The Daily Thursday, March 25, 2021
Press Release
Employment Insurance, January 2021
The number of Canadians receiving regular Employment Insurance benefits rose 11.2% (+149,000) to 1.5 million in January.
Natural resource indicators, fourth quarter 2020
Real gross domestic product (GDP) of the natural resources sector increased 4.0% in the fourth quarter, after rising 1.0% in the third quarter. Compared with 2019, the sector’s real GDP fell 7.3%, the sharpest annual decline since data were first recorded in 2007.
Nursing and residential care facilities in 2019: A look before the COVID-19 pandemic
Nursing and residential care facilities and their residents and front-line workers have been hit particularly hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. By February 2021, approximately 70% of COVID-19-related deaths had occurred in long-term care homes, and 24,000 long-term care home staff had contracted the virus. To help guide policy decisions that benefit residents and employees, Statistics Canada is currently conducting a survey on nursing and residential care facilities, in partnership with public health agencies. The survey is collecting information about key characteristics of facilities, personnel and types of care offered, as well as information on COVID-19 pandemic health issues. Estimates from this survey will be released in spring and summer 2021. In addition to this survey, Statistics Canada is using administrative files and other sources of data to publish financial estimates for the nursing and residential care facilities industry, with separate information for private and public facilities, for 2019, the latest year of available information.
Patenting by Canadian businesses, 2019
Innovation is at the heart of economic and social development. Developed nations, such as Canada, use a number of tools, including patents, to protect the intellectual property (IP) behind new or improved products, processes or designs.
Food services and drinking places, January 2021
On a seasonally adjusted basis, sales in the food service and drinking places subsector decreased for the fourth consecutive month, down 2.8% to $4.1 billion in January 2021, as lockdown restrictions remained in place in many provinces. Sales fell at full-service restaurants (-5.0%), special food services (-8.4%), limited-service restaurants (-0.6%) and drinking places (-16.7%). Half of the provinces reported decreases, with Ontario (-7.4%) and Quebec (-5.9%) recording the largest declines in dollar terms. British Columbia posted the largest increase in dollar terms (+5.5%).
Production and disposition of tobacco products, February 2021
Canadian manufacturers produced 1.6 billion cigarettes in February, down 1.3% from January 2021. Cigarette production was 16.7% higher compared with February 2020.
Study: Mortality and morbidity related to fire, burns and carbon monoxide poisoning among First Nations people, Métis and Inuit
A new report “Mortality and morbidity related to fire, burns and carbon monoxide poisoning among First Nations people, Métis and Inuit: Findings from the 2011 Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort,” prepared by the Centre for Indigenous Statistics and Partnerships, is now available.
Civil Court Survey, 2019/2020
Civil Court Survey data for 2019/2020 are now available.
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