The Daily Thursday, May 27, 2021
Press Release
Payroll employment, earnings and hours, and job vacancies, March 2021
Compared with February 2020, payroll employment in Canada was down by 897,900 (-5.3%) in March 2021.
Provincial and Territorial Cultural Indicators, 2019
In 2019, nominal gross domestic product of culture and sport in Canada increased 2.6% to $63.2 billion, representing 2.9% of the total economy. The culture sector generated $57.1 billion (or 90.4%) of this amount, while the remainder was attributable to sport.
Aircraft movement statistics: Major airports, March 2021
In March, total aircraft movements rose 2.0% compared with the same month last year but were down by almost a third compared with the pre-pandemic level recorded in March 2019. Itinerant movements (from one airport to another) declined 18.8% from March 2020 and were down 42.6% compared with March 2019. The number of local flights, those that remain in the vicinity of the airport, jumped 49.3% year over year in March, reaching a level that was almost on par with that observed in March 2019.
Monthly civil aviation statistics, March 2021
In March, there were few signs of recovery for the Canadian airline industry as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to severely depress air travel one year into the pandemic. Major Canadian airlines carried 522,000 passengers on scheduled and charter services, which was 93.2% below the pre-pandemic levels of March 2019.
Poultry and egg statistics, May 2021 and annual 2020
Data on stocks of frozen eggs and poultry meats, as well as edible dried egg products, are available for May 2021. Data on the placements of hatchery chicks and turkey poults are available for April 2021, and data on egg production are available for March 2021. Annual data on poultry and egg production are also available for 2020.
Most Canadians willing to get vaccinated, and more stayed home at the beginning of 2021
From the start of the fall of 2020 to the start of 2021, the level of active COVID-19 cases rose rapidly across Canada, and more restrictions were implemented by the provinces to slow the spread of the virus. Around the same time, the first vaccines against COVID-19 were approved, giving Canadians some hope that the end of the pandemic could be on its way.
Commercial rents in key Canadian economic markets, first quarter 2021
The Commercial Rents Services Price Index is now available for the first quarter.
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