Under headline jobs figures, report finds pockets of weakness in rebound for women
A new report says women’s historically high numbers in the country’s labour force remain below where they might have been if COVID-19 had never occurred.
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Statistics Canada says wholesale sales rose 4.2 per cent in January
Statistics Canada says wholesale sales rose 4.2 per cent in January to $79.8 billion, helped by gains in sales of building material and supplies, personal
Statistics Canada says higher prices helped manufacturing sales edge up in January
Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales rose 0.6 per cent to $64.8 billion in January, as higher prices helped boost sales in the petroleum and coal
‘It’s fierce out there’: Ottawa employers scramble to find and keep talent
National unemployment numbers out today are just a hint at what is becoming a red-hot job market.
Statistics Canada says country posted merchandise trade surplus for January
Statistics Canada said Tuesday the country saw a merchandise trade surplus of $2.6 billion for January compared with a revised deficit of $1.6 billion in
Hot housing market drives 2021 economic growth
The country’s hot housing market drove economic expansion last year as the economy grew 4.6 per cent in 2021, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.
Annual inflation rate rises to 5.1 per cent in January on broad price increases
Statistics Canada says the annual pace of inflation topped five per cent for the first time in more than 30 years.
Ottawa-Gatineau unemployment rate ticks up to 4.7% in January as labour force grows
The region gained 1,400 jobs last month, but that was more than offset by the 4,000 people who resumed their search for work, Statistics Canada
Annual inflation rate hits 30-year high, raising pressure on Bank of Canada
Statistics Canada reported Wednesday that the annual pace of inflation climbed in December to 4.8 per cent, a pace that hasn’t been seen since September
Amid gloomy signs, region’s unemployment rate plunges to 20-year low in December
Continuing a troubling recent trend, the overall number of employed residents in Ottawa-Gatineau fell to 753,300 last month, a slight drop from November.
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