Fast Facts Friday: April 26, 2024

Catch up on the latest facts and read more via the links below in case you missed them this week!

1. In March 2024, prices of products manufactured in Canada, as measured by the Industrial Product Price Index (IPPI), increased 0.8% month over month and fell 0.5% on a yearly basis. – Read more
2. In February 2024, the number of non-resident visitors to Canada accounted for 91.5% of the number observed in February 2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic. – Read more
3. Retail sales decreased 0.1% to $66.7 billion in February 2024. – Read more
4. 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 17,700 (-0.1%) in February, following an increase of 35,700 (+0.2%) in January. – Read more
5. In February 2024, aircraft movements at Canada’s major and selected small airports totalled 389,143, up 15.6% from February 2023. – Read more
6. The median after-tax income of Canadian families and unattached individuals was $70,500 in 2022. – Read more
7. Sales (seasonally adjusted) at food services and drinking places rose 3.8% to $8.1 billion in February, recouping all of January’s losses. – Read more
8. In the second quarter of 2023, amid last year’s spring cleaning blitz, there were $1.4 billion in nationwide retail sales of household cleaning supplies. That figure was up from nearly $1.3 billion in the previous quarter. – Read more