Tag: Statistics Canada
First-time homebuyers see new opportunities, challenges in pandemic economy
TORONTO — With mortgage rates at historic lows and price growth tapering in certain markets, the COVID-19 pandemic has presented both opportunities and challenges...
Statistics Canada says first-quarter GDP worst showing since 2009
OTTAWA — Canada's economy had its worst quarterly showing since 2009 through the first three months of 2020 owing to COVID-19, Statistics Canada said Friday,...
Adequacy of federal emergency aid measures to be tested by jobless...
OTTAWA — The adequacy of federal emergency benefits to help Canadians weather the COVID-19 crisis is bound to come under scrutiny today as the...
Students start looking for summer work, with few options in usual...
OTTAWA — Adam Brown lined up a job in March with a consulting firm in Edmonton. He just started there this week.
Brown counts himself among the lucky...
Economic growth stalled in February ahead of pandemic-related downturn
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says economic growth stalled in February ahead of the downturn in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The agency says real gross...
More than half of Canadian companies seeing sales drop at least...
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada reports nearly one-third of Canadian businesses who responded in a newly released survey have seen their revenues plummet by 40...
Youth not employed or in school face poorer mental, physical health:...
OTTAWA — A new study is offering what it calls a rare look at the health and psychological impacts endured by Canadian youth who are not working, training or studying.
The Statistics Canada...
