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2003 Release dates for major economic indicators

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Data are available at the time of release from Statistics Canada in The Daily in summary form and on CANSIM database in greater detail. It is also possible to consult data tables in Canadian Statistics.

• Balance of international payments
• Building permits
• Business Conditions Survey: Canadian manufacturing industries
• Canada's international transactions in securities
• Canadian international merchandise trade
• Characteristics of international travellers
• Consumer Price Index
• Employment Insurance
• Employment, earnings and hours
• Farm cash receipts
• Field crop reporting series
• Gross domestic product by industry
• Help-wanted Index
• Industrial capacity utilization rates
• Industrial Product Price and Raw Materials Price Indexes
• International travel account
• Investment in non-residential building construction
• Labour Force Survey
• Labour productivity, hourly compensation and unit labour cost
• Leading Indicators
• Monthly Survey of Manufacturing
• National economic and financial accounts
• Net farm income
• New Housing Price Index
• New motor vehicle sales
• Private and public investment in Canada
• Quarterly financial statistics for enterprises
• Retail trade
• Travel between Canada and other countries
• Wholesale trade

Balance of international payments
Reference period	Release date
Fourth quarter 2002	February 28, 2003
First quarter 2003	May 29, 2003
Second quarter 2003	August 28, 2003
Third quarter 2003	November 27, 2003
Fourth quarter 2003	February 26, 2004
Building permits
Reference period	Release date
November 2002	January 9, 2003
December 2002	February 6, 2003
January 2003	March 6, 2003
February 2003	April 7, 2003
March 2003	May 6, 2003
April 2003	June 5, 2003
May 2003	July 7, 2003
June 2003	August 5, 2003
July 2003	September 8, 2003
August 2003	October 6, 2003
September 2003	November 4, 2003
October 2003	December 4, 2003
November 2003	January 12, 2004
December 2003	February 5, 2004
Business Conditions Survey: Canadian manufacturing industries
Reference period	Release date
January 2003	February 4, 2003
April 2003	May 2, 2003
July 2003	August 1, 2003
October 2003	November 4, 2003
January 2004	February 4, 2004
Canada's international transactions in securities
Reference period	Release date
November 2002	January 23, 2003
December 2002	February 24, 2003
January 2003	March 18, 2003
February 2003	April 22, 2003
March 2003	May 20, 2003
April 2003	June 18, 2003
May 2003	July 17, 2003
June 2003	August 18, 2003
July 2003	September 18, 2003
August 2003	October 20, 2003
September 2003	November 18, 2003
October 2003	December 18, 2003
November 2003	January 19, 2004
December 2003	February 18, 2004
Canadian international merchandise trade
Reference period	Release date
November 2002	January 17, 2003
December 2002	February 20, 2003
January 2003	March 12, 2003
February 2003	April 10, 2003
March 2003	May 13, 2003
April 2003	June 13, 2003
May 2003	July 11, 2003
June 2003	August 14, 2003
July 2003	September 11, 2003
August 2003	October 10, 2003
September 2003	November 13, 2003
October 2003	December 12, 2003
November 2003	January 14, 2004
December 2003	February 13, 2004
Characteristics of international travellers
Reference period	Release date
Third quarter 2002	February 26, 2003
Fourth quarter 2002	May 28, 2003
First quarter 2003	August 27, 2003
Second quarter 2003	November 26, 2003
Third quarter 2003	February 24, 2004
Consumer Price Index
Reference period	Release date
December 2002	January 22, 2003
January 2003	February 27, 2003
February 2003	March 21, 2003
March 2003	April 23, 2003
April 2003	May 22, 2003
May 2003	June 20, 2003
June 2003	July 22, 2003
July 2003	August 19, 2003
August 2003	September 23, 2003
September 2003	October 21, 2003
October 2003	November 19, 2003
November 2003	December 19, 2003
December 2003	January 22, 2004
Employment Insurance
Reference period	Release date
November 2002	January 28, 2003
December 2002	February 25, 2003
January 2003	March 25, 2003
February 2003	April 29, 2003
