The Daily Friday, September 10, 2021
Press Release
Labour Force Survey, August 2021
Employment rose by 90,000 (+0.5%) in August, the third consecutive monthly increase. The unemployment rate fell 0.4 percentage points to 7.1%.
National balance sheet and financial flow accounts, second quarter 2021
National net worth, the sum of national wealth and Canada’s net foreign asset position, increased by 4.6% to reach $15,649.3 billion at the end of the second quarter.
Industrial capacity utilization rates, second quarter 2021
Canadian industries operated at 82.0% of their production capacity in the second quarter of 2021, up from 81.4% in the first quarter. This is the fourth consecutive quarterly increase following the sharp decline caused by plant closures and the various restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic in the second quarter of 2020.
Detailed preliminary data on confirmed cases of COVID-19, January 15, 2020 to September 5, 2021 (revised data)
An updated set of preliminary data on the number of confirmed novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases reported by provincial and territorial public health authorities to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is now available. Along with this dataset are two aggregated tables that summarize the information available in the dataset. The updated information covers the period from January 15, 2020 to September 5, 2021.
Leading indicator of international arrivals to Canada, August 2021
August saw the number of international arrivals to Canada by land and air increase from last year, but remain well below the pre-pandemic levels of 2019.
Real-time local business conditions, August 30 to September 5, 2021
Weekly data on real-time local business conditions are now available for August 30 to September 5, 2021.
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