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Friday, August 4, 2023
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Labour
Labour Force Survey, July 2023
Employment was little changed in July (-6,000; -0.0%). The unemployment rate increased 0.1 percentage points to 5.5%, marking the third consecutive monthly increase.
Manufacturing
Sawmills, May 2023
Lumber production decreased 1.6% from April to 4 008.9 thousand cubic metres in May. Production was down 13.8% from May 2022.
Energy
Energy statistics, May 2023
Primary energy production decreased 0.6% year over year to 1.9 million terajoules in May, on the heels of a 0.7% increase in April. This was the first year-over-year decline in production since January 2022. Reasons for the decline in May 2023 include several natural gas facilities in Alberta, which were impacted by forest fires as well as lower crude oil production (-2.6%) due to annual maintenance at a number of oilsands upgrading facilities and bitumen mines.
Business performance and ownership
Real-time local business conditions, July 24 to 30, 2023
Weekly data on real-time local business conditions are now available for July 24 to 30, 2023.
Agriculture and food
Poultry and egg statistics, July 2023
Data on stocks of frozen eggs and poultry meats, as well as edible dried egg products, are now available for July 2023. Data on the placements of hatchery chicks and turkey poults are available for June 2023, and data on egg production are available for May 2023.
New products
Canadian Labour Market Observatory: "Labour Force Survey in brief: Interactive app"
Catalogue number Catalogue number142000012018001, (HTML)
Statistics Canada - Data Visualization Products: "Labour Market Indicators, by province and census metropolitan area, seasonally adjusted"
Catalogue number Catalogue number71-607-X2017001, (HTML)
Statistics Canada - Data Visualization Products: "Labour Market Indicators, by province, territory and economic region, unadjusted for seasonality"
Catalogue number Catalogue number71-607-X2017002, (HTML)
Statistics Canada - Data Visualization Products: "Real-time Local Business Conditions Index"
Catalogue number Catalogue number71-607-X2021017, (HTML)
Statistics Canada - Data Visualization Products: "Grain Supply Chain Dashboard: Real-time Grain Movement by Rail", 2019 to 2023
Catalogue number Catalogue number71-607-X2023003, (HTML)
Labour Force Survey: Public Use Microdata File, July 2023
Catalogue number Catalogue number71M0001X, (EFT | HTML)
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