The Daily Thursday, February 24, 2022
Press Release
Payroll employment, earnings and hours, and job vacancies, December 2021
The number of employees receiving pay or benefits from their employer—measured by the Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours as payroll employment—rose by 122,200 (+0.7%) in December, the seventh consecutive monthly increase.
Monthly civil aviation statistics, December 2021
Major Canadian airlines carried 3.9 million passengers on scheduled and charter services in December, making it the busiest month of 2021 for air travel. While this was well above the number of passengers carried in December 2020, it was a little over half (54.8%) of the pre-pandemic level reported in the same month in 2019.
Aircraft movement statistics: Major airports, December 2021
In December, there were 298,233 total aircraft movements at Canada’s major airports, an increase of 16.5% from December 2020 but 19.7% lower than the same month in 2019.
Consumer prices – the Adjusted price index and monthly adjusted consumer expenditure basket weights
The Adjusted price index and the monthly adjusted consumer expenditure basket weights for the reference months October to December 2021 are available.
Monthly Survey of Manufacturing: Flash estimate, January 2022
Given the rapidly evolving economic situation, Statistics Canada is providing an advance estimate of sales in the manufacturing sector for January. Advance results for January indicate that manufacturing sales rose 1.3%, largely driven by higher sales in the petroleum and coal product, wood product, as well as beverage and tobacco industries.
Real estate agents and brokers, 2020
Operating revenue in the Canadian real estate agents and brokers industry rose 11.4% in 2020 to $17.3 billion, the fastest pace since 2016. This industry experienced strong demand in nearly all areas of the country in 2020. Its performance during the pandemic was fuelled by the accelerating residential housing market. However, commercial real estate was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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