The Daily Thursday, July 30, 2020
Press Release
Payroll employment, earnings and hours, May 2020
The number of Canadians receiving pay from their employer is measured in the Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours (SEPH) as payroll employment. SEPH payroll employment decreased in May, falling 585,100 (-4.1%). This followed declines in March (-0.9 million) and April (-1.9 million), and brought total payroll employment losses since February to 3.4 million (-19.9%).
Monthly civil aviation statistics, May 2020
Major Canadian airlines carried 224,000 passengers on scheduled and charter services in May, down 96.7% from the same month in 2019. This follows the unprecedented decline of 97.0% observed in April 2020.
Aircraft movement statistics: Major airports, May 2020
All provinces and territories saw increases in traffic compared with April.
Urban public transit, May 2020
The collapse in ridership on the country’s buses, trains and subways continued in May, resulting in another month of historic decreases compared with the previous year. On a year-over-year basis, the number of transit passengers started declining in March (-42.0%), fell sharply in April (-85.0%) and remained low in May—down 82.8% compared with May 2019.
Impacts of COVID-19 on victim services
Because of physical distancing and restrictions put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic, many victim services in Canada had to modify their methods of assisting and supporting victims.
Price trends in key Canadian housing markets, second quarter 2020
The Residential Property Price Index (2017=100) is now available for the second quarter of 2020.
Health Indicators, July 2020
A new edition of the publication Health Indicators (82-221-X) is now available. It includes updated health region-level population estimates and dependency ratios.
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