The Daily Thursday, April 22, 2021
Press Release
Employment Insurance, February 2021
The number of Canadians receiving regular Employment Insurance benefits rose 3.6% (+53,000) to 1.5 million in February, following an 11.2% increase in January.
Study: Working from home: Potential implications for public transit and greenhouse gas emissions
If all Canadians who can work from home started teleworking instead of commuting, annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions resulting from transportation could fall by about 8.6 megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent. This represents 6.0% of the direct GHG emissions from Canadian households in 2015 and 11.0% of their emissions due to transportation that year.
Travel between Canada and other countries, February 2021
Arrivals to Canada from the United States and from other countries were down 93.6% compared with February 2020. Similarly, the number of Canadian residents returning from abroad declined 93.1% over the same period.
New Housing Price Index, March 2021
New home prices rose 1.1% in March nationally, following one of the largest monthly increases on record in February.
Zero-emission vehicle registrations down slightly in 2020
Restrictions, lockdowns and stay-at-home orders to contain the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in unprecedented dealership closures, contributing to the largest year-over-year sales decline and the lowest total of new motor vehicle registrations on record.
Wool disposition and farm value, 2019
In 2019, Canadian wool producers encountered market pressure and uncertainty due to the ongoing trade conflict between China and the United States. The volume of raw wool purchased directly from Canadian producers decreased 10.2% from 2018 to 1.1 million kilograms in 2019. The average price paid for wool to Canadian producers in 2019 was $0.88 per kilogram.
Refined petroleum products, March 2021
Data on the production and inventories of refined petroleum products for Canada are now available for March upon request.
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