The Daily Friday, August 23, 2024
Press Release
August 23, 2024
Retail trade, June 2024
Retail sales decreased 0.3% to $65.7 billion in June. Sales were down in four of nine subsectors and were led by decreases at motor vehicle and parts dealers.
Quarterly financial statistics for enterprises, second quarter 2024
Canadian corporations reported an increase of $2.4 billion (+1.5%) in net income before taxes in the second quarter of 2024, reaching $163.2 billion. This gain was driven by the non-financial sector (+3.0%) and partly offset by the financial sector (-1.8%).
Real-time local business conditions, August 12 to 18, 2024
Weekly data on real-time local business conditions are now available for August 12 to 18, 2024.
Travel between Canada and other countries, June 2024
In June, the number of non-resident visitors to Canada represented 93.7% of the number observed in June 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic. US residents took 2.9 million trips to Canada in June 2024, and residents of overseas countries took 745,900 trips.
Quarterly civil aviation statistics, first quarter 2024
Operating revenue for the 24 largest Canadian air carriers totalled $8.3 billion in the first quarter of 2024, up 8.1% compared with the same quarter of 2023.
Livestock estimates, July 1, 2024
On July 1, 2024, Canadian cattle and sheep inventories were down compared with the same date one year earlier, while hog inventories were up.
Natural gas transmission, storage and distribution, June 2024
June data on natural gas transmission, storage and distribution are now available.
Monthly Survey of Manufacturing: Flash estimate, July 2024
Statistics Canada is providing an advance estimate of sales in the manufacturing sector for July. Advance results indicate that total manufacturing sales increased 1.1% in July. The largest increases were in the petroleum and coal product as well as chemical subsectors.
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