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Canadian employers are continuing to hire, but are still outpaced by population growth in the country, Statistics Canada said Friday.

The Canadian economy has dodged a recession as gross domestic product edged up in the fourth quarter last year, primarily due to higher exports of crude oil and reduced imports, making it likely the Bank of Canada will stick to its plan of holding interest rates when it makes its next announcement on March 6.

Millennials are now the dominant generation in the country, Statistics Canada says.

Canada’s inflation rate slowed to 2.9 per cent in January, marking the first time since June that it has fallen within the Bank of Canada‘s target range of one to three per cent.

The wealth gap is widening amid higher interest rates, Statistics Canada said Monday, as lower-income households face the steepest challenges from the rising cost of living.

Statistics Canada says the annual rate of inflation accelerated to 3.4 per cent in December, thanks to gas prices and still sticky price hikes at the grocery store.

OTTAWA (Reuters) — Canada's annual inflation rate rose to 3.4% in December from 3.1% in November, data showed on Tuesday, a sign of stubborn inflation ahead of next week's interest rate decision.

Canadians feeling like they weren’t as productive as they could’ve been in 2023 can take solace. Neither was Canada’s economy.

Canada’s record population growth in the third quarter brings its housing crisis into the spotlight once again, with economists urging governments to boost spending to accommodate all the new arrivals.

Canada came close to breaking the highest population growth rate in any quarter this July to September when it reported 430,635 new residents in the country.

inflation rate held steady at 3.1 per cent in November, Statistics Canada said Tuesday, amid a “broad-based” easing in grocery price hikes.Some economists had expected a decline in the headline inflation figure, but StatCan said higher prices on travel tours and elevated housing costs kept the annual rate steady.Rents were up 7.4 per cent year-over-year — down from the previous month — and mortgage interest costs rose nearly 30 per cent annually, the agency noted.A 26.1 per cent jump in the prices for travel tours last month was offset by drops in the cost of cellular services, which StatCan said related to Black Friday deals in November.Gas prices were down last month but to a lesser extent than October, which the agency said put upward pressure on the monthly inflation figure. A drop in the price of fuel oil helped to reduce price pressures in the month, with StatCan noting the Liberal government’s temporary suspension of the federal carbon levy on home heating oil “contributed to the decline.”November was the fifth straight month that food inflation slowed, the agency noted, with grocery prices rising 4.7 per cent annually in the month.StatCan said that the easing at the grocery store was “broad-based,” with price hikes on every component in the grocery basket cooling from October’s increases.

Canadians continue to be hit by the climb in Bank of Canada interest rates, with the costs of paying down debt rising to a record in the third quarter while net worth declined, according to Statistics Canada household finance data released Dec. 13.

Statistics Canada says the amount Canadians owe relative to their income edged lower in the third quarter, but the cost of servicing that debt relative to income climbed higher.

Canada is turning into a battle for survival for many immigrants due to the high cost of living and rental shortages, as rising emigration numbers hint at newcomers being forced to turn their back on a country that they chose to make their adopted home. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made immigration his main weapon to blunt Canada's big challenge of an aging and slowing population, and it has also helped fuel economic growth. That drove Canada's population up at its fastest clip in more than six decades this year, Statistics Canada said. Want to know if you qualify for immigration? Click here But now a reversal of that trend is gradually taking hold.

Canadian Armed Forces saw a “significant increase” in 2022 despite promises of reform within the military following years of intense scrutiny, Statistics Canada says.The national statistical agency released on Tuesday the results of a survey that found roughly 1,960 regular force members, roughly 3.5 per cent, reported they were sexually assaulted either inside or outside the workplace involving a Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) or another military member.“This rate of sexual assault — which includes sexual attacks, unwanted sexual touching, and sexual activity where the victim was unable to consent — represents a significant increase from rates reported in 2018 (1.6 per cent) and 2016 (1.7 per cent) when previous iterations of the survey were conducted,” Statistics Canada said.CAF was described as a “broken system” that is a “liability” to the country by former Supreme Court of Canada justice Louise Arbour, in her blistering report into sexual misconduct in May 2022.Arbour’s review was formally launched a year before that — in May 2021 — in response to exclusive reporting by Global News into allegations of sexual misconduct among the highest ranks of the Canadian Armed Forces.Global News first brought to light in February 2021 allegations of sexual misconduct against senior leaders — the first of dozens of exclusive reports into such allegations and the military’s handling of them over the 18 months after that initial report.The federal government has promised reform, and said earlier this month that a highly anticipated review into Canada’s military college system — an “outdated” program with a “problematic leadership model” as described by Arbour — is “about to be launched.”Statistics Canada said on Tuesday its report is

life expectancy has declined in Canada, a trend experts consider to be historical, indicating a worrisome downturn in our overall health.Statistics Canada released its report Deaths, 2022 on Monday, showing that the life expectancy of Canadians fell to 81.3 years in 2022 from 81.6 years in 2021. The decline was more prominent among females than men, the data showed.“This is the first time this has ever happened,” Dr.

Statistics Canada says retail sales rose 0.6 per cent to $66.5 billion in September led by increases at motor vehicle and parts dealers.

(In Nov 21 story, corrects paragraph 10 to say services prices 'accelerated to 4.6%, the largest increase', not 'accelerated 4.6%, the fastest pace')

Statistics Canada says airfares have plummeted over the past year, as airlines shore up capacity even while consumers think twice about travelling in a world of higher costs.

Inflation in Canada slowed to 3.1 per cent year over year in October from 3.8 per cent the month before, leading some economists to predict an interest rate cut by the Bank of Canada as early as next spring.

gross domestic product (GDP) was essentially unchanged in August, Statistics Canada said Tuesday, pointing to the impacts of extreme weather.Higher interest rates are weighing on economic growth as people and businesses pull back on spending. Drought conditions and forest fires raging through the month also helped to pull down economic growth.Resource extraction sectors such as mining and oil and gas saw growth in August, while manufacturing and the accommodation and food services industries faced declines.Retail trade also fell for the third month in a row.Air, rail and water transportation sectors all saw gains, with StatCan saying the latter’s rebound fully offsetting declines tied to the B.C.