Statistics Canada

Ottawa-Gatineau’s unemployment rate drops to 5.1% in February

Ottawa

Employers in Ottawa-Gatineau added 7,300 jobs to their payrolls in February, pushing the region’s unemployment rate down one percentage point to 5.1 per cent, Statistics

Ottawa’s annual inflation rate drops to 1.7% in January

Ottawa

Ottawa’s annual inflation rate dropped to 1.7 per cent in January, according to the latest report from Statistics Canada, though the capital’s rising prices continue

Additional job seekers raise Ottawa-Gatineau unemployment rate to 5.2% in January

Ottawa

Ottawa-Gatineau’s unemployment rate ticked up slightly to 5.2 per cent in January, thanks partly to an increase in the number of people looking for work,

National pot sales up 25% to $54M in November; Quebec scales back store expansions

Canada & World

Cannabis store sales totalled $54 million in November, the first full month of legal recreational pot sales, according to Statistics Canada. The cannabis sales for

Ottawa’s annual inflation rate up to 2.5% in December

Ottawa

Ottawa’s annual inflation rate jumped to 2.5 per cent in December, one of the highest rates of any major Canadian city, Statistics Canada said Friday.

Ottawa-Gatineau unemployment rate moves up to 4.9% in December

Ottawa

Slight job gains in the tech sector weren’t enough to offset losses in several other industries as Ottawa-Gatineau’s unemployment rate edged up slightly in December,

Ottawa inflation rate up 2.1 per cent in November

Canada & World

Ottawa’s annual pace of inflation again surpassed the rest of the country in November, according to a Statistics Canada report released Wednesday. The capital’s annual

Ottawa-Gatineau unemployment rate steady in November despite tech, public sector growth

Ottawa

Ottawa-Gatineau’s unemployment rate held steady in November, Statistics Canada reported Friday, as slight job gains in the all-important public service and tech sectors were offset

Statistics Canada says pace of Canadian economic growth slowed in third quarter

Canada & World

The pace of economic growth in Canada slowed in the third quarter as business investment spending moved lower and the growth in household spending slowed,