Press Release Canada’s international investment position, fourth quarter 2018 Canada’s net foreign asset position decreased by $109.1 billion to $528.6 billion in the fourth quarter, after reaching a record high…
Press Release Canadian Housing Statistics Program, 2018 Additional information on non-resident ownership of residential properties shows that over one in five residential properties in Metro Vancouver Subdivision A are subject…
Press Release Study: Labour market outcomes among refugees to Canada Canada welcomed over 830,000 refugees from 1980 to 2009. Although not selected for economic reasons, the success of refugees in…
Press Release Labour Force Survey, February 2019 Employment grew for a second consecutive month, up 56,000 in February, driven by gains in full-time work. The unemployment rate was unchanged at…
Press Release Building permits, January 2019 Canadian municipalities issued $8.4 billion worth of building permits in January, down 5.5% from the record high in December. Lower construction intentions for commercial…
Press Release Canadian international merchandise trade, December 2018 Canada’s exports declined 3.8% in December, mainly due to lower crude oil prices, while imports were up 1.6%. As a result, Canada’s…
Press Release Non-profit institutions and volunteering: Economic contribution, 2007 to 2017 Economic activity in the non-profit sector totalled $169.2 billion in 2017, representing 8.5% of Canada’s gross domestic product. Continue…
Press Release Natural gas transmission, storage and distribution, December 2018 Natural gas transmission pipelines received 601.0 million gigajoules of natural gas from fields, gathering systems and plants in December, up…
Press Release Gross domestic product, income and expenditure, fourth quarter 2018 Growth in real gross domestic product slowed to 0.1% in the fourth quarter, the slowest pace since the second…
Press Release Canada’s balance of international payments, fourth quarter 2018 Canada’s current account deficit (on a seasonally adjusted basis) expanded by $5.4 billion in the fourth quarter to $15.5 billion.…