The Daily Thursday, May 23, 2024
Press Release
Employment Insurance, March 2024
In March, 470,000 Canadians received regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits, little changed (+0.1%; +400) from February.
The role of the Canada Emergency Response Benefit in alleviating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the employment income of racialized workers
The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated income disparities and inequalities within the Canadian population. It had a greater impact on the earnings of some population groups, particularly racialized groups, immigrants, women and youth. However, the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) program, one of the measures implemented to support workers during the pandemic, offset most of the earning losses of Canadian workers during this period. CERB payments made an important contribution to closing equity gaps in economic well-being between non-racialized and racialized workers—particularly racialized women—that could have otherwise worsened substantially during the pandemic.
Travel between Canada and other countries, March 2024
In March, the number of non-resident visitors to Canada accounted for 93.3% of the number observed in March 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic. US residents took 1.3 million trips to Canada in March 2024 and residents of overseas countries embarked on 346,900 trips.
New Housing Price Index, April 2024
The national index rose by 0.2% monthly in April on the strength of increases in large urban centres such as Edmonton, Calgary, and Vancouver. Overall, prices increased in 5 of the 27 census metropolitan areas (CMAs) surveyed, were unchanged in 15 CMAs and declined in 7.
Television broadcasting, 2023
Financial statistics for the television broadcasting industry for 2023 are now available.
Private radio broadcasting, 2023
Financial statistics for the private radio broadcasting industry for 2023 are now available.
Natural gas transmission, storage and distribution, March 2024
March data on natural gas transmission, storage and distribution are now available.
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