sales in the aerospace product and parts and primary metal industries were largely offset by lower sales in the petroleum and coal and food industries. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada issued data … Read more
