The Daily Thursday, June 19, 2025
Press Release
Employment Insurance, April 2025
The number of Canadians receiving regular Employment Insurance benefits increased by 17,000 (+3.4%) to 520,000 in April. This followed an increase of 3.1% in February and little change in March.
Employment Insurance Beneficiaries in Rural and Small Town Canada: Interactive Dashboard
The Employment Insurance Beneficiaries in Rural and Small Town Canada: Interactive Dashboard has been updated with expanded data views for the April 2025 reference period.
Investment in building construction, April 2025
The total value of investment in building construction decreased by $741.9 million to $22.3 billion in April.
Balance sheet of the agricultural sector, December 31, 2024
The value of Canada’s farm sector equity totalled $832.5 billion as of December 31, 2024, up by $38.9 billion (+4.9%) from the same date one year earlier. Farm sector equity growth slowed for the first time in five years, as total liabilities (+14.4%) grew at a faster pace than total assets (+6.3%). Farm equity rose in every province, with gains in Saskatchewan (+9.8%) and Alberta (+5.5%) accounting for over two-thirds of the national increase.
Urban public transit, April 2025
In April, Canada’s urban transit ridership reached 132.5 million passenger trips, recovering 84.2% of the pre-COVID-19 pandemic level from April 2019.
Economic impact of the wireless telecommunications carriers industry, 2023
Estimates of the economic impact of the wireless telecommunications carriers industry for 2023 are now available.
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