The Daily Thursday, March 7, 2019
Press Release
Building permits, January 2019
Canadian municipalities issued $8.4 billion worth of building permits in January, down 5.5% from the record high in December. Lower construction intentions for commercial buildings were responsible for the national decline.
Study: Earnings Inequality and the Gender Pay Gap in Canada: The Role of Women’s Under-representation Among Top Earners
A new Statistics Canada study shows that the under-representation of women in top earnings groups accounts for a substantial (more than half) and growing share of the overall gender gap in annual earnings. The overall gender ratio in annual earnings—the average annual earnings of employed women as a percentage of the average annual earnings of employed men—has improved over time. It rose from 54% in 1978 to 69% in 2009, and remained between 68% and 69% from 2009 to 2015.
Aircraft movement statistics: Small airports, November 2018
Take-offs and landings at 128 Canadian airports without air traffic control towers totalled 43,856 movements in November.
Engineering services industry, 2017
Total operating revenues for the engineering services industry fell for a third consecutive year in 2017, down 3.4% from 2016 to $28.3 billion. Alberta (-$1.9 billion) posted the largest decline.
Canadian Economic News, February 2019
The February 2019 issue of Canadian Economic News is now available.
Registered retirement savings plan contributions, 2017
Data on registered retirement savings plan contributions are now available for 2017.
New products
Economic Insights: “Earnings Inequality and the Gender Pay Gap in Canada: The Role of Women’s Under-representation Among Top Earners”, No. 88
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