Fast Facts Friday: March 24, 2023

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

Fast Facts Friday
  1. At the end of 2020, core public infrastructure in Canada, excluding social and affordable housing, had a total replacement value of $2.1 trillion. - The Daily — Canada's Core Public Infrastructure Survey: Replacement values, 2020
  2. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 5.2% year over year in February 2023, following a 5.9% increase in January. This was the largest deceleration in the headline CPI since April 2020. - The Daily — Consumer Price Index, February 2023
  3. Job vacancies decreased by 78,600 (-8.2%) in the fourth quarter of 2022, while the job vacancy rate declined to 4.9% (-0.5 percentage points). - The Daily — Job vacancies, fourth quarter 2022
  4. The operating revenue of public nursing and residential care facilities in Canada rose by 5.0% to $20.4 billion in 2021. - The Daily — Nursing and residential care facilities, 2021
  5. The national index declined 0.2% month over month in February, following a similar decrease in January. The index has been down in five of the last six months. - The Daily — New Housing Price Index, February 2023
  6. In January, the overall number of international arrivals to Canada—non-resident visitors and returning Canadian residents—reached over three-quarters (78.4%) of the level from January 2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic. - The Daily — Travel between Canada and other countries, January 2023
  7. The total credit liabilities of households (including mortgage and non-mortgage loan debt) edged up 0.2% from December 2022 to reach $2,825.8 billion in January 2023. - The Daily — Monthly credit aggregates, January 2023
  8. Following unprecedented growth in 2022, Canada’s population reached 39,566,248 on January 1, 2023. This growth was largely the result of welcoming immigrants and non-permanent residents. - The Daily — Canada's population estimates: Record-high population growth in 2022
  9. In January 2023, 375,000 Canadians received regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits, down by 20,000 (-5.0%) from December 2022. - The Daily — Employment Insurance, January 2023
  10. Retail sales increased 1.4% to $66.4 billion in January 2023. Sales increased in seven of nine subsectors, representing 88.7% of retail trade. - The Daily — Retail trade, January 2023

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