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  • 1. Canadian Economic Dashboard and COVID-19
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2020009
    Description:

    This dashboard presents selected data that are relevant for monitoring the impacts of COVID-19 on economic activity in Canada. It includes data on a range of monthly indicators - real GDP, consumer prices, the unemployment rate, merchandise exports and imports, retail sales, hours worked and manufacturing sales -- as well as monthly data on aircraft movements, railway carloadings, and travel between Canada and other countries.

    Estimates are presented from January 2019 to the current reference month for each data series. The information will be updated continuously as new data becomes available, and additional series may be added to the dashboard as circumstances warrant.

    To support the analysis of time series movements in the data, the dashboard reports changes in each series on both a month-over-month and year-over-year basis. For most of the variables reported, information on cumulative changes in the data both prior and subsequent to the end of 2019 is also presented by indexing the level estimates to December 2019, as depicted in the accompanying charts.

    Release date: 2020-06-26
  • 2. Monthly trade in goods by exporter characteristics April 2020
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202017423983
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2020-06-22
  • 3. Historical (real-time) releases of merchandise imports and exports, customs and balance of payments basis for all countries, by seasonal adjustment and North American Product Classification System (NAPCS)
    Table: 12-10-0120-01
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description:

    Historical (real-time) releases of merchandise imports and exports with data for years 1988 - current.

    Release date: 2020-06-15
  • 4. Transportation activity indicators, Transport Canada
    Table: 23-10-0269-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description:

    Monthly activity indicators draw from a variety of data sources to provide information on Canada's transportation system. The indicators measure passengers and freight, as well as merchandise trade. Data are available from January 2017.

    Release date: 2020-06-15
  • 5. Transportation activity indicators, percentage change, Transport Canada
    Table: 23-10-0269-02
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description:

    Monthly activity indicators draw from a variety of data sources to provide information on Canada's transportation system. The indicators measure passengers and freight, as well as merchandise trade. Data are available from January 2017. The table presents month-over-month and year-over-year percentage changes.

    Release date: 2020-06-15
  • 6. Canadian International Merchandise Trade Database
    Table: 65F0013X
    Description:

    The Canadian International Merchandise Trade (CIMT) online database offers detailed export and import trade data using the Harmonized System (HS) classification of goods (based on the 6-digit commodity level). Select a trading partner and specific variables (e.g., country, province, state, year, month, or frequency) or search by commodity or Harmonized System code.

    Use CIMT's multiple drop down menus to choose your variables and create your own customized data reports, generate data tables directly on screen for a quick review, or save reports as spreadsheets in CSV (comma-separated value) format for future manipulation.

    Release date: 2020-06-04
  • 7. Trade in medical and protective goods, April 2020
    Stats in brief: 45-28-0001202000100027
    Description:

    Following the publication of trends in trade in medical and protective goods, this article provides a summary of Canada’s international trade of these goods in April 2020, including an overview of imports of personal protective equipment.

    Release date: 2020-06-04
  • 8. International merchandise trade for all countries and by Principal Trading Partners, monthly
    Table: 12-10-0011-01
    (formerly: CANSIM 228-0069)
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: International merchandise trade data grouped by Principal Trading Partners (PTP). Users have the option of selecting Imports, Exports, or Trade Balance. Data are unadjusted and seasonally adjusted, and are on a Customs and Balance of Payments basis.
    Release date: 2020-06-04
  • 9. Merchandise imports and exports, customs-based, by Harmonized commodity description and coding system (HS) section, Canada, provinces and territories, United States, states
    Table: 12-10-0099-01
    (formerly: CANSIM 228-0080)
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description:

    This table contains 37312 series, with data for years 1990 - 2017 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (15 items: Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island; Nova Scotia; ...);  Trade (4 items: Total exports; Domestic exports; Re-exports; Total imports);  United States (53 items: Total United States; Alaska; Alabama; Arkansas; ...);  Harmonized System (HS) Sections (22 items: Total Harmonized System (HS) sections; I - Live animals and animal products; II - Vegetable products; III - Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes; ...).

    Release date: 2020-06-04
  • 10. International merchandise trade by province, commodity, and Principal Trading Partners
    Table: 12-10-0119-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description:

    International merchandise trade data grouped by province and territory, and Principal Trading Partners. Users have the option of selecting Imports, Domestic Exports, or Re-exports, as well as specifying either totals or any of the 12 sections of the North American Product Classification System (NAPCS). Users also have the option of selecting any of the 27 Principal Trading Partner countries. Data are on a Customs basis and not seasonally adjusted.

