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July 1995
New motor vehicle dealers saw their unit sales drop 5.7% (seasonally adjusted) in July, following increases in the two preceding months. The sales trend has been downward since November 1994. However, early reports from the auto industry suggest a strong upswing in both car and truck sales for August.
Chart: New motor vehicles sales
July's decline resulted from substantial drops in both passenger car and truck sales. Dealers sold 5.1% fewer cars in July. This followed solid sales increases in May (+3.7%) and June (+4.8%). Sales for the first seven months of 1995 were 12.4% below those of the same period last year.
Truck sales (including vans, sport utility vehicles and buses) fell 6.6% in July after little growth in June (+0.6%) and a large increase in May (+10.5%). So far this year (July), truck sales are 2.9% off last year's mark for the first seven months.
The Big Three manufacturers have increased their market share in 1995. Over 67% of passenger cars sold so far this year have been Big Three models (domestic and imported), compared with 65% during the first seven months of 1994.
The market share of cars built in North America by manufacturers other than the Big Three rose 1.4 percentage points from 14.5% to 15.9%. Passenger car imports (including Big Three imports) continued to lose market share, dropping to less than 17% of car sales (compared with over 20% in the first seven months of 1994).
Consumers paid an average $20,600 for a passenger car in July, compared with $19,000 in July 1994. The 8% rise in the average purchase price reflects both price increases and consumers' choices of size, model and options. Car prices, as measured by the consumer price index, rose 5.7% during the same period.
Available on CANSIM: matrix 64.
The July 1995 issue of New motor vehicle sales (63-007, $16/$160) will be available in October. See "How to order publications".
For further information on this release, contact Mary Beth Lozinski (613-951-9824), Retail Trade Section, Industry Division.
Table: New motor vehicle sales
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July 1994 June 1995(r) July 1995(p)
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seasonally adjusted
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New motor vehicles 100,240 97,343 91,763
Passenger cars 59,236 56,625 53,716
North American(1) 44,768 46,140 43,867
Imports 14,468 10,485 9,850
Trucks, vans and buses 41,004 40,717 38,047
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July 1994 to June 1995 to
July 1995 July 1995
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seasonally adjusted
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% change
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New motor vehicles -8.5 -5.7
Passenger cars -9.3 -5.1
North American(1) -2.0 -4.9
Imports -31.9 -6.1
Trucks, vans and buses -7.2 -6.6
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July 1994 July 1995(p) July 1994 to
July 1995
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unadjusted
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% change
New motor vehicles 102,422 93,055 -9.1
Passenger cars 61,763 55,377 -10.3
North American(1) 46,626 45,118 -3.2
Big Three 37,679 36,335 -3.6
Other 8,947 8,783 -1.8
Imports 15,137 10,259 -32.2
Big Three 2,634 955 -63.7
Other 12,503 9,304 -25.6
Trucks, vans and buses 40,659 37,678 -7.3
North American(1) 37,511 35,171 -6.2
Big Three 35,023 32,788 -6.4
Other 2,488 2,383 -4.2
Imports 3,148 2,507 -20.4
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Market share
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July 1994 July 1995
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unadjusted
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%
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New motor vehicles
Passenger cars 100.0 100.0
North American(1) 75.5 81.5
Big Three 61.0 65.6
Other 14.5 15.9
Imports 24.5 18.5
Big Three 4.3 1.7
Other 20.2 16.8
Trucks, vans and buses 100.0 100.0
North American(1) 92.3 93.3
Big Three 86.1 87.0
Other 6.1 6.3
Imports 7.7 6.7
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(1) Manufactured or assembled in Canada, the United States or Mexico.
(p) Preliminary figures.
(r) Revised figures.
1993
Nationally, the median total income of husband-wife families (includes married couples and those living common law) was $47,400 in 1993, a 0.2% decrease from 1992. Lone-parent families were more seriously affected by the decrease (-6.9% to $20,200). In fact, lone-parent families' median income in 1993 was less than at the height of the recession in 1990 ($20,700). More than four of every five (86.7%) lone-parent families is headed by a woman.
Husband-wife families with two children (about 25% of all families) had the highest median income in 1993 at $56,100, a marginal 0.2% increase. It was higher than for the husband-wife families with no children ($38,700).
