Date | Statistic | For | Current Month | Previous Month |
Tuesday, July 2, 2024 | Markit Canada Manufacturing PMI 9:30 a.m. | June | --- | Manufacturing PMI in Canada decreased to 49.30 points in May from 49.40 points in April. |
Wednesday, July 3, 2024 | Canadian International Merchandise Trade: 8:30am | May | --- | In April, Canada's merchandise exports increased 2.6%, while imports rose 1.1%. As a result, Canada's merchandise trade deficit with the world narrowed from $2.0 billion in March to $1.0 billion in April. |
Friday, July 5, 2024 | Labour Force Survey: 8:30am | June | --- | Employment was little changed in May (+27,000; +0.1%), and the unemployment rate moved up to 6.2% from 6.1%. |
Friday, July 5, 2024 | IVEY Purchasing Managers Index: 10:00am | June | --- | The seasonally adjusted index fell to 52.0 from 63.0 in April, posting its lowest level since July. A reading above 50 indicates an increase in activity. |
Friday, July 12, 2024 | Building Permits: 8:30am | May | --- | The total monthly value of building permits in Canada significantly increased 20.5% to $12.8 billion in April. |
Monday, July 15, 2024 | Wholesale Trade: 8:30am | May | --- | Wholesale sales (excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and excluding oilseed and grain) grew 2.4% to $83.3 billion in April. |
Monday, July 15, 2024 | Monthly Survey of Manufacturing: 8:30am | May | --- | Manufacturing sales increased 1.1% in April, mainly due to higher sales of transportation equipment as well as primary metals. Production of aerospace products and parts declined the most. |
Tuesday, July 16, 2024 | Housing Starts: 8:15am | June | --- | Housing starts zoomed to 264,500 in May, compared to 241,100 in the prior-year quarter. |
Tuesday, July 16, 2024 | Consumer Price Index: 8:30am | June | --- | CPI rose 2.9% on a year-over-year basis in May, up from a 2.7% gain in April. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, the CPI rose 0.3% in May. |
Wednesday, July 17, 2024 | Canada's International Transactions in Securities: 8:30am | May | --- | Foreign investors acquired $41.2 billion of Canadian securities in April, the largest investment in two years. At the same time, Canadian investment in foreign securities slowed sharply to $2.5 million, from a record investment of $35.6 billion in March. |
Wednesday, July 17, 2024 | New Motor Vehicle Sales: 7:30am | May | --- | Motor vehicles sales totaled 175,100 in April, compared to 171,600 the month before. |
Wednesday, July 17, 2024 | CREAstats - MLS Sales: 8:30am | June | --- | National home sales edged back 0.6% month-over-month in May. Actual (not seasonally adjusted) monthly activity came in 5.9% below May 2023. |
Friday, July 19, 2024 | Industrial Product Price Index: 8:30am | June | --- | The Industrial Product Price Index was unchanged month over month in May and rose 1.8% on a yearly basis. |
Friday, July 19, 2024 | Raw Materials Price Index: 8:30am | June | --- | The Raw Materials Price Index declined 1.0% month over month in May and increased 7.6% year over year. |
Friday, July 19, 2024 | Retail Trade: 8:30am | May | --- | Retail sales increased 0.7% to $66.8 billion in April. |
Monday, July 22, 2024 | New Housing Price Index: 8:30am | June | --- | Housing prices rose 0.2% in April, exactly the same rate of increase in April 2023. |
Wednesday, July 24, 2024 | BoC Interest Rate Decision: 10:00am | July | --- | The Bank of Canada today reduced its target for the overnight rate to 4.75%, with the Bank Rate at 5% and the deposit rate at 4.75%. The Bank is continuing its policy of balance sheet normalization. |
Thursday, July 25, 2024 | Payroll Employment, Earnings and Hours: 8:30am | May | --- | The number of employees receiving pay and benefits from their employer—measured as "payroll employment" in the Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours—decreased by 22,700 (-0.1%) in April. |
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 | GDP: 8:30am | May | --- | Real gross domestic product grew 0.3% as both goods-producing and services-producing industries increased in April. |