Non-farm payrolls lost 79,600 jobs in February, with manufacturing taking the worst hit, Statistics Canada reports. The agency said those losses continue a slump that began last October and which has cost 296,000 jobs. The agency’s survey of non-farm, payroll employment found the biggest February drop was in manufacturing, where 19,300 jobs were lost. Since October, 99,700 [...]
The number of Canadians getting employment insurance benefits grew in February by 44,300, or 7.8 per cent, when compared to the previous month, Statistics Canada said Tuesday. Since job growth wilted beginning in October 2008, the number of regular EI beneficiaries has climbed 21.9 per cent to hit 610,200 in February.
“Over the same period, the [...]
Despite the fact that Canadians are not blaming the Harper government for the country’s economic woes, they are deeply sceptical of the measures taken by all governments to get Canada out of recession, a new Angus Reid Strategies poll has found.
In the online survey of a representative national sample, half of Canadians (49%) believe [...]
Canadians believe that the national economy will not get much worse, but are aware that it will take time to get out of the current slump, a new Angus Reid Strategies poll has found. In the online survey of a representative national sample, slightly more respondents (23%) believe that the Canadian economy will improve over the [...]
The American Express Small Business Monitor, conducted by Angus Reid Strategies, shows that the past six months have been particularly rough for small business owners in Canada. However, respondents are confident that they will rise to the challenges posed by the economic downturn, and many have made personal sacrifices for the benefit of the business [...]
A decrease in the number of break-ins sparked a drop in the severity of overall crime in a 10-year-period, while the seriousness of violent crimes remained stable, according to a new report by Statistics Canada.
The agency used a new crime index, which tracks changes in the severity of police-reported crime. It assigns each offence [...]
Canada’s annual rate of inflation for March came in at 1.2 per cent, down from the 1.4 per cent increase in February, Statistics Canada said. The March 09 rate was slightly tamer than the 1.4 per cent annualized inflation rate that economists had been projecting.
A 6.2 per cent decline in transportation costs was the key [...]
Existing MLS® home sales activity increased for the second month in a row in March 2009, according to statistics released by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA). The number of new listings also continued trending lower in March, which firmed up the balance of supply to demand.
A seasonally adjusted total of 31,135 homes traded [...]
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