Grocery prices rise at a faster pace in July
The Consumer Price Index rose 1.7% on a year-over-year basis in July, down from a 1.9% increase in June. Year over year, prices for food purchased from stores rose at a faster pace in July (+3.4%) compared with June (+2.8%). Prices for confectionery (+11.8%) and coffee (+28.6%) accelerated, contributing to the increase in grocery prices. As of July 2025, Canadians were paying 27.1% more for food purchased from stores than they were in July 2020.
Source: Consumer Price Index, July 2025
Prices of products manufactured in Canada increase in July
In July, the Raw Materials Price Index increased 0.3% month over month in July and grew 0.8% year over year. The Industrial Product Price Index (IPPI) rose 0.7% month over month and increased 2.6% year over year in July. The unwrought gold, silver, and platinum group metals, and their alloys (+33.7%) subgroup was the largest contributor to the IPPI's year-over-year gain in July.
Source: Industrial product and raw materials price indexes, July 2025
Core retail sales rise in June
Retail sales increased 1.5% to $70.2 billion in June, and sales were up in all nine subsector, and were led by increases at food and beverage retailers. Core retail sales, which exclude gasoline stations and fuel vendors and motor vehicle and parts dealers, increased 1.9% in June on higher sales at food and beverage retailers (+2.3%).
Source: Retail trade, June 2025
Investment in residential building construction up in June
Investment in building construction rose $454.4 million to $22.7 billion in June. Meanwhile, investment in residential building construction rose $485.3 million (+3.1%) to $15.9 billion. The increase was driven by the multi-unit component (+4.2%), followed by the single-family component (+1.8%). The value of investment in non-residential building construction edged down $30.8 million to $6.7 billion in June.
Source: Investment in building construction, June 2025
Life expectancy higher in more populated municipalities
Across all municipalities in Canada, the median life expectancy (LE) at birth was 84.1 years for females and 79.6 years for males. The median health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE) at birth was 70.8 years for females and 68.3 years for males. In general, female and male LE and HALE were higher in municipalities with larger population sizes, larger proportions of people aged 25 to 64 years with post-secondary education or higher average family incomes.
Source: Health Reports, August 2025
Production and seeded area of sweat corn still declining long-term
In 2024, Canadian farmers produced 198 739 tonnes of fresh sweet corn, up from 189 868 tonnes in 2023, and the largest haul since 200 470 tonnes in 2016. However, sweet corn production has declined significantly in Canada as less of it has been seeded over time. The 16,859 hectares planted in 2024 were an all-time low since we started tracking the current data series in 1996, when a record 37,881 hectares were planted. Production hit a record high of 363 309 tonnes in 1997, before dropping to 296 246 tonnes a decade later.
Source: Kernel standards, the secret recipe for our corn data quality
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