The Daily Thursday, November 20, 2025
Press Release
Employment Insurance, September 2025
The number of Canadians receiving regular Employment Insurance benefits (-1.1%; -6,200) edged down to 544,000 in September, the second consecutive month of slight declines.
Industrial product and raw materials price indexes, October 2025
In October, the Industrial Product Price Index increased 1.5% month over month and gained 6.0% year over year. Meanwhile, the Raw Materials Price Index increased 1.6% month over month and rose 5.8% year over year.
Travel between Canada and other countries, September 2025
September marked the end of a three-month summer streak (June to August 2025), where more US residents travelled to Canada than Canadian residents travelled to the United States.
Canada’s natural resource wealth, 2024
Canada’s natural resource wealth—the dollar value of selected natural resource reserves—decreased by 10% from $1,520 billion in 2023 to $1,362 billion in 2024. These resources represented 8% of Canada’s national wealth, as recorded in the National Balance Sheet Accounts in the fourth quarter of 2024. Energy resources (61%) accounted for the highest proportion of the total value of all natural resource assets in 2024, followed by mineral resources (28%) and timber (11%).
Canadian postsecondary enrolments and graduates, 2023/2024
In the 2023/2024 academic year, enrolments in public colleges and universities increased to 2.3 million students, up 5.8% from 2.2 million the previous year. After a slight decline in 2020/2021 (-0.6%) due to COVID-19 pandemic-related restrictions, followed by modest growth in 2021/2022 (+1.1%) and 2022/2023 (+0.7%), the growth in 2023/2024 was the first notable increase.
Monthly Energy Transportation and Storage Survey, September 2025
Data for September on the transportation and storage of crude oil and other liquid petroleum products are now available.
Monthly Mineral Production Survey, September 2025
Data from the Monthly Mineral Production Survey and the Monthly Survey of Smelters and Metal Refineries are now available for September.
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