Posts Tagged ‘StatsCan’

• New house prices rose 0.2 per cent in April: StatsCan

  OTTAWA – Statistics Canada says its new housing price index rose 0.2 per cent…

  by The Canadian Press - Thursday, June 13, 2013

• Canada adds whopping 95,000 jobs in May as unemployment slides to 7.1 per cent

  OTTAWA – Canada’s economy finally came out of hibernation last month, pumping out a…

  by The Canadian Press - Friday, June 7, 2013

• Value of building permits up in April; fourth straight increase: StatsCan

  OTTAWA – Canada’s housing market continues to confound in its resilience in the face…

  by The Canadian Press - Wednesday, June 5, 2013

• Number of EI beneficiaries fell for fifth straight month in March: StatsCan

  OTTAWA – Statistics Canada says the number of people receiving regular employment insurance benefits…

  by The Canadian Press - Thursday, May 23, 2013

• Canada adds 12,500 jobs in April, unemployment rate holds at 7.2 per cent

  OTTAWA – Canada’s economy managed to eke out a meagre 12,500 new jobs in…

  by Julian Beltrame, The Canadian Press - Friday, May 10, 2013

• Fewer Jedi Knights in a galaxy not so far away: Statistics Canada

  OTTAWA – Strong, the Force is not. In Canada, at least.
  Once numbering in…

  by Ben Makuch and Steve Rennie, The Canadian Press - Wednesday, May 8, 2013

• Influx of Christian and Muslim immigrants changing Canada’s religious makeup

  MONTREAL – Lonely, depressed and missing her family in the Philippines, Cosette Pena looked…

  by Benjamin Shingler, The Canadian Press - Wednesday, May 8, 2013

• Aboriginal populations surge while language wanes, new census-replacement shows

  OTTAWA – Aboriginal peoples are gaining ground in Canada’s population, but they are losing…

  by Heather Scoffield, The Canadian Press - Wednesday, May 8, 2013

• Young, suburban and mainly from Asia: Canada’s immigrant population surges

  OTTAWA – The debut of Canada’s controversial census replacement survey shows there are more…

  by Heather Scoffield, The Canadian Press - Wednesday, May 8, 2013

• Compare voluntary survey with mandatory census at own risk, Statscan warns

  OTTAWA – The first pack of data from 2011′s National Household Survey comes with…

  by Steve Rennie, The Canadian Press - Wednesday, May 8, 2013

• Number of people on EI down 0.8 per cent in November

  OTTAWA – Statistics Canada says the number of people receiving regular employment insurance benefits…

  by The Canadian Press - Friday, January 18, 2013

• Canadian unemployment falls, 40,000 jobs added in December

  OTTAWA – The Canadian economy created 40,000 jobs in December — all of it…

  by The Canadian Press - Friday, January 4, 2013

• Canadian economy returns to growth, advances 0.1 per cent in Oct.

  OTTAWA – Statistics Canada says the country’s economy returned to growth in October, although…

  by The Canadian Press - Friday, December 21, 2012

• New house prices rose 0.2 per cent in October

  OTTAWA – Statistics Canada says its price index for new housing rose 0.2 per…

  by The Canadian Press - Thursday, December 13, 2012

• Economic growth slows in 3rd quarter, below analyst estimates

  OTTAWA – Statistics Canada says the country’s economic growth rate slowed to 0.6 per…

  by The Canadian Press - Friday, November 30, 2012

• Eastern Canadians paying more for gasoline than westerners

  ALGARY – A study by Statistics Canada says gasoline prices in Central and Eastern…

  by The Canadian Press - Friday, November 23, 2012

• Value of building permits down 13.2 per cent in September

  OTTAWA – Statistics Canada says the value of building permits issued in September fell…

  by The Canadian Press - Monday, November 5, 2012

• Statistics Canada revises over 30 years of economic accounting

  Statistics Canada has revised three decades worth of data in its System of National…

  by Erica Alini - Monday, October 1, 2012

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  Too many cops?

  The crime rate is down but police forces are growing. We’re poorer as a result, but not necessarily any safer.

  by Ken MacQueen - Thursday, August 25, 2011

• That census debate, late Victorian edition

  The objections to the census on Biblical grounds are now a thing of the…

  by Colby Cosh - Friday, July 16, 2010

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