Fast Facts Friday: December 2, 2022

Introducing Fast Facts Friday - where we give you this week's highlights from The Daily and StatsCAN Plus.

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

1. Farm cash receipts for Canadian farmers totalled $66.7 billion over the first three quarters of 2022, up 13.7% (+$8.0 billion) from the same period in 2021. - The Daily — Farm cash receipts, January to September 2022

2. Real gross domestic product (GDP) edge up 0.1% in September 2022. - The Daily — Gross domestic product by industry, September 2022 

3. DYK? The percentage of employees who are union members in Canada fell from 38% in 1981 to 29% in 2022, a drop of nine percentage points. - The Daily — Study: Does taking short postsecondary programs or independent credits benefit recently displaced workers?

4. Following a sizable decline in 2020, operating revenue of the automotive equipment rental and leasing industry group increased by 8.9% in 2021 to $7.2 billion. - The Daily — Automotive equipment rentals and leasing, 2021

5. DYK? During the fall of 2021, one in four health care workers (24%) reported that they had provided virtual care since March 2020. - Health care workers’ experiences providing virtual care during the COVID-19 pandemic

6. Canada continues to rank first in the G7 for the share of working-age people (aged 25 to 64) with a college or university credential (57.5%). - The Daily — Canada leads the G7 for the most educated workforce, thanks to immigrants, young adults and a strong college sector, but is experiencing significant losses in apprenticeship certificate holders in key trades

7. In 2021, 13 million Canadians commuted, which is a decrease of 17.8% since 2016. Meanwhile, 4.2 million people worked at home, over three times the level of 2016. - The Daily — Has the COVID-19 pandemic changed commuting patterns for good?

8. The number of health care workers increased by over 200,000 in five years to 1.5 million employed. - The Daily — Jobs in Canada: Navigating changing local labour markets

9. Labour productivity in Canadian businesses increased 0.6% in the third quarter, after edging up 0.1% in the previous quarter. - The Daily — Labour productivity, hourly compensation and unit labour cost, third quarter 2022

10. Employment was little changed in November (+10,000), following an increase of 108,000 (+0.6%) in October. - The Daily — Canada's natural resource wealth, 2021 (preliminary data)