Statistics Canada

Hot housing market drives 2021 economic growth

Real Estate

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

Canada & World

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

Ottawa

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

Canada & World

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

Ottawa

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.

Ottawa-Gatineau sheds 4,100 jobs in November, bucking national trend

Ottawa

National Capital Region continued a recent slide that’s seen it lose nearly 30,000 jobs since July, but the unemployment rate still fell to 4.4 per

Ottawa-Gatineau’s jobless rate drops to 5.1% in October

Ottawa

That’s the lowest the rate has been since the dawn of the pandemic in March 2020, but it’s mainly the result of a shrinking labour

Region’s unemployment rate falls to 18-month low in September as labour market shrinks

Ottawa

The economy shed more than 10,000 jobs last month, with the retail and educational services sectors among the hardest hit.

Region’s unemployment rate falls to 6.2% in August as labour force shrinks amid job losses

Ottawa

Employers in Ottawa-Gatineau shed a net total of 3,300 jobs in August, and the unemployment rate dropped mainly because of a mass exodus of 12,100

Ottawa-Gatineau’s unemployment rate dips to 7.1% in July

Ottawa

Ottawa-Gatineau employers added more than 6,000 new jobs to their payrolls last month as the economy continued to pull out of a pandemic-fuelled downturn.