The Daily Monday, March 22, 2021
Press Release
Aspects of quality of employment in Canada, February and March 2020
From mid-February to mid-March 2020, the 2020 Survey on Quality of Employment collected information on aspects of job quality in Canada from the perspective of workers. Estimates reflect employment characteristics before the full onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and contribute to establishing a baseline for future analysis of quality of employment in Canada.
Annual Survey of Manufacturing Industries, 2019
Total revenue of Canadian manufacturers increased by 1.5% or $11.0 billion to $749.6 billion in 2019. This is the fourth consecutive annual increase, up 13.9% since 2015.
Logging, 2019
Total revenue from the logging sector declined 1.2% (-$132.1 million) from 2018 to $11.3 billion in 2019. Logging (except contract) ($5.6 billion) and contract logging ($5.7 billion) each accounted for about half the industry.
Longitudinal Immigration Database: Immigrant children and census metropolitan area tables, 2018
The most recent 2018 data from the Longitudinal Immigration Database (IMDB) indicate that immigrant children make a significant contribution to Canadian society and the Canadian economy over time. Although immigrant children (32.2%) are more than twice as likely as non-immigrant children (15.4%) to live in low-income households, factors such as the opportunity to be educated in the Canadian system and an increased proficiency in the official languages help immigrant children attain wages in adulthood similar to those of their Canadian-born peers.
Wholesale trade: Early indicator, February 2021
Given the rapidly evolving economic situation, Statistics Canada is providing an advance estimate of sales in the wholesale trade sector for February. The advance results for February indicate that wholesale sales fell 0.4%. The decline reflects lower sales in the building materials and supplies, and machinery, equipment and supplies subsectors.
Railway carloadings, January 2021
In January, the volume of cargo carried by Canadian railways reached 32.6 million tonnes, up 7.7% from January 2020. This marked the third straight month of year-over-year growth.
Canadian Survey on Disability: Internet use for persons with disabilities, 2017
Data on internet use for Canadians with disabilities are now available in tables 13-10-0811-01, 13-10-0812-01, 13-10-0813-01, and 13-10-0814-01.
Studies: French-speaking workers in Atlantic Canada, Western Canada and the territories’ agriculture and agri-food industries in 2006 and 2016
The reports entitled “Portrait of French-speaking workers in Atlantic Canada’s agriculture and agri-food industries, 2006 and 2016” and “Portrait of French-speaking workers in Western Canada and the territories’ agriculture and agri-food industries, 2006 and 2016,” which are part of the Ethnicity, Language and Immigration Thematic Series (89-657-X), are published today.
IBF4
