Prices at the pump contribute the most to the acceleration in the all-items Consumer Price Index in August
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 1.9% on a year-over-year basis in August, up from a 1.7% increase in July. Gasoline prices fell to a lesser extent year over year in August (-12.7%) than in July (-16.1%), leading to faster growth in headline inflation. Excluding gasoline, the CPI rose 2.4% in August, after increasing 2.5% in each of the previous three months.
Source: Consumer Price Index, August 2025
Transportation equipment manufacturing subsector posts the largest sales increase in July
Total manufacturing sales rose 2.5% to $70.3 billion in July, following a modest 0.3% increase in June. The gain in July was mainly driven by sales in the transportation equipment subsector, up 8.6% to $11.4 billion following four consecutive monthly declines. The increase in this subsector was primarily driven by higher sales of motor vehicles (+11.4%) and motor vehicle parts (+7.2%) as well as increased production of aerospace products and parts (+6.5%).
Source: Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, July 2025
The unemployment-to-job vacancy ratio in the second quarter is highest for positions requiring a bachelor's degree or above
Job vacancies fell by 18,900 (-3.6%) to 505,900 in the second quarter of 2025, following a decrease of 20,000 (-3.7%) in the first quarter. The unemployment-to-job vacancy ratio—the number of unemployed persons per job vacancy—rose to 2.9 in the second quarter of 2025, up from 2.2 in the second quarter of 2024. The unemployment-to-job vacancy ratio was highest for positions requiring a bachelor's degree or higher, at 4.9 in the second quarter of 2025. Compared with the second quarter of 2024, there was nearly one additional unemployed person for each vacancy requiring a bachelor's degree or higher (+0.9) in the second quarter of 2025, the biggest increase across all educational levels.
Source: Job vacancies, second quarter 2025
Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in Canadian adults
Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a medical condition defined by the presence of a group of factors that increase the risk of developing heart disease and type 2 diabetes. Just over one in four Canadian adults (26%) had MetS from 2016 to 2019. The prevalence of MetS was similar between men (27%) and women (25%), but it increased significantly with age, rising from 11% in young adults (18 to 39 years) to 30% in adults aged 40 to 59 years and to 44% in older adults (60 to 79 years).
Source: Health Reports, September 2025
Canada’s fishing industry and seafood preparation and packaging industry
Did you know that in June 2025, there were a total of 19,859 businesses in Canada’s fishing industry? Combined, Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia accounted for 55.9% of all businesses (with and without employees) in the fishing industry. Sales in the seafood preparation and packaging industry totalled $754.1 million in July 2025. This was down 17.6% from July 2024 ($915.1 million), but up 231.2% from July 1992 ($227.7 million), the first year data were collected for this series.
Source: Nothing fishy about these seafood stats!
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