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Friday, March 9, 2012

Released at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time

Labour Force Survey, February 2012

Employment was unchanged in February. A decline in the number of people searching for work pushed the unemployment rate down 0.2 percentage points to 7.4%. Compared with 12 months earlier, employment was up by 121,000 (+0.7%), with the bulk of the increase occurring in the first half of the period.

Canadian international merchandise trade, January 2012

Canada's merchandise exports declined 2.3% and imports edged down 0.6%. As a result, Canada's trade surplus narrowed from $2.9 billion in December 2011 to $2.1 billion in January 2012. This was the third consecutive monthly trade surplus.

Labour productivity, hourly compensation and unit labour cost, fourth quarter 2011 

Crude oil and natural gas: Supply and disposition, December 2011 

Chain Fisher real export and import values, January 2012 

Export and import price indexes, January 2012

Forage seed usage, 2011

New products and studies

Upcoming releases: March 12 to 16, 2012