The Daily Monday, September 23, 2019
Press Release
September 23, 2019
Wholesale trade, July 2019
Wholesale sales rose for a second consecutive month in July, up 1.7% to $65.4 billion. This is the sixth increase in the first seven months of 2019.
Investment in building construction, July 2019
Total investment in building construction increased 0.5% in July to $15.2 billion.
Study: Workers in the homelessness support sector
Workers in industries and occupations targeted towards providing support to the homeless are more likely to be young, female or have an Aboriginal identity than workers in other sectors, according to data from the 2016 Census. For example, three in four homelessness support sector workers (76.5%) were female, compared with 48.2% of all workers in all occupations. One in 10 reported an Aboriginal identity—more than twice the rate across all occupations. Workers in this sector were also more likely to work part time and had lower earnings.
Refined petroleum products, August 2019
Data on the production, inventories and domestic consumption of refined petroleum products for Canada are now available for August upon request.
Natural gas transmission, storage and distribution, July 2019
Data on the transmission, storage and distribution of natural gas are now available for July.
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