    Release date: 2020-06-04
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  • 1. Canadian Economic Dashboard and COVID-19
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2020009
    Description:

    This dashboard presents selected data that are relevant for monitoring the impacts of COVID-19 on economic activity in Canada. It includes data on a range of monthly indicators - real GDP, consumer prices, the unemployment rate, merchandise exports and imports, retail sales, hours worked and manufacturing sales -- as well as monthly data on aircraft movements, railway carloadings, and travel between Canada and other countries.

    Estimates are presented from January 2019 to the current reference month for each data series. The information will be updated continuously as new data becomes available, and additional series may be added to the dashboard as circumstances warrant.

    To support the analysis of time series movements in the data, the dashboard reports changes in each series on both a month-over-month and year-over-year basis. For most of the variables reported, information on cumulative changes in the data both prior and subsequent to the end of 2019 is also presented by indexing the level estimates to December 2019, as depicted in the accompanying charts.

    Release date: 2020-06-26
  • 2. Historical (real-time) releases of merchandise imports and exports, customs and balance of payments basis for all countries, by seasonal adjustment and North American Product Classification System (NAPCS)
    Table: 12-10-0120-01
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description:

    Historical (real-time) releases of merchandise imports and exports with data for years 1988 - current.

    Release date: 2020-06-15
  • 3. Transportation activity indicators, Transport Canada
    Table: 23-10-0269-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description:

    Monthly activity indicators draw from a variety of data sources to provide information on Canada's transportation system. The indicators measure passengers and freight, as well as merchandise trade. Data are available from January 2017.

    Release date: 2020-06-15
  • 4. Transportation activity indicators, percentage change, Transport Canada
    Table: 23-10-0269-02
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description:

    Monthly activity indicators draw from a variety of data sources to provide information on Canada's transportation system. The indicators measure passengers and freight, as well as merchandise trade. Data are available from January 2017. The table presents month-over-month and year-over-year percentage changes.

    Release date: 2020-06-15
  • 5. Canadian International Merchandise Trade Database
    Table: 65F0013X
    Description:

    The Canadian International Merchandise Trade (CIMT) online database offers detailed export and import trade data using the Harmonized System (HS) classification of goods (based on the 6-digit commodity level). Select a trading partner and specific variables (e.g., country, province, state, year, month, or frequency) or search by commodity or Harmonized System code.

    Use CIMT's multiple drop down menus to choose your variables and create your own customized data reports, generate data tables directly on screen for a quick review, or save reports as spreadsheets in CSV (comma-separated value) format for future manipulation.

    Release date: 2020-06-04
  • 6. International merchandise trade for all countries and by Principal Trading Partners, monthly
    Table: 12-10-0011-01
    (formerly: CANSIM 228-0069)
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: International merchandise trade data grouped by Principal Trading Partners (PTP). Users have the option of selecting Imports, Exports, or Trade Balance. Data are unadjusted and seasonally adjusted, and are on a Customs and Balance of Payments basis.
    Release date: 2020-06-04
  • 7. Merchandise imports and exports, customs-based, by Harmonized commodity description and coding system (HS) section, Canada, provinces and territories, United States, states
    Table: 12-10-0099-01
    (formerly: CANSIM 228-0080)
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description:

    This table contains 37312 series, with data for years 1990 - 2017 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (15 items: Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island; Nova Scotia; ...);  Trade (4 items: Total exports; Domestic exports; Re-exports; Total imports);  United States (53 items: Total United States; Alaska; Alabama; Arkansas; ...);  Harmonized System (HS) Sections (22 items: Total Harmonized System (HS) sections; I - Live animals and animal products; II - Vegetable products; III - Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes; ...).

    Release date: 2020-06-04
  • 8. International merchandise trade by province, commodity, and Principal Trading Partners
    Table: 12-10-0119-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description:

    International merchandise trade data grouped by province and territory, and Principal Trading Partners. Users have the option of selecting Imports, Domestic Exports, or Re-exports, as well as specifying either totals or any of the 12 sections of the North American Product Classification System (NAPCS). Users also have the option of selecting any of the 27 Principal Trading Partner countries. Data are on a Customs basis and not seasonally adjusted.

    Release date: 2020-06-04
  • 9. International merchandise trade by commodity, monthly
    Table: 12-10-0121-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description:

    International merchandise trade data grouped by North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) section. Users have the option of selecting Imports and Exports. Data are unadjusted and seasonally adjusted, on a Customs and Balance of Payments basis, at a monthly frequency.