Table: Median total income
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1992 1993 1992 to 1993
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$ % change
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Husband-wife families
with 1 child 51,800 51,700 -0.2
Husband-wife families
with 2 children 56,000 56,100 +0.2
Husband-wife families
with 3+ children 52,200 52,400 +0.4
Husband-wife families
with children 53,700 53,700 0.0
Husband-wife families
without children 38,800 38,700 -0.3
Husband-wife families 47,500 47,400 -0.2
Lone-parent families 21,700 20,200 -6.9
All families 43,500 43,000 -1.1
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In 1993, all families had a median income of $43,000, a 1.1% decrease from the previous year. When adjusted for inflation (1993=100), median total income decreased 2.9% from 1992.
Wives contributed more to combined employment income than husbands in 24.4% of families with employment income, up slightly from 23.9% in 1992 and 22.6% in 1991. Dual-earner families represented 7 in 10 of all husband-wife families reporting employment income.
Women in husband-wife families contributed less to their combined employment income as employment earnings rose or as the number of children increased.
The source of the data produced by the Small Area and Administrative Data Division is the T1 tax form from Revenue Canada. Income of non-filing spouses is calculated based on information obtained from the filing spouse's T1.
A census metropolitan area is a large urbanized core and the surrounding urban and rural areas that have a degree of economic integration. Each census metropolitan area has a population of at least 100,000.
Children are treated as taxfilers or as persons, with no spouse or child of their own.
The median is the middle point at which half the families have incomes higher, and half lower.
Non-taxable income / provincial refundable tax credit: This includes social assistance, guaranteed income supplements, workers' compensation, spouses' allowance, and provincial refundable tax credits.
Lone-parent families relied more heavily on government transfer payments in 1993 as their earnings fell. On average, lone-parent families received $53.84 in transfer payments for every $100 of employment income, up 11.2% from 1992.
Overall, transfer payments as a percentage of total income increased from 29.5% to 31.7% in 1993. Transfer payments represented about one-third of their total income. Employment income of lone-parent families dropped to 58.8% from the previous year.
Husband-wife families were less dependent on transfer payments, which accounted for 15.7% of their total income. By comparison, employment income accounted for 76.2% of the total income of husband-wife families, up from 76.1% in 1992.
Table: Sources of family income
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Husband-wife families Lone-parent
families
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1992 1993 1992
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% of total income
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Employment income 76.1 76.2 60.9
Investment income 5.6 4.7 4.1
Transfer payments 15.2 15.7 29.5
Other income 3.1 3.4 5.5
Total income 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Lone-parent
families
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1993
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% of total
income
Employment income 58.8
Investment income 3.5
Transfer payments 31.7
Other income 6.0
Total income 100.0
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Overall, Canadian families received an average of $10,000 in transfer payments in 1993. When adjusted for inflation (1993=100), the average increased 6.8% from 1992.
Just over half (51.4%) of husband-wife families claimed the goods and services tax credit, receiving an average of $438 per family.
Husband-wife families in the two territories and Ontario reported the highest median income in 1993. The Northwest Territories came first at $60,800 (+0.2%), followed by the Yukon at $56,900 (-4.7%) and Ontario at $51,600 (-1.0%).
Ontario recorded the highest median total income for lone-parent families at $22,000 (-8.3%), followed by Prince Edward Island at $20,200 (-1.5%). Lone-parent families in all 12 provinces and territories reported decreases in median total income in 1993.
Among the three most populated census metropolitan areas (Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver) only Montréal's median family income fell below the national average.
Eight of ten children (79.9%) lived in traditional two-parent families in 1993. More than half of husband-wife families (57.4%) had children. By comparison, one-quarter (24.1%) had two children. At the national level, the largest portion of all husband-wife families were those with no children (42.6%). Families with no children consist mostly of young newlyweds and the elderly, whose incomes are lower.
For further information on this release, contact Client Services (613-951-9720, fax: 613-951-4745), Small Area and Administrative Data Division.
Table: Median total income
1993
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Husband-wife Lone-parent
families families
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$
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Canada 47,400 20,200
Newfoundland 37,200 15,900
Prince Edward Island 41,300 20,200
Nova Scotia 43,000 17,500
New Brunswick 41,600 16,100
Quebec 43,800 19,500
Ontario 51,600 22,000
Manitoba 43,900 18,300
Saskatchewan 42,100 17,100
Alberta 50,100 19,300
British Columbia 48,800 19,800
Yukon 56,900 19,100
Northwest Territories 60,800 16,900
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July 1995
Air Canada and Canadian Airlines International Ltd. (CAIL) flew a record 5.2 billion passenger-kilometres on scheduled routes in July 1995. The previous monthly high was 5.1 billion in August 1994. Air carrier operations are seasonal, with peaks in August and troughs in November. Both the July 1995 operations and the year-to-date operations were up 9% over the same periods of the previous year.
