Tag Archives: Stats Can
Economy adds 41,000 jobs in February, unemployment rate rises to 5.8%
The Canadian economy added 41,000 jobs in February as employment gains continue to lag strong population growth in the country. The federal agency's labour force survey released Friday says the u...
Harvard Media Mar 08, 2024

Economy grew 0.2% in November, growth expected for Q4, StatsCan says
The Canadian economy grew 0.2 per cent in November, marking the first month of expansion in six months, Statistics Canada reported Wednesday. A preliminary estimate suggests real gross domestic produc...
Harvard Media Jan 31, 2024
Canada adds just 100 jobs in December as unemployment rate holds steady at 5.8%
Job growth stalled in December as the total number of jobs in Canada was virtually unchanged for the month and the unemployment rate held steady at 5.8 per cent for the final month of the year. Statis...
Harvard Media Jan 05, 2024
Canada's jobless rate rises to 5.7% in October as economy sees modest 18,000 job gain
Canada's unemployment rate rose to 5.7 per cent last month as job opportunities became less plentiful in an economy weighed down by high interest rates. Statistics Canada released its October labour f...
Jon Troth Nov 03, 2023
Canada's jobless rate rises to 5.7% in October as economy sees modest 18,000 job gain
Canada's unemployment rate rose to 5.7 per cent last month as job opportunities became less plentiful in an economy weighed down by high interest rates. Statistics Canada released its October labour f...
Harvard Media Nov 03, 2023

Manufacturing sales, wholesale trade climb in August: Statistics Canada
Two key indicators of the economy climbed in August as Statistics Canada reported manufacturing sales rose 0.7 per cent to $72.4 billion that month, while wholesale trade sales excluding petroleum, pe...
Harvard Media Oct 16, 2023
Canadian unemployment rate rose to 5.4% in June as economy added 60,000 jobs
Statistics Canada says the unemployment rate ticked up to 5.4 per cent in June. That's up from 5.2 per cent in May and the highest it's been in over a year. It also marked the second month in a row th...
Harvard Media Jul 07, 2023
Pandemic, remote work changed Canadians’ commuting habits in 2021: StatsCan
Statistics Canada says there were 2.8 million fewer commuters in 2021 than in 2016. In a new census release, the federal agency says COVID-19 altered commuting patterns for Canadian workers with fewer...
Jon Troth Nov 30, 2022
Soaring prices at the grocery store fuelling Canada’s inflation rate
Canadians are continuing to feel the pinch at the grocery store as food prices continue to soar at the fastest rate in four decades, and one economist says there likely won’t be any meaningful r...
Jon Troth Oct 19, 2022
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