Prices for cellular services increase year over year after consistent declines
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 2.2% on a year-over-year basis in October, down from a 2.4% increase in September. Slower growth in grocery prices contributed to the deceleration in the CPI in October, which was moderated by higher prices for cellular phone plans. On a year-over-year basis, prices for cellular services rose in October (+7.7%), the first increase since April 2023, after being unchanged in September (+0.0%).
Source: Consumer Price Index, October 2025
Fewer regular Employment Insurance beneficiaries among individuals in the core working-age group
The number of Canadians receiving regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits (-1.1%; -6,200) edged down to 544,000 in September, the second consecutive month of slight declines. The number of beneficiaries had trended upwards earlier in 2025, increasing by 66,000 (+13.5%) from January to July. In September, the number of people receiving regular EI benefits fell among core-aged (25 to 54 years old) women (-3.4%; -4,800), core-aged men (-1.2%; -2,500) and young women aged 15 to 24 (-2.3%; -300).
Source: Employment Insurance, September 2025
Ontario and Manitoba record the largest declines in urban greenery in 2025
Many Canadian cities and towns were not as green in the summer of 2025 compared with one year earlier, mostly due to drought conditions across the country. More than two-thirds (68.5%) of the land area of Canada's large urban population centres was classed as green in the summer of 2025, down from 70.3% in the summer of 2024. The largest decreases occurred in Ontario (-4.6 percentage points to 76.6%) and Manitoba (-4.4 percentage points to 61.8%).
Source: Census of Environment: Urban greenness, 2025
Energy resources are Canada's top natural wealth contributor
Canada's natural resource wealth—the dollar value of selected natural resource reserves—decreased by 10% from $1,520 billion in 2023 to $1,362 billion in 2024. Energy resources (61%) accounted for the highest proportion of the total value of all natural resource assets in 2024, followed by mineral resources (28%) and timber (11%). The value of crude bitumen was estimated at $622 billion in 2024. It was the highest contributor to overall natural resource wealth, representing more than one-third of the overall value.
Source: Canada's natural resource wealth, 2024
Tracking Canada’s progress on the Sustainable Development Goals
A decade ago, Canada stood alongside all United Nations member states and adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity. There are 251 indicators that measure progress towards the 169 global targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). By leveraging available data, it is currently possible to classify the progress of 130 of these indicators. Overall, close to half (45%) of SDG indicators for which progress can be measured have already been achieved or are on track to be achieved in Canada by 2030.
Source: How is Canada progressing on the Sustainable Development Goals?
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