The Daily Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Press Release
Gross domestic product, income and expenditure, first quarter 2017
Real gross domestic product rose 0.9% in the first quarter, following a 0.7% gain in the fourth quarter.
Gross domestic product by industry, March 2017
Real gross domestic product increased 0.5% in March, following no change in February. Growth was widespread across goods and service-producing industries.
Food services and drinking places, March 2017
Sales in the food services and drinking places subsector were down 0.8% to $5.5 billion in March. Prices for food purchased from restaurants were up 2.4% compared with March 2016, while prices for alcoholic beverages rose 1.8%.
Monthly Passenger Bus and Urban Transit, March 2017
Total operating revenues (excluding subsidies) for urban transit companies were $350.4 million in March.
Railway carloadings, March 2017
The volume of rail freight carried in Canada totalled 31.8 million tonnes in March, up 8.8% from the same month last year.
2016 Census of Agriculture: Seeding decisions harvest opportunities for Canadian farmers
With innovations in crop science, production practices, and marketing, Canadian farm operators are growing a wider variety of field crops while also expanding their production area. Canada’s total field crop area increased 7.0% from 2011 to 92.7 million acres in 2016.
Canadian Megatrends: Canadian youth and full-time work: A slower transition
The Canadian labour force has changed significantly since the end of the Second World War. Nowhere is this more evident than among the youngest workers, 15- to-24-year-olds.
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