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Payroll employment in Canada changed little in April 2025, with 6,200 fewer employees receiving pay and benefits compared to March, according to Statistics Canada data released on June 26. This followed two straight months of declines in February and March. Over the previous year, payroll employment increased by 30,
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The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for Canada increased by 1.7% in May 2025 compared to May 2024, according to Statistics Canada. This matches the 1.7% annual increase reported in April. On a monthly basis, the CPI rose 0.6% in May, while the seasonally adjusted monthly change was
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Prices for manufactured goods in Canada, measured by the Industrial Product Price Index (IPPI), fell 0.5% in May 2025 compared to April, according to Statistics Canada. The Raw Materials Price Index (RMPI), which tracks the prices manufacturers pay for raw materials, declined 0.4% in the same period. Statistics
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The number of Canadians receiving regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits rose by 17,000 to 520,000 in April 2025, according to Statistics Canada. This is a 3.4% increase from March and a 12.7% increase compared to April 2024. The data show more people were receiving regular EI
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Job vacancies in Canada fell to 524,300 in the first quarter of 2025, a decrease of 20,600 positions (3.8%) from the previous quarter, according to Statistics Canada. This figure is similar to the pre-pandemic average of 506,300 vacancies between 2017 and 2019. Year over year, job
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Median real hourly wages in Canada increased by 20% between 1981 and 2024, according to data released by Statistics Canada on June 9, 2025. The information, based on administrative records, the Labour Force Survey, and selected household surveys, outlines wage changes before taxes and deductions over four decades, including differences
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Employment in Canada remained nearly unchanged in May 2025, according to Statistics Canada, with an employment rate of 60.8%. The national unemployment rate increased by 0.1 percentage points to 7.0%, which is the highest level recorded since September 2016, excluding periods affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Statistics
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Canada’s merchandise exports fell 10.8% to $60.4 billion in April 2025, while imports declined 3.5% to $67.6 billion, according to Statistics Canada. This led to a merchandise trade deficit of $7.1 billion, which the agency stated is the largest monthly deficit on record. Statistics
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Labour productivity for Canadian businesses increased by 0.2% in the first quarter of 2025, according to Statistics Canada in a release on June 4. This follows a 1.2% rise in the fourth quarter of 2024 and marks the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic that
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Payroll employment in Canada fell by 54,100 jobs, or 0.3%, in March 2025, according to Statistics Canada’s Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours. This follows a decrease of 40,200 jobs in February. Statistics Canada also reported that average weekly earnings in March were $1,290.80,
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The number of Canadians receiving regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits was 496,720 in March 2025, an increase of 0.3% from February, according to Statistics Canada. Compared to March 2024, the number of EI recipients rose by 6.0%. Statistics Canada reports that EI data for March cover those
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The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Canada rose 1.7 percent year over year in April 2025, down from a 2.3 percent increase in March, according to Statistics Canada. On a month-over-month basis, Statistics Canada said the CPI decreased by 0.1 percent in April. Statistics Canada stated that