The Daily Friday, March 22, 2024
Press Release
March 22, 2024
Retail trade, January 2024
Retail sales decreased 0.3% to $67.0 billion in January. Sales were down in three of nine subsectors and were led by decreases at motor vehicle and parts dealers (-2.4%).
The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the postsecondary graduating class of 2020
The postsecondary graduating class of 2020 faced unique challenges as it entered the labour market during the initial waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. Results from the National Graduates Survey reveal that over half (55.6%) of those who graduated in 2020 saw their employment status or employment plans change at some point that year as a result of the pandemic.
Travel between Canada and other countries, January 2024
In January, the number of non-resident visitors to Canada accounted for 75.9% of the number observed in January 2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic, with US residents taking 910,600 trips to Canada and residents of overseas countries taking 278,700.
Screened passenger traffic at Canadian airports, February 2024
In February, 4.2 million passengers passed through pre-board security screening at checkpoints operated at Canada’s eight largest airports, an increase of 11.2% from February 2023.
Census of Environment: data portal
The new Census of Environment portal is now available and provides one central and easy-to-access location for all of our data.
Natural gas transmission, storage and distribution, January 2024
January data on natural gas transmission, storage and distribution are now available.
Monthly estimates of business openings and closures, December 2023
Monthly estimates of business openings and closures are now available for December 2023.
Real-time local business conditions, March 11 to 17, 2024
Weekly data on real-time local business conditions are now available for March 11 to 17, 2024.
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