The Daily Thursday, December 7, 2017
Press Release
Building permits, October 2017
Canadian municipalities issued $8.2 billion worth of building permits in October, up 3.5% from the previous month. All building components rose with the exception of the institutional component.
Survey of Financial Security, 2016
The median net worth of Canadian families was $295,100 in 2016, up 14.7% from 2012 ($257,200), the last time the survey was conducted. The 2016 median was more than double that of 1999 ($144,500).
Canadian postsecondary enrolments and graduates, 2015/2016
Enrolments in Canadian public postsecondary institutions (colleges and universities) totalled 2,034,957 in the 2015/2016 academic year, the fourth consecutive year enrolments have exceeded two million.
Accounting services, 2016
The accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping and payroll services industry generated $18.8 billion in operating revenue in 2016, up 3.4% from 2015. Operating expenses rose 3.5%, resulting in a profit margin of 27.8%.
Travel Survey of Residents of Canada, second quarter 2017
In the second quarter, the number of domestic trips decreased 1.8% from the same quarter in 2016 to 78.6 million. Total expenditures for domestic trips fell 1.1% to $11.4 billion.
Farm product prices, October 2017
Prices received by farmers in October for grains, oilseeds, specialty crops, potatoes, cattle, hogs, poultry, eggs and dairy products are now available at the provincial level in CANSIM.
New products
Statistics Canada – Infographics: “Flu shot rates in Canada, 2015-2016”
Catalogue number 11-627-M2017041, (HTML | PDF)
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