March 2003	May 27, 2003
April 2003	June 30, 2003
May 2003	July 29, 2003
June 2003	August 26, 2003
July 2003	September 30, 2003
August 2003	October 28, 2003
September 2003	November 27, 2003
October 2003	December 19, 2003
November 2003	January 27, 2004
December 2003	February 24, 2004
January 2004	March 30, 2004
Employment, earnings and hours
Reference period	Release date
November 2002	January 28, 2003
December 2002	February 26, 2003
January 2003	March 27, 2003
February 2003	April 29, 2003
March 2003	May 29, 2003
April 2003	June 26, 2003
May 2003	July 28, 2003
June 2003	August 28, 2003
July 2003	September 25, 2003
August 2003	October 27, 2003
September 2003	November 27, 2003
October 2003	December 23, 2003
November 2003	January 29, 2004
December 2003	February 26, 2004
January 2004	March 30, 2004
Farm cash receipts
Reference period	Release date
Fourth quarter 2002	February 25, 2003
First quarter 2003	May 27, 2003
Second quarter 2003	August 26, 2003
Third quarter 2003	November 25, 2003
Fourth quarter 2003	February 24, 2004
Field crop reporting series
Reference period	Release date
Stocks of Canadian grain at December 31, 2002	January 31, 2003
March intentions of principal field crop areas, 2003	April 24, 2003
Stocks of Canadian grain at March 31, 2003	May 8, 2003
Preliminary estimate of principal field crop areas, 2003	June 26, 2003
July 31 estimate of production of principal field crops	August 22, 2003
Stocks of Canadian grain at July 31, 2003	September 8, 2003
September estimate of production of principal field crops, 2003	October 3, 2003
November estimate of production of principal field crops, 2003	December 5, 2003
Gross domestic product by industry
Reference period	Release date
November 2002	January 31, 2003
December 2002	February 28, 2003
January 2003	March 31, 2003
February 2003	April 30, 2003
March 2003	May 30, 2003
April 2003	June 27, 2003
May 2003	July 30, 2003
June 2003	August 29, 2003
July 2003	September 30, 2003
August 2003	October 31, 2003
September 2003	November 28, 2003
October 2003	December 23, 2003
November 2003	January 30, 2004
December 2003	February 27, 2004
Help-wanted Index
Reference period	Release date
December 2002	January 9, 2003
January 2003	February 6, 2003
February 2003	March 4, 2003
March 2003	April 1, 2003
April 2003	May 6, 2003
Industrial capacity utilization rates
Reference period	Release date
Fourth quarter 2002	March 12, 2003
First quarter 2003	June 10, 2003
Second quarter 2003	September 10, 2003
Third quarter 2003	December 10, 2003
Fourth quarter 2003	March 11, 2004
Industrial Product Price and Raw Materials Price Indexes
Reference period	Release date
November 2002	January 3, 2003
December 2002	January 30, 2003
January 2003	February 25, 2003
February 2003	March 27, 2003
March 2003	April 30, 2003
April 2003	May 29, 2003
May 2003	June 27, 2003
June 2003	July 29, 2003
July 2003	August 28, 2003
August 2003	September 30, 2003
September 2003	October 29, 2003
October 2003	November 26, 2003
November 2003	January 5, 2004
December 2003	January 29, 2004
International travel account
Reference period	Release date
Fourth quarter 2002	February 26, 2003
First quarter 2003	May 28, 2003
Second quarter 2003	August 27, 2003
Third quarter 2003	November 26, 2003
Fourth quarter 2003	February 25, 2004
Investment in non-residential building construction
Reference period	Release date
First quarter 2003	April 10, 2003
Second quarter 2003	July 10, 2003
Third quarter 2003	October 9, 2003
Fourth quarter 2003	January 15, 2004
Labour Force Survey
Reference period	Release date
December 2002	January 10, 2003
January 2003	February 7, 2003
February 2003	March 7, 2003
March 2003	April 4, 2003
April 2003	May 9, 2003
May 2003	June 6, 2003
June 2003	July 11, 2003
July 2003	August 8, 2003
August 2003	September 5, 2003
September 2003	October 10, 2003
October 2003	November 7, 2003
November 2003	December 5, 2003
December 2003	January 9, 2004
January 2004	February 6, 2004
February 2004	March 12, 2004
Labour productivity, hourly compensation and unit labour cost
Reference period	Release date
Fourth quarter 2002	March 14, 2003
First quarter 2003	June 12, 2003
Second quarter 2003	September 12, 2003
