The Daily Thursday, May 23, 2019
Press Release
Wholesale trade, March 2019
Wholesale sales rose for the fourth consecutive month, up 1.4% to $64.1 billion in March. Higher sales were recorded in six subsectors, accounting for 82% of total wholesale sales. The motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories subsector was the lone subsector to decline.
Employment Insurance, March 2019
In March, 436,600 people received regular Employment Insurance benefits, down 4,400 (-1.0%) from February.
Study: Income Growth per Capita in the Provinces since 1950
According to a new study, from 1950 to 2016, real gross domestic income (GDI) per capita grew fastest in provinces with large oil and gas deposits, such as Alberta (+2.7% per annum based on a compound annual growth rate), Saskatchewan (+3.0% per annum) and Newfoundland and Labrador (+3.6% per annum)—and in provinces that had the lowest current dollar gross domestic product (GDP) per capita values in 1950, such as Prince Edward Island (+3.1% per annum), New Brunswick (+2.7% per annum) and Nova Scotia (+2.6% per annum).
Cannabis Economic Account, 2018
Data on cannabis supply and use are now available for 2018.
Construction Union Wage Rate Index, April 2019
The Construction Union Wage Rate Index (including supplements) for Canada was unchanged in April compared with the previous month. The index for all trades (including supplements) rose 1.3% over the 12 month period ending in April.
Natural gas transmission, storage and distribution, March 2019
Data on the transmission, storage and distribution of natural gas are now available for March.
New products
Economic Insights: “Income Growth per Capita in the Provinces since 1950”, No. 95
Catalogue number Catalogue number11-626-X2019009, (HTML | PDF)
VISTA on the Agri-food Industry and the Farm Community
Catalogue number Catalogue number21-004-X, (HTML | PDF)
New studies and articles
Catalogue numberEconomic Profile of the Mushroom Industry in Canada
VISTA on the Agri-food Industry and the Farm Community
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