Serving Canadians while Navigating a Path to Recovery

As we continue to move forward in these uncharted times, the importance of providing reliable statistics to Canadians becomes more evident. The social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have fuelled an extraordinary demand for real-time, high quality data on Canada's people, society and economy. In step with this demand, Statistics Canada hastened its data collection and dissemination of insights on the impacts of COVID-19 on businesses and individuals.

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August 24, 2020

Monthly trade in goods by exporter characteristics, June 2020

The number of enterprises exporting goods abroad increased for a second consecutive month in June, after hitting low levels in April. Following an increase of 7.2% from April to May, the number of exporters was up by a further 6.1% from May to June to reach 18,568.

August 21, 2020

Retail trade, June 2020

Retail sales rose 23.7% in June to $53.0 billion. Sales were 1.3% higher than in February, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, as more regions moved ahead with plans to reopen their economies. Compared with the first quarter of the year, sales were down 13.3% in the second quarter.

August 21, 2020

Investment in building construction, June 2020

Total investment in building construction increased 12.0% to $14.9 billion in June, following the 62.2% gain observed in May.

August 19, 2020

Wholesale trade, June 2020

Wholesale sales continued to rebound in June, jumping 18.5% to $62.1 billion, building on a 5.8% gain in May. The increase in June returned wholesale sales to near pre-pandemic levels.

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Key indicators | All indicators

Selected geographical area: Canada

Quarterly population estimate - Canada
(Note) (April 1, 2020)

37,971,020

0.2%

(quarterly change)
Consumer Price Index - Canada
(July 2020)

0.1%

(12-month change)
Unemployment rate - Canada
(July 2020)

10.9%

-1.4 pts

(monthly change)
Real GDP by expenditure - Canada
(First quarter 2020)

-2.1%

(quarterly change)

More key indicators

Selected geographical area: Canada

Industrial Product Price Index - Canada
(June 2020)

0.4%

(monthly change)
Retail sales - Canada
(June 2020)

$53.0 billion

23.7%

(monthly change)
Manufacturing sales - Canada
(June 2020)

$48.7 billion

20.7%

(monthly change)
Wholesale sales - Canada
(June 2020)

$62.1 billion

18.5%

(monthly change)
Current account balance - Canada
(First quarter 2020)

-$11.1 billion
Goods trade balance - Canada
(June 2020)

-$3.2 billion
Average weekly earnings - Canada
(May 2020)

$1,139.23

10.4%

(12-month change)
Median age (years) - Canada
(July 1, 2019)

40.8 years

0.0 year

(annual change)
Crime Severity Index - Canada
(2018)

75.0

1.9%

(annual change)
Median after-tax income, economic families and persons not in an economic family - Canada
(2018)

$61,400

0.8%

(annual change)
Proportion of people aged 65 years and older - Canada
(July 1, 2019)

17.5%

0.4 pts

(annual change)

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