Statistics Canada says rates of police-reported family violence against children and youth, intimate partners, and seniors all rose in 2019. The overall rate of police-reported family violence increased for the third consecutive year, rising 13% over this period. This follows a long span of decline, with the rate falling by almost one-fifth from 2009 to […]
The Canadian economy posted its worst showing on record in 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic took over the country last March, closing down businesses and putting millions out of work, some permanently. Statistics Canada said on Tuesday that real gross domestic product shrank 5.4 per cent in 2020, the steepest annual decline since comparable data […]
New unemployment numbers from Stats Canada released Friday shows Saskatchewan sitting with the lowest rate in the country. The numbers show Saskatchewan sitting with a number of 7.2 percent which is well below the national rate of 9.4 percent. Saskatchewan’s seasonally adjusted employment grew by 2,200 jobs (+0.4 per cent) on a month-to-month basis In […]
Statistics Canada says the economy grew at a record annualized pace of 40.5 per cent in the third quarter as businesses came out of COVID-19 lockdowns. The previous record for quarterly growth in real gross domestic product was 13.2 per cent in the first quarter 1965, the agency says. As historic as the rebound was, […]
Saskatchewan’s unemployment rate dropped once again in October according to Statistics Canada, as it now sits at 6.4%. That is well below the national unemployment rate (8.9%) and is the lowest in Canada for a third straight month. October’s unemployment rate is .4 percentage points lower than September’s numbers (6.8%). In a news release, Immigration […]
The federal agency is forecasting a smaller wheat crop now than in its last report in late August. The September 14th numbers were gathered using satellite technology and vegetative growth index maps. Total wheat production (spring wheat, durum and winter wheat) is projected at 34.1 million metric tonnes. That’s about 1.6 million tonnes lower than last month, […]
Statistics Canada reports canola stocks fell 34 percent in the 2019-2020 crop year. There were 2.7 million tonnes stored in commercial and on-farm positions at the end of July. There was record demand from domestic canola crushers and seed exports rose 10.5 percent. Seed sales to China were lower due to political tensions over the […]
Statistics Canada says the economy added 246,000 in August as the pace of job gains slowed compared with July, when 419,000 jobs were added. The figure marked the fourth consecutive month of gains from COVID-19 related lockdowns this spring, bringing the number to within 1.1 million of pre-pandemic levels. Gains in August were largely concentrated […]
Canadian cattle numbers were down 0.5 percent on July 1st, compared to the same date one year ago. Statistics Canada reports the decline would have been even larger if it weren’t for COVID-19. Processing was reduced this spring as hundreds of employees were sick with COVID-19 at two major packing plants in Alberta. Canadian cattle […]
Statistics Canada says the economy added nearly one million jobs in June as businesses forced closed by the pandemic began to reopen. The agency says 953,000 jobs were added last month, including 488,000 full-time and 465,000 part-time positions. Saskatchewan saw an increase of 30,300 jobs (seasonally adjusted), or 6.0 per cent, in June compared to […]
