News from Statistics Canada that retail sales in Canada were down by 26.4 percent between March and April should not come as a surprise as the country shut down in the middle of March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While every province took a hit, Saskatchewan had the best performance with a decline of 14.8 […]
Saskatchewan is one of only two provinces to record a decline in realized net farm income, which is the difference between a farmer’s cash receipts and operating expenses, minus depreciation, plus income in kind. Statistics Canada reports realized net farm income in Saskatchewan was $1.683 billion in 2019, down from $1.994 billion the previous year. […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the partial shutdown of Canada has to last weeks more to get COVID-19 under control, using his strongest warning yet against loosening economic restrictions too soon as he unveiled expanded help for hard-hit workers. In the last month, the national economy has contracted sharply as businesses have been ordered closed […]
Saskatchewan was unable to avoid the impact of COVID-19 when it comes to the provincial unemployment rate. A reported 20,900 less people were working in the province according to Statistics Canada when compared to February. The numbers were down 19,300 when compared to March of 2019. This means the provincial unemployment rate is at 7.3%, […]
OTTAWA – Statistics Canada reports the economy lost 1,011,000 jobs in March _ the worst recorded single-month change – as the COVID-19 crisis began to take hold, lifting the unemployment rate to 7.8 per cent. Economists warn the numbers are likely to be even worse when the agency starts collecting April job figures, with millions […]
OTTAWA — The Canadian economy posted its biggest monthly job loss since the financial crisis in November, pushing the unemployment rate higher and raising the possibility the Bank of Canada may cut interest rates next year. Statistics Canada said Friday the economy lost 71,200 jobs last month and the unemployment rate rose four-tenths of a […]
Yorkton’s mayor is questioning a Maclean’s magazine article that puts the city in 15th spot on a list of Canada’s most dangerous places. Bob Maloney said it comes down to reporting the crime indices where Statistics Canada pegged Yorkton at a severity index of 151. “How much is reported, the kind of reports that come […]
Saskatchewan’s population is inching closer to 1.2 million people. New data from Statistics Canada indicates that as of July 1st, 2019, the province’s population was recorded at 1,174,462 people. The provincial government says population numbers have grown in 53 consecutive quarters, rising more than 183,000 people during that time. The province grew by nearly 3,500 people […]
Stats Canada says a July farm survey found farmers are expected to produce less wheat, canola, corn and soybeans this year, but more barley and oats. The latest spring wheat production estimate is up this year, but durum and winter are down. The estimate currently stands at 2.9 percent from last year at 31.3 million […]
