The Daily Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Canadian Survey on Business Conditions, second quarter 2025
Cost- and labour-related challenges continue to be the top obstacles anticipated by businesses in the second quarter, with the proportion of businesses expecting to face cost-related obstacles remaining consistent with the first quarter. Meanwhile, the outlook of businesses has worsened, with optimism levels at their lowest since the first quarter of 2024.
Accessibility related barriers to travel among persons with disabilities or long-term conditions
From January 2022 to February 2025, more than half (52%) of persons with disabilities or long-term conditions took an out-of-town trip that included travel by airplane, train, bus or ferry. Among this group, 4 in 10 people (40%) experienced at least one type of barrier at the airport, train station, bus terminal or ferry terminal because of their condition.
Environmental and Clean Technology Products Economic Account: Human Resource Module, 2023
In 2023, activity in the environmental and clean technology (ECT) products sector generated 354,257 employee jobs in the Canadian economy, up 4.3% from the previous year. Jobs in this sector represented 1.7% of all jobs in Canada in 2023.
Food services and drinking places, March 2025
Total sales in the food services and drinking places subsector increased 1.8% in March to $8.4 billion.
Wholesale trade: Early indicator, April 2025
Statistics Canada is providing an advance estimate of sales in the wholesale trade sector for April. The advance results for April indicate that wholesale sales (excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and excluding oilseed and grain) decreased 0.9%. The decline reflects lower sales in the motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories subsector.
The Canadian Index of Social Resilience and the Canadian Index of Social Vulnerability: Dataset and User Guide, 2021
The Canadian Index of Social Resilience (CISR) and the Canadian Index of Social Vulnerability (CISV) are now available for 2021. These indexes were created to provide area-based information on resilience and vulnerability to natural hazards and disasters across Canada. The CISR and the CISV consist of numerical scores that correspond to an area’s social resilience and social vulnerability. The indexes can be used to better understand areas which may experience the largest disproportional social impacts from natural hazards.
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