    Release date: 2020-06-04
  • 10. International merchandise trade in motor vehicles and motor vehicle parts
    Table: 12-10-0121-02
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description:

    International merchandise trade data grouped by the North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) highlighting the motor vehicle and parts section. Data are unadjusted and seasonally adjusted, on a Customs and Balance of Payments basis at a monthly frequency.

    Release date: 2020-06-04
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  • 1. Canadian Export Classification
    Classification: 65-209-X
    Description:

    The Canadian Export Classification is a structured, hierarchical classification system based on the Harmonized Description and Coding System. The HS nomenclature is divided into 21 Sections, which in general, group goods produced in the same sector of the economy.

    Release date: 2019-12-09
  • 2. Revisions to trade data for crude oil and natural gas Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 13-605-X201400214100
    Description:

    Canadian international merchandise trade data are released monthly and may be revised in subsequent releases as new information becomes available. These data are released approximately 35 days following the close of the reference period and represent one of the timeliest economic indicators produced by Statistics Canada. Given their timeliness, some of the data are not received in time and need to be estimated or modelled. This is the case for imports and exports of crude petroleum and natural gas. More specifically, at the time of release, energy trade data are based on an incomplete set of information and are revised as Statistics Canada and National Energy Board information becomes available in the subsequent months. Due to the increasing importance of energy imports and exports and the timeliness of the data, the revisions to energy prices and volumes are having an increasingly significant impact on the monthly revision to Canada’s trade balance. This note explains how the estimates in the initial release are made when data sources are not yet available, and how the original data are adjusted in subsequent releases.

    Release date: 2014-10-03
  • 3. Revisions to international merchandise trade statistics Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 13-605-X201300411819
    Description:

    This is an update of the 2009 article Revisions to international merchandise trade statistics, accounting for changes resulting from increased timeliness in the release of merchandise trade statistics.

    Release date: 2013-06-07
  • 4. Revision to the real import and export adjustments to account for exchange rate fluctuations Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 13-605-X201100211471
    Description:

    This paper presents the background, methodological change and implementation of the revised real import and export adjustments that account for exchange rate fluctuations.

    Release date: 2011-05-30
  • 5. Real Import and Export Adjustments to Account for Exchange Rate Fluctuations Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 13-604-M2009062
    Description:

    Statistics Canada produces monthly import and export merchandise trade price indexes. For the majority of these prices, Statistics Canada uses a variety of proxy measures to derive the price index in lieu of collecting observed import and export prices. The ability of these proxy measures to reflect international trade price movements during times of exchange rate volatility is limited. For this reason, the constant dollar trade estimates derived using these proxy price indexes have been refined with constant dollar adjustments following the appreciation of the Canadian exchange rate beginning at the end of 2002. This paper explains the rational and methodology behind these adjustments, as well as the impact on published trade and GDP estimates.

    Release date: 2009-12-04
  • 6. Canadian Export Classification Amendments
    Classification: 65-209-S
    Description:

    The Canadian Export Classification, incorporates amendments to the Nomenclature of the Harmonized Commodity and Coding System.

    Release date: 2009-01-07
  • 7. Culture Goods Trade Data User Guide Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 81-595-M2006040
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This guide discusses the collection and interpretation of statistical data on Canada's trade in culture goods. This guide has been restructured and simplified to better meet the needs of data users. This version replaces Culture Goods Trade Estimates: Methodology and Technical Notes, Catalogue no. 81-595-MIE2004020.

    Release date: 2006-03-30
  • 8. From Concord to Chardonnay: Canada's Grape Transformation Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 96-328-M2004016
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This activity looks at how Canada's grape industry has transformed itself in the wake of the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement.

    Release date: 2004-10-29
  • 9. Culture Goods Trade Estimates: Methodology and Technical Notes Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 81-595-M2004020
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This article discusses the collection and interpretation of statistical data on Canada's trade in culture goods. It defines the products that are included in culture trade and explains how appropriate products are selected from the relevant classification standards.

    This version has been replaced by Culture Goods Trade Data User Guide, Catalogue No. 81-595-MIE2006040.

    Release date: 2004-07-28
  • 10. Canadian International Merchandise Trade (Customs Basis)
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2201
    Description: To provide statistical information and analysis of the value of Canada's merchandise exports and imports by commodity, province or territory, partner country, and other relevant dimensions on a customs basis.
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