The Daily Friday, June 6, 2025
Press Release
June 6, 2025
Labour Force Survey, May 2025
Employment was little changed in May (+8,800; +0.0%) and the employment rate held steady at 60.8%. The unemployment rate rose 0.1 percentage points to 7.0%.
Passenger bus and urban transit, 2023
In 2023, total revenue for passenger bus and urban transit companies operating in Canada was $30.5 billion, up 16.8% from 2022 and 32.0% higher than in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Retail Commodity Survey, March 2025
Retail sales reached $66.8 billion in March, an increase of 5.2% compared with the same month one year earlier. Higher sales were reported in 15 of the 18 commodity classes.
Securities statistics, first quarter 2025
Canadian governments and corporations borrowed a net $77.7 billion in the form of debt securities in the first quarter. This borrowing activity was in long-term instruments and led by the federal government.
Federal Science and Technology Expenditures and Personnel
Data from the Federal Science Expenditures and Personnel (FESP), Activities in the Social Sciences and Natural Sciences survey are now available for 2023/2024 (actual), 2024/2025 (preliminary) and 2025/2026 (intentions).
Housing and Transportation Costs Index: New data tables
Data tables for the “Housing and Transportation Cost Index: Research Paper” publication are now available. The Housing and Transportation Cost Index is a composite index for estimating the expense of housing and transportation. Statistics Canada and Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada collaborated on the Canadian adaptation of the index, which is based on the United States’ Center for Neighborhood Technology’s Housing and Transportation (H+T) Affordability Index. By combining census data and data from other statistical programs, a composite index (the H+T Index) for all aggregate dissemination areas (ADAs) of Canada (except for the territories and First Nations) was derived.
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