Third quarter 2003	December 12, 2003
Fourth quarter 2003	March 12, 2004
Leading Indicators
Reference period	Release date
December 2002	January 29, 2003
January 2003	February 17, 2003
February 2003	March 17, 2003
March 2003	April 24, 2003
April 2003	May 21, 2003
May 2003	June 25, 2003
June 2003	July 23, 2003
July 2003	August 15, 2003
August 2003	September 24, 2003
September 2003	October 22, 2003
October 2003	November 25, 2003
November 2003	December 15, 2003
Monthly Survey of Manufacturing
Reference period	Release date
November 2002	January 22, 2003
December 2002	February 18, 2003
January 2003	March 18, 2003
February 2003	April 16, 2003
March 2003	May 15, 2003
April 2003	June 13, 2003
May 2003	July 16, 2003
June 2003	August 14, 2003
July 2003	September 16, 2003
August 2003	October 15, 2003
September 2003	November 14, 2003
October 2003	December 16, 2003
November 2003	January 21, 2004
December 2003	February 13, 2004
National economic and financial accounts
Reference period	Release date
Fourth quarter 2002	February 28, 2003
First quarter 2003	May 30, 2003
Second quarter 2003	August 29, 2003
Third quarter 2003	November 28, 2003
Fourth quarter 2003	February 27, 2004
Net farm income
Reference period	Release date
2002 (preliminary)	May 27, 2003
2002 (revised)	November 25, 2003
New Housing Price Index
Reference period	Release date
November 2002	January 10, 2003
December 2002	February 12, 2003
January 2003	March 12, 2003
February 2003	April 10, 2003
March 2003	May 12, 2003
April 2003	June 10, 2003
May 2003	July 10, 2003
June 2003	August 12, 2003
July 2003	September 10, 2003
August 2003	October 9, 2003
September 2003	November 12, 2003
October 2003	December 10, 2003
November 2003	January 12, 2004
December 2003	February 11, 2004
New motor vehicle sales
Reference period	Release date
November 2002	January 15, 2003
December 2002	February 13, 2003
January 2003	March 13, 2003
February 2003	April 17, 2003
March 2003	May 14, 2003
April 2003	June 12, 2003
May 2003	July 14, 2003
June 2003	August 13, 2003
July 2003	September 15, 2003
August 2003	October 14, 2003
September 2003	November 13, 2003
October 2003	December 11, 2003
November 2003	January 15, 2004
December 2003	February 12, 2004
Private and public investment in Canada
Reference period	Release date
Year 2003 (intentions)	February 26, 2003
Year 2003 (revised intentions)	July 23, 2003
Year 2004 (intentions)	February 25, 2004
Quarterly financial statistics for enterprises
Reference period	Release date
Fourth quarter 2002	February 27, 2003
First quarter 2003	June 11, 2003
Second quarter 2003	August 27, 2003
Third quarter 2003	November 27, 2003
Fourth quarter 2003	February 25, 2004
Retail trade
Reference period	Release date
November 2002	January 23, 2003
December 2002	February 20, 2003
January 2003	March 24, 2003
February 2003	April 23, 2003
March 2003	May 21, 2003
April 2003	June 23, 2003
May 2003	July 21, 2003
June 2003	August 21, 2003
July 2003	September 22, 2003
August 2003	October 22, 2003
September 2003	November 24, 2003
October 2003	December 22, 2003
November 2003	January 27, 2004
December 2003	February 26, 2004
January 2004	March 26, 2004
Travel between Canada and other countries
Reference period	Release date
November 2002	January 20, 2003
December 2002	February 19, 2003
January 2003	March 19, 2003
February 2003	April 16, 2003
March 2003	May 20, 2003
April 2003	June 19, 2003
May 2003	July 17, 2003
June 2003	August 20, 2003
July 2003	September 18, 2003
August 2003	October 20, 2003
September 2003	November 19, 2003
October 2003	December 17, 2003
November 2003	January 21, 2004
Wholesale trade
Reference period	Release date
November 2002	January 20, 2003
December 2002	February 19, 2003
January 2003	March 20, 2003
February 2003	April 22, 2003
March 2003	May 20, 2003
April 2003	June 20, 2003
May 2003	July 18, 2003
June 2003	August 20, 2003
July 2003	September 19, 2003
August 2003	October 21, 2003
September 2003	November 24, 2003
October 2003	December 23, 2003
November 2003	January 26, 2004
December 2003	February 26, 2004
January 2004	March 26, 2004

Produced by the Official Release Unit, Communications Division,
(613) 951-5346.