The Daily Thursday, August 18, 2022
Press Release
Employment Insurance, June 2022
In June, 486,000 Canadians received regular Employment Insurance benefits, down by 7,000 (-1.4%) from May.
Industrial product and raw materials price indexes, July 2022
The Industrial Product Price Index declined 2.1% month over month in July and increased 11.9% year over year. The Raw Materials Price index fell 7.4% month over month in July and was 19.1% higher compared with July 2021.
Urban public transit, June 2022
In June, Canada’s urban transit ridership reached over 96 million passenger trips, an increase of more than 40 million from June 2021.
Weekly aircraft movements, July 30 to August 5, 2022
Weekly data on aircraft itinerant movements are now available for July 30 to August 5, 2022.
Canadian business counts, June 2022
In June, there were 1,326,321 employer businesses in Canada and 2,951,629 non-employer businesses with annual revenues greater than $30,000.
Negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on different mental health profiles
The COVID-19 pandemic had a negative impact on Canadians’ mental health, but the impact was worse for people with mental health difficulties. The article “Profiles of mental health and their association with negative impacts and suicidal ideation during the COVID-19 pandemic: A Canadian perspective” extends previous research by uncovering the impacts of the pandemic on those with varying degrees of mental health difficulties.
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