The Daily Thursday, April 30, 2020
Press Release
April 30, 2020
Gross domestic product by industry, February 2020
Following three months of growth, real gross domestic product was essentially unchanged in February, as declines particularly in educational services, and disruptions in the transportation and warehousing sector stalled the economy.
Industrial product and raw materials price indexes, March 2020
The Industrial Product Price Index was down 0.9% in March, driven primarily by lower prices for refined petroleum energy products. The Raw Materials Price Index fell 15.6%, mostly due to lower prices for crude oil.
Payroll employment, earnings and hours, February 2020
The average weekly earnings of non-farm payroll employees were $1,046 in February, little changed from January. On a year-over-year basis, earnings rose 3.7%, mostly the result of increases observed from May to October 2019.
COVID-19 and social support for seniors
The social support systems of seniors living in private households play an important role in minimizing their exposure to the COVID-19 virus. In 2016, more than 8 in 10 seniors who lived in private households reported having a high level of social support. However, some groups such as low-income seniors and seniors who frequently experienced mental health conditions faced lower levels of social support than other seniors.
Statistics Canada Data Strategy: Delivering insight through data for a better Canada, 2019 to 2022
The document Statistics Canada Data Strategy, Delivering insight through data for a better Canada, 2019 to 2022 provides a course of action for managing and leveraging the agency’s data assets to ensure their optimal use and value while maintaining public trust. As Statistics Canada is the nation’s trusted provider of high-quality data and information to support evidence-based policy and decision making, Statistics Canada’s Data Strategy also naturally includes the agency’s plan for providing support and data expertise to other government organizations (federal, provincial and territorial), non-governmental organizations, the private sector, academia, and other national and international communities.
Detailed preliminary data on confirmed cases of COVID-19, January 15 to April 28, 2020
A revised set of preliminary data on the number of confirmed novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases reported by the provincial and territorial health authorities to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is now available. The set covers the period from January 15 to April 28, 2020.
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