Fast Facts Friday: November 24, 2023

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

1. Primary energy production in Canada increased 3.9% in 2022 to 22 616 petajoules. This followed a 4.5% increase in 2021. - The Daily — Energy supply and demand, 2022
2. In September 2023, investment in building construction increased 5.3% to $18.9 billion. - The Daily — Investment in building construction, September 2023
3. In October 2023, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 3.1% on a year-over-year basis, down from a 3.8% gain in September. - The Daily — Consumer Price Index, October 2023
4. In 2022, Canada’s natural resource wealth totalled $2,522 billion, up $982 billion from the previous year. - The Daily — Canada's natural resource wealth, 2022
5. Canadian corporations reported a 4.7% increase (+$7.2 billion) in net income before tax to reach $160.3 billion in the third quarter of 2023. - The Daily — Quarterly financial statistics for enterprises, third quarter 2023
6. In September 2023, the number of non-resident visitors to Canada accounted for 90.9% of the number observed in September 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic. - The Daily — Travel between Canada and other countries, September 2023
7. Spending in Canada by international travellers totalled nearly $7.0 billion in the second quarter, almost twice the amount spent during the same quarter of 2022 ($3.6 billion).  - The Daily — Visitor Travel Survey, second quarter 2023
8. During the second quarter, Canadian residents took 78.3 million trips, 7.7 million more than in the same quarter of 2022. Most of these trips (89.6%) were related to domestic travel. - The Daily — National Travel Survey, second quarter 2023
9. Retail sales increased 0.6% to $66.5 billion in September 2023. Sales were up in four of nine subsectors and were led by increases at motor vehicle and parts dealers (+1.5%). - The Daily — Retail trade, September 2023
10. Following a pause in August in the wake of wildfires, seasonally adjusted sales at food and drinking places rose 0.8% to $7.7 billion in September 2023. - StatsCAN Plus — Sales at food and drinking places bounce back in September