Available on CANSIM: matrix 385.
Preliminary data for July 1995 on civil aviation will be published in the October 1995 issue of Aviation service bulletin (51-004, $11/$105). See "How to order publications".
For further information on this release, contact Robert Lund (819-997-6188), Aviation Statistics Centre, Transportation Division.
July 1995
Creamery butter production totalled 6 000 tonnes in July 1995, a 3.7% increase from a year earlier. Cheddar cheese production amounted to 10 400 tonnes, almost unchanged from July 1994.
An estimated 615 700 kilolitres of milk were sold off farms for all purposes in June 1995. This brought the total estimate of milk sold off farms during the first six months of 1995 to 3.6 million kilolitres, a 1.7% increase from the January-to-June period in 1994.
Available on CANSIM: matrices 3428, 5632-5638, 5650-5661, 5664-5667 and 5673.
The July 1995 issue of The dairy review (23-001, $14/$138) will be released September 26. See "How to order publications".
For further information on this release, contact Debbie Dupuis (613-951-2553), Agriculture Division.
July 1995
Waferboard production in July totalled 283 147 cubic metres, a 15.8% increase from 244 588 cubic metres in July 1994. Particleboard production totalled 109 344 cubic metres, down 4.8% from 114 863 cubic metres in July 1994. Fibreboard production was 8 982 000 square metres (basis 3.175 millimetres), down 7.2% from 9 683 000 square metres in July 1994.
For January to July 1995, year-to-date waferboard production totalled 1 932 743 cubic metres (revised), up 10.8% from 1 743 695 cubic metres a year earlier. Year-to-date particleboard production was 973 659 cubic metres, up 16.9% from 833 247 cubic metres a year earlier. Year-to-date fibreboard production totalled 62 763 000 square metres (basis 3.175 millimetres), down 1.3% from 63 570 000 square metres during the same period in 1994.
Available on CANSIM: matrices 31 (series 2-4) and 122 (series 8 and 34).
The July 1995 issue of Particleboard, waferboard and fibreboard (36-003, $6/$60) will be available shortly. See "How to order publications".
For further information on this release, contact Bruno Pépin (613-951-3516), Industry Division.
Second quarter 1995
Data for the second quarter of 1995 on the production and shipments of blow-moulded plastic bottles are now available.
The second quarter 1995 issue of Production and shipments of blow-moulded plastic bottles (47-006, $10/$32) will be available shortly. See "How to order publications".
For further information, contact Suzette DesRosiers (613-951-9836), Industry Division.
August 1995
Refiners' sales of all types of sugar in August totalled 99 661 tonnes, comprising 92 210 tonnes in domestic sales and 7 451 tonnes in export sales. At the end of August 1995, year-to-date sales of all types of sugar totalled 677 706 tonnes (revised): 618 823 tonnes (revised) in domestic sales and 58 882 tonnes in export sales.
This compares with sales totalling 105 791 tonnes in August 1994, of which 96 886 tonnes were domestic sales and 8 905 tonnes were export sales. At the end of August 1994, year-to-date sales of all types of sugar totalled 729 162 tonnes: 652 289 tonnes in domestic sales and 76 873 tonnes in export sales.
Available on CANSIM: matrix 141.
The August 1995 issue of The sugar situation (32-013, $6/$60) will be available shortly. See "How to order publications".
For further information on this release, contact Peter Zylstra (613-951-3511), Industry Division.
1993
The family income data released today provide a wide scope of information on Canadian families. The data are classified by source of income, economic dependency and family composition.
Derived from 1993 income tax returns filed in the spring of 1994, these data are a unique source of information and are ideal for supporting market analysis and policy decisions.
The data are available for Canada, by province and territory, as well as by areas as small as a forward sortation area (the first three letters of the postal code) and a letter carrier's route. The data are available for more than 24,000 postal areas.
For further information on this release, or to order, contact Client Services (613-951-9720), Small Area and Administrative Data Division.
Exports by country, January-June 1995, microfiche version
Catalogue number 65-0030XMB
(Canada: $60/$200; United States: US$72/US$240; other countries:
US$84/US$280).
Exports by country, January-June 1995, paper version
Catalogue number 65-0030XPB
(Canada: $120/$400; United States: US$145/US$480; other countries:
US$168/US$560).