The Daily Thursday, June 11, 2020
Press Release
Canada’s international investment position, first quarter 2020
Canada’s net foreign asset position decreased by $77.3 billion to $934.2 billion at the end of the first quarter.
Federal government spending on science and technology, 2020/2021
Federal government spending on science and technology (S&T) in Canada reached $12.3 billion in 2018/2019, an increase of 1.7% from the previous year. S&T spending has increased consistently since 2015/2016, following five consecutive years of decreases.
Research and development of Canadian private non-profit organizations, 2018
Canadian private non-profit organizations spent $171 million performing research and development (R&D) activities in 2018, down $4 million from the previous year. The vast majority of these activities was tied to current in-house research and development, which decreased 3.5% to $165 million. Wages and salaries represented more than half of all costs (54.4%), despite declining 4.1% to $93 million.
Stocks of frozen and chilled meats, April 1, 2020
Stocks of frozen and chilled meats data for the second quarter were collected during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. The impact of COVID-19 on stocks of frozen and chilled meats will become clearer in subsequent releases.
Detailed preliminary data on confirmed cases of COVID-19, January 15 to June 7, 2020 (revised data)
An updated set of preliminary data on the number of confirmed novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases reported by the provincial and territorial public health authorities to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is now available. Along with this dataset, there are now two aggregated tables that summarize the information available in the data set. The updated information covers the period from January 15 to June 7, 2020.
Telecommunications services producer price indexes, first quarter 2020
The telecommunications services producer price indexes (2016=100) are now available for the first quarter.
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