The Daily Thursday, November 10, 2016
Press Release
New Housing Price Index, September 2016
The New Housing Price Index (NHPI) rose 0.2% in September compared with the previous month. Prices rose in 11 census metropolitan areas (CMAs), with the indexes from the combined region of Toronto and Oshawa and from Vancouver contributing the most to the monthly increase.
Traveller Accommodation Services Price Index, third quarter 2016
The Traveller Accommodation Services Price Index (TASPI) increased 11.4% in the third quarter compared with the previous quarter. The growth was the result of gains among both leisure clients (+13.6%) and business clients (+9.1%). The increase reflected high seasonal demand for accommodation services, which has also been observed in previous years.
Leading indicator of cross-border traveller volume, October 2016 (preliminary)
Data on the number of United States travellers entering Canada by car in October are now available upon request. Data are available by the visitors state of residence and province of entry into Canada.
Prostitution offences in Canada: Statistical trends, 2014
Police services reported 1,073 prostitution-related incidents in 2014, accounting for less than 0.1% of all police-reported criminal incidents that year. This translated into a rate of 3 prostitution-related incidents per 100,000 population in Canada, the lowest rate since 1982. Prostitution-related crimes have been declining over the past three decades, coinciding with a period in which overall police-reported crime has also declined.
Canadian Megatrends: Seniors’ income from 1976 to 2014: Four decades, two stories
Canadian seniors have seen their incomes grow steadily over the past few decades, but a closer look at the numbers reveals important changes in the income composition of seniors, as well as a widening gap between senior and younger families.
Study: The measurement of firm entry in the longitudinal employment analysis program
Firm entry and the employment created by new firms are seen as indicators of economic performance. They are also used as measures of the degree of dynamism that allows new ideas and new processes to be introduced in the economy.
Fertilizer Shipments Survey, first quarter 2016/2017
Shipments of urea within Canada increased by 49 000 tonnes (+8.2%) compared with the first quarter of the 2015/2016 fertilizer year to 643 000 tonnes in the first quarter of 2016/2017.
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