Energy prices fall year over year in April
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 1.7% year over year in April, down from a 2.3% increase in March. The slowdown in April was driven by lower energy prices, which fell 12.7% following a 0.3% decline in March. Excluding energy, the CPI rose 2.9% in April, following a 2.5% increase in March. Gasoline led the decline in consumer energy prices, falling 18.1% year over year in April, following a 1.6% decline in March. The price decrease in April was mainly driven by the removal of the consumer carbon price.
Source: Consumer Price Index, April 2025
Household spending increases from 2021 to 2023
Canadian households spent an average of $76,750 on goods and services in 2023, up 14.3% from 2021. Amid the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, this was the largest two-year increase observed since the series began in 2010. The rise in household spending was partly attributed to consumer inflation, as the Consumer Price Index increased by 10.9% from 2021 to 2023.
Source: Survey of Household Spending, 2023
More than half of girls and young women with a mental health or substance use disorder accessed formal health supports
Girls and women were more likely to report worsened mental health since the COVID-19 pandemic than boys and men, raising concern about their access to mental health services. In 2022, nearly half of girls and young women who met the criteria for a mental health or substance use disorder received counselling or therapy (49.2%). The top reasons for not accessing counselling or therapy were a preference to self-manage symptoms and affordability.
Source: Health Reports, May 2025
Prices for crude energy products lead decline in April
In April 2025, prices of products manufactured in Canada, as measured by the Industrial Product Price Index, declined 0.8% month over month and increased 2.0% year over year. Meanwhile, prices of raw materials purchased by manufacturers operating in Canada, as measured by the Raw Materials Price Index (RMPI), fell 3.0% month over month and declined 3.6% year over year. Prices for crude energy products (-8.1%) were the leading driver of the RMPI's decline in April, mainly due to lower prices for conventional crude oil (-9.4%); this was the third consecutive month where prices declined for crude energy products.
Source: Industrial product and raw materials price indexes, April 2025
Non-official languages at work
Nearly 670,000 people—or approximately 1 in 25 workers in Canada (3.9%)—used a language other than English or French at work in 2021. Among these workers, over 123,000 used only a non-official language. Approximately 130,000 workers used Mandarin at work, while 102,000 used Punjabi, 83,000 used Cantonese, and 81,000 used Spanish. The sectors with the highest proportion of workers using a non-official language at work were accommodation and food services (7.3%), real estate and rental and leasing (7.0%), and agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5.8%).
Source: Non-official languages at work
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