Ottawa-Gatineau’s jobless rate ticks up to 4.1% in September as labour force grows
Region is still outperforming most major Canadian cities, with Toronto (six per cent), Calgary (5.2), Montreal (4.9), Edmonton (4.8) and Vancouver (4.5) all posting higher
Foot traffic steadily rising in Ottawa and other Canadian cities, new data shows
New data shows foot traffic in the nation’s capital is up 105 per cent as of the week of Sept. 19, making it the best-performing
Canadian economy grew slightly in July, Statistics Canada says
Statistics Canada said Thursday that the economy grew by 0.1 per cent in July, outperforming its preliminary estimate that pointed to a contraction of 0.1
Labour shortage, pandemic savings to soften blow of short-lived recession: report
Tight job market means unemployment might not rise as much as it typically would during a recession, Deloitte says in its latest Canadian economic outlook.
July travel on an upward trend, but is still a fraction of pre-pandemic levels
The agency says the number of trips by U.S. residents in July was 2.2 million, 11 times the number of trips taken in July 2021
Canadian employers sought to fill nearly one million jobs in Q2
Statistics Canada says employers were actively seeking to fill 997,000 jobs in the second quarter, the highest quarterly number on record.
Canada’s inflation rate cools in August but grocery prices continue to climb
In its latest monthly consumer price index (CPI) report, Statistics Canada said grocery prices rose at the fastest rate since 1981, with prices up 10.8
Ottawa’s unemployment rate falls to 3.4% in August, bucking national trend
It marks the capital’s lowest unemployment rate since at least March 2001 – the earliest date for which statistics are available.
Full steam ahead for downtown Ottawa task force
One month in, the Downtown Ottawa Revitalization Task Force is diving headfirst into its three-month plan for bringing life back to the downtown core.
Canadian economic growth lags expectations in Q2; July estimate points to contraction
The Canadian economy grew at an annual rate of 3.3 per cent in the second quarter, bringing the quarterly reading below estimates and an early
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