The Daily Friday, August 18, 2023
Press Release
Investment in building construction, June 2023
Investment in residential construction declined for the fourth straight month, falling 4.5% to $12.1 billion in June. Investment in non-residential construction edged down 0.2% to $5.9 billion. Overall, investment in building construction fell 3.1% to $18.0 billion in June.
Industrial product and raw materials price indexes, July 2023
In July, the Industrial Product Price Index increased 0.4% month over month and fell 2.7% year over year. The Raw Materials Price index rose 3.5% month over month in July and was 11.1% lower compared with July 2022.
Monthly credit aggregates, June 2023
In June, the total credit liabilities of households increased $4.2 billion (+0.1%) to reach $2,860.3 billion. Real estate secured debt, composed of both mortgage debt and home equity lines of credit, grew $3.9 billion (+0.2%). Meanwhile, household mortgage debt increased $4.6 billion (+0.2%). Similarly, on an annualized basis, household mortgage debt rose 2.6% in June, an acceleration from the 1.9% growth rate recorded in May.
Urban public transit, June 2023
In June, Canada’s urban transit systems logged almost 120 million passenger trips, a milestone only approached three times since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020.
Real-time local business conditions, August 7 to 13, 2023
Weekly data on real-time local business conditions are now available for August 7 to 13, 2023.
Canadian Coroner and Medical Examiner Database, 2006 to 2023
New information from the Canadian Coroner and Medical Examiner Database (CCMED) is now available upon request. The CCMED is a database developed at Statistics Canada in collaboration with the provincial and territorial Chief Coroners and Chief Medical Examiners and the Public Health Agency of Canada.
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