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October 30, 2024
Employment Insurance Coverage Survey, 2023
In 2023, an average of 1.1 million Canadians were unemployed at any point during the year. Two-thirds of these people (66.0% or 744,000) had contributed to the Employment Insurance program. This contribution rate was up from 59.2% in 2022 and above the average from 2017 to 2019 (62.8%).
October 29, 2024
Survey of Financial Security, 2023
The median net worth of Canadian families was $519,700 in 2023. Canadians nearing retirement age (55 to 64 years) who have both a principal residence and an employer pension plan have a median net worth that is about $1.4 million more than those who have neither.
October 28, 2024
High-income Canadians, 2022
Average incomes, adjusted for inflation, declined across the whole of the income distribution from 2021 to 2022. This was mainly due to the winding down of COVID-19 pandemic-related government benefit programs in addition to an inflation rate of 6.8%—the highest increase in 40 years on an annual average basis.
October 25, 2024
Retail trade, August 2024
Retail sales increased 0.4% to $66.6 billion in August. Sales were up in four of nine subsectors and were led by increases at motor vehicle and parts dealers.
Key indicators | All indicators
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41,288,5990.6%
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$66.6 billion0.4%
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$69.4 billion-1.3%
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Wholesale sales (excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and excluding oilseed and grain) - Canada
(August 2024)$81.9 billion-0.6%
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-$8.5 billion
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-$1.1 billion
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$1,267.544.5%
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40.3 years-0.3 years
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80.52.1%
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18.9%0.1 pts
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