Canada’s inflation rate slows in July despite price gains in food, rent, travel
Posted: Aug 17th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsOTTAWA – Canada’s year-over-year inflation rate slowed to 7.6 per cent in July, with the deceleration largely driven by a decline in gas prices even as prices for food, rent and travel continued to rise. Economists had[...]
Read More about Canada’s inflation rate slows in July despite price gains in food, rent, travelRural population growth concentrated near urban centres, StatCan says
Posted: Feb 11th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsCity of Yorkton, Saskatchewan (source: yorkton.ca) Kelly Rae, the administrator of Arran, Sask., says the denizens of dwindling rural communities like her own are clinging to a vanishing way of life in Canada. Between 2011[...]
Read More about Rural population growth concentrated near urban centres, StatCan saysDespite COVID 19, census shows population grew at fastest rate in G7, topping 36.9M
Posted: Feb 10th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsOTTAWA – Canada’s population grew at a faster rate than many of its peers, rising to over 36.99 million on census day last year despite a historic slowdown caused by COVID-19. Statistics Canada said the[...]
Read More about Despite COVID 19, census shows population grew at fastest rate in G7, topping 36.9MDowntown populations climbed faster, though pandemic hampered rate of growth: census
Posted: Feb 10th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsTORONTO – When Mark Garner looks around downtown Toronto all he sees is growth. At Yonge and Gerrard streets, the executive director of the Downtown Yonge Business Improvement Area watches the lobby of the 80-storey[...]
Read More about Downtown populations climbed faster, though pandemic hampered rate of growth: censusResidential Building Permits Increased 9.1% in June: StatsCan
Posted: Aug 10th, 2021In: ConstructionNewsAccording to a recent report by Statistics Canada, the total value of building permits rose 6.9% to $10.3 billion in June. Seven provinces contributed to the gain, led by Ontario, which jumped 22.7%. Construction intentions in the residential[...]
Read More about Residential Building Permits Increased 9.1% in June: StatsCanBuilding permits remain at historically high levels in April: StatsCan
Posted: Jun 8th, 2021In: ConstructionNewsThe total value of building permits remained at historically high levels in April 2021, edging down 0.5% to $11.1 billion, following the record set in March, according to Statistics Canada. The slight pullback was mainly due to declines[...]
Read More about Building permits remain at historically high levels in April: StatsCanEconomy beats expectations, grows 0.7 per cent in January: Statistics Canada
Posted: Mar 31st, 2021In: ConstructionNewsOTTAWA – The Canadian economy grew 0.7 per cent in January in the face of severe public health restrictions, and appears to have grown almost as much in February, Statistics Canada said Wednesday. January’s reading[...]
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