The Daily Tuesday, May 23, 2017
Press Release
Wholesale trade, March 2017
Wholesale sales rose 0.9% in March and surpassed the $60 billion mark for the first time. Gains were recorded in four of seven subsectors, accounting for 60% of total wholesale sales, and were led by the building material and supplies subsector.
Natural gas transmission, storage and distribution, March 2017
Natural gas transmission pipelines received 569.6 million gigajoules of natural gas from fields, gathering systems and plants in March, a 5.8% increase compared to the same month in 2016. Seven provinces posted receipts, with Alberta (71.2%) and British Columbia (26.2%) holding the majority.
Refined petroleum products, April 2017
Data on the production, inventories and domestic sales of refined petroleum products for Canada and the regions are now available for April upon request.
Study: Tracking recent changes in income mobility in Canada, 1978 to 2014
Have children in Canada had better or worse economic opportunities than their parents? One way to determine this is by examining whether youth achieved a family income in adulthood that matched or exceeded that of their parents. For the first time in Canada, this has been done in a new study which examines rates of absolute income mobility across different birth cohorts.
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