The Daily Friday, December 18, 2020
Press Release
Retail trade, October 2020
Retail sales edged up 0.4% to $54.6 billion in October, marking the sixth consecutive monthly increase since the record decline in April. The sales growth was led by motor vehicle and parts dealers.
New construction of culture, recreation and sports infrastructure doubles in rural municipalities in 2017 and 2018
There were 78,717 publicly-owned culture, recreation and sports facilities in Canada in 2018, as well as 30,326 kilometres of public trails and pathways. Almost all of the publicly-owned culture, recreation and sports facilities were owned by municipalities (99%).
Monthly credit aggregates, October 2020
In the past, the Bank of Canada and Statistics Canada produced aggregate measures of borrowing, or credit, for sectors of the Canadian economy. As part of a comprehensive credit data harmonization project, these measures were reconciled with the ultimate goal of moving to a single set of credit statistics. With the Monthly Credit Aggregates program, Statistics Canada is producing monthly estimates of selected liabilities that will be integrated into the overall macroeconomic accounts framework, including the National Balance Sheet. This also provides users with a single, consistent, internationally comparable set of monthly estimates that align with officially recognized national accounting principles and classifications.
Environmental and clean technology products sector grew at twice the pace as the total economy in 2019
The gross domestic product (GDP) generated by the environmental and clean technology products sector grew 3.5% from 2018 to 2019—twice the pace in real (volume) terms compared with the total Canadian economy (+1.6%).
Weekly update: Canadian Economic Dashboard and COVID-19
The “Canadian Economic Dashboard and COVID-19” presents selected indicators to help monitor the impact of the pandemic on economic activity in Canada.
Aircraft movement statistics: Major airports, October 2020
In October, the total number of local and itinerant aircraft movements in Canada fell 31.7% from October 2019.
Natural gas transmission, storage and distribution, October 2020
Data for October on the transmission, storage and distribution of natural gas are now available.
Monthly Energy Transportation and Storage Survey, October 2020
Data for October on the transportation and storage of crude oil and other liquid petroleum products are now available.
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