The Daily Friday, March 14, 2025
Press Release
March 14, 2025
Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, January 2025
Manufacturing sales rose 1.7% in January, primarily due to higher sales of motor vehicles and petroleum and coal products. Meanwhile, sales of chemical products posted the largest decline.
Wholesale trade, January 2025
Wholesale sales (excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and excluding oilseed and grain) rose 1.2% to $85.1 billion in January.
New motor vehicle sales, January 2025
New motor vehicle sales data for Canada and the provinces are now available for January. This is the first release to include a breakdown of new motor vehicle sales by zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) fuel type.
Socioeconomic outcomes of immigrants admitted to Canada as children, 2023
About 2 million children, aged 14 or younger, immigrated to Canada during the period from 1980 to 2023, accounting for approximately 20% of those admitted to Canada during this period. Their long-term socioeconomic outcomes, such as education attainment and wages, are important aspects for understanding their integration in Canadian society and their contributions to Canada’s economy and society over time.
Infrastructure economic account, 2024
With today’s release, estimates for investment, stock, remaining useful service life, as well as economic and environmental impacts have been released for 2024. The data for 1981 to 2023 have also been updated, as revisions to the methodology for measuring the stock and investment for several assets (airports and other passenger terminals, communication buildings, pipelines, railways and student residences) were updated. All the estimates are consistent with the fourth quarter 2024 release of the Income and Expenditure accounts on February 28.
Lending Services Price Index, fourth quarter 2024
Data from the Lending Services Price Index (2017=100) are now available for the fourth quarter of 2024.
Traffic Flow Dashboard
Statistics Canada has launched the Traffic Flow Dashboard as a source of experimental statistics to provide information on the traffic flow on selected road segments in the cities of Calgary and Toronto.
Real-time local business conditions, March 3 to 9, 2025
Weekly data on real-time local business conditions are now available for March 3 to 9, 2025.
Business Conditions in Rural and Small Town Canada: Interactive Dashboard
The Business Conditions in Rural and Small Town Canada: Interactive Dashboard has been updated with data for the first quarter of 2025.
Business Counts in Rural and Small Town Canada: Interactive Dashboard
The Business Counts in Rural and Small Town Canada: Interactive Dashboard has been updated with data for the December 2024 reference period.
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