Fast Facts Friday: April 14, 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. Retail sales totalled $54.7 billion in January 2023, up 5.5% from the same month the previous year. - The Daily — Retail Commodity Survey, January 2023
  2. In New Brunswick, the rental car fleet remains significantly below the levels attained before the pandemic. - The Daily — Study: The passenger car rental industry in New Brunswick
  3. In February 2023, non-durum wheat prices declined in almost all provinces except in Quebec (+4.0%) and Ontario (+0.6%) compared with January 2023. - The Daily — Farm product prices, February 2023
  4. Investment in building construction went up 1.0% to $20.6 billion in February 2023, with all components posting gains. - The Daily — Investment in building construction, February 2023
  5. According to the 2021 Census, about 770,000 people in Canada reported Sikhism as their religion. - The Daily — The Canadian census: A rich portrait of the country's religious and ethnocultural diversity
  6. In January 2023, Canadian energy producers posted a 5.7% increase in the production of primary energy compared with January 2022. - The Daily — Energy statistics, January 2023
  7. Canadian manufacturing sales declined 3.6% to $71.5 billion in February 2023, following a 4.5% increase in January. - The Daily — Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, February 2023

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