Press Release Quarterly financial statistics for enterprises, second quarter 2020 Canadian corporations reported a decline of 8.0% in net income before taxes in the second quarter, a decrease of $4.5…
Press Release Retail trade, June 2020 Retail sales rose 23.7% in June to $53.0 billion. Sales were 1.3% higher than in February, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, as more regions…
Press Release Livestock estimates, July 1, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic created processing disruptions in parts of the country, causing temporary closures of processing plants and a backlog of slaughter. Continue…
Press Release Wholesale trade, June 2020 Wholesale sales continued to rebound in June, jumping 18.5% to $62.1 billion, building on a 5.8% gain in May. The increase in June returned…
Press Release Hours worked and labour productivity in the provinces and territories (preliminary), 2019 Business productivity rose in eight provinces in 2019. Moreover, in the four Atlantic provinces and Quebec,…
Press Release Canada’s international transactions in securities, June 2020 Foreign investors reduced their holdings of Canadian securities by $13.5 billion in June as they divested in both debt and equity…
Press Release Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, June 2020 Manufacturing sales rose by a record 20.7% to $48.7 billion in June, following an 11.6% increase in May. Sales were up in…
Press Release Study: Changes in the socioeconomic situation of Canada’s Black population This study is released in the context of the United Nations’ International Decade for People of African Descent…
Press Release Changes in federal, provincial and territorial custodial populations during the COVID-19 pandemic, April 2019 to April 2020 There were about 6,000 fewer people in a correctional institution in…
Press Release Industrial Product Price Index: Flash estimates, July 2020 According to flash estimates, the Industrial Product Price Index increased by 0.5% in July, its third consecutive monthly increase. Continue…