The Daily Thursday, January 23, 2025
Press Release
Retail trade, November 2024
Retail sales were relatively unchanged in November. Sales were down in six out of nine subsectors, led by lower sales at food and beverage retailers (-1.6%). Higher sales at motor vehicle and parts dealers (+2.0%) and gasoline stations and fuel vendors (+0.7%) largely offset declines in the remaining subsectors.
Employment Insurance, November 2024
In November, 482,000 (-0.9%; -4,200) Canadians received regular Employment Insurance benefits, little changed from October and down from the recent 495,000 peak recorded in August (-13,000).
Travel between Canada and other countries, November 2024
In November, US residents took 1.4 million trips to Canada, and residents of overseas countries took 284,500 trips. The number of non-resident arrivals (US-resident and overseas-resident arrivals combined) in Canada represented 96.7% of the number observed in November 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Railway carloadings, November 2024
In November, the volume of cargo carried by Canadian railways reached 30.8 million tonnes, down 5.8% from November 2023, and slightly below the five-year average (31.3 million tonnes) for the month.
2021 Census of Population: Data table—Mobility and migration
Today, Statistics Canada is releasing one additional data table from the 2021 Census of Population.
Survey of Health Care Clinics in Canada, 2022
Data from the Survey of Health Care Clinics in Canada are now available for 2022.
Natural gas transmission, storage and distribution, November 2024
November data on natural gas transmission, storage and distribution are now available.
Refined petroleum products, December 2024
Data for December on the production and inventories of refined petroleum products in Canada are now available upon request.
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