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Friday, January 10, 2025

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Labour

Labour Force Survey, December 2024

Employment rose by 91,000 (+0.4%) in December and the employment rate increased 0.2 percentage points to 60.8%. The unemployment rate declined 0.1 percentage points to 6.7%.

Construction

Building permits, November 2024

The total value of building permits issued in Canada decreased by $739.5 million (-5.9%) to $11.7 billion in November.

Manufacturing

Sawmills, October 2024

Lumber production increased 7.6% from September to 4 251.3 thousand cubic metres in October. Production was down 5.2% from October 2023.

Travel and tourism

Leading indicator of international arrivals to Canada, December 2024

In December, the preliminary number of international arrivals to Canada by air and automobile reached 5.3 million, up 5.5% from December 2023.

Business and consumer services and culture

Consulting services, 2023

The management, scientific and technical consulting services industry group recorded $37.8 billion in operating revenue in 2023, which is an 11.5% increase from 2022. This industry group offers consulting services in various sectors, such as human resources, information technology, science and economics, management and the environment. Operating expenses rose 14.1% to $29.2 billion in 2023, resulting in an operating profit margin of 22.7%.

Prices and price indexes

Residential Renovation Price Index, third quarter 2024

In the third quarter, residential renovation costs increased 0.6%, following a 0.7% increase in the second quarter.

Business performance and ownership

Real-time local business conditions, December 30, 2024 to January 5, 2025

Weekly data on real-time local business conditions are now available for December 30, 2024, to January 5, 2025.

New products

Canadian Labour Market Observatory: "Labour Force Survey in brief: Interactive app"

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Statistics Canada - Data Visualization Products: "Labour Market Indicators, by province and census metropolitan area, seasonally adjusted"

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Statistics Canada - Data Visualization Products: "Labour Market Indicators, by province, territory and economic region, unadjusted for seasonality"

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Statistics Canada - Data Visualization Products: "Building permits: Interactive Dashboard"

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Statistics Canada - Data Visualization Products: "Real-time Local Business Conditions Index"

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Statistics Canada - Data Visualization Products: "Frontier Counts: Interactive Dashboard"

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Statistics Canada - Data Visualization Products: "Labour market indicators, census metropolitan areas, census agglomerations and self-contained labour areas: Interactive dashboard"

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Labour Force Survey: Public Use Microdata File, December 2024

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