New house prices decline in June 2024
The national index decreased by 0.2% in June as compared with May. Prices were down in 10 of the 27 census metropolitan areas (CMAs) surveyed in June and unchanged in 12, while prices rose in the remaining 5 CMAs. The largest month-over-month declines were reported in Victoria (-1.3%), Vancouver (-0.6%) and St. Catharines–Niagara (-0.6%). Year over year, the national index declined by 0.2% in June. Annually, new home prices were down in 16 of the 27 CMAs surveyed.
Source: New Housing Price Index, June 2024
The number of employees receiving pay and benefits from their employer increases in May 2024
The number of employees receiving pay and benefits from their employer—measured as “payroll employment” in the Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours—increased by 41,000 (+0.2%) in May. This was the fifth consecutive monthly increase, with a cumulative gain of 148,900 (+0.8%) from January to May. Meanwhile, job vacancies were little changed in May, at 559,700, following three consecutive monthly declines from January to April, totalling 99,700.
Source: Payroll employment, earnings and hours, and job vacancies, May 2024
Provinces remain the largest contributor to university revenue in 2022/2023
Revenue at Canadian universities rose by $2.2 billion from one year earlier to $47.5 billion in 2022/2023, while expenditures increased $1.4 billion to $45.1 billion. The provinces accounted for just over one-third (34.0%) of university revenue in 2022/2023, down 1.4 percentage points from one year earlier and 4.6 percentage points lower than in 2013/2014, when they accounted for 38.6% of university revenue. Tuition accounted for 31.2% of total university revenue in 2022/2023, down 1.3 percentage points from one year earlier. This decrease is out of step with the historical trend of tuition’s increasing share of total revenue.
Source: Continuing improvement in university finances, 2022/2023
Rise in the reported rate of child pornography is the largest contributor to the change in overall Crime Severity Index in 2023
The volume and severity of police-reported crime in Canada, as measured by the Crime Severity Index (CSI), increased for the third consecutive year—up 2% in 2023—an upward trend that began in 2015. Relatively large shifts in certain types of crime led to an increase in the Non-violent CSI, while the Violent CSI remained virtually unchanged. The Non-violent CSI—which includes, for example, property offences and drug offences—rose 3% in 2023, following a 5% increase in 2022. A significant contributor to the 2023 increase was a higher rate of police-reported child pornography (+52%).
Source: Police-reported crime statistics in Canada, 2023
Women working in the environmental and clean technology sector in 2021 are more likely than men to have a postsecondary education
Women accounted for just over one-quarter (28.6%) of the workforce in the environmental and clean technology sector in 2021, 2.2 percentage points more than in 2009 but down slightly from the record high of 29.0% recorded in 2020. Over two-thirds of the women working in the sector had either a college diploma (25.5%) or a university degree or higher (41.1%) in 2021, compared with less than half of the men, with 20.2% of men holding a college diploma and 24.2% holding a university degree or higher. However, men in the sector (20.5%) were four times more likely than women (5.1%) to hold a trades certificate.
Source: A profile of women working in the environmental and clean technology sector
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