Grocery price inflation highest since the end of 2023
The Consumer Price Index rose 2.2% on a year-over-year basis in November 2025, matching the increase in October. Prices for food purchased from stores rose 4.7% year over year in November after increasing 3.4% in October. The increase in November was the largest since December 2023 (+4.7%). In November 2025, prices for fresh or frozen beef (+17.7%) and coffee (+27.8%) continued to be significant contributors to overall grocery inflation on an annual basis.
First Canadian divestment in foreign securities since January 2025
Foreign investors added $46.6 billion of Canadian securities to their holdings in October, the highest investment since March 2022. Meanwhile, Canadian investors reduced their holdings of foreign securities by $11.6 billion in October 2025. This was the first divestment since January 2025 and the highest since January 2023.
Source: Canada's international transactions in securities, October 2025
New zero-emission vehicle registrations fall by 40% compared with the same period the previous year
In the third quarter of 2025, Canadians registered a total of 484,415 new motor vehicles, up 0.2% from the same quarter of 2024 and a decrease of 10.6% from the second quarter of 2025. In the third quarter, 45,366 new zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) were registered, making up 9.4% of all new motor vehicle registrations. New registrations for ZEVs declined by 40.1% in the third quarter of 2025 compared with the same quarter the previous year, continuing their downward trend observed earlier in 2025.
Canada's manufacturing sector declines after three consecutive years of growth
In 2024, total revenue in the Canadian manufacturing sector decreased by 0.9% to $931.2 billion. Revenue from manufactured goods, which represented 93.9% of total revenue, fell by 1.1% to $874.6 billion. Transportation equipment manufacturing ($8.0 billion) recorded the largest decrease among subsectors, while the food manufacturing subsector (+$3.5 billion) recorded another year of strong growth. Food manufacturing has been the largest manufacturing subsector in terms of revenue since 2020. In 2024, it accounted for 18.4% of revenue from goods produced for all manufacturing subsectors.
Mood disorders among older Canadians
From 2015 to 2023, on average, 7.0% of older Canadians reported having a diagnosis of a mood disorder, and females (8.3%) were more likely than males (5.5%) to have done so. Older Canadians living in lower income households were more likely to report having a diagnosis of a mood disorder compared with those living in households with the highest income. For example, individuals in the lowest income households had 1.7 times higher odds of having a mood disorder than those in the highest income households.
Source: Health Reports, December 2025
Virtual health care in Canada
In 2022, almost 1 in 10 (9.2%) Canadians aged 15 and older reported unmet health care needs, up from 7.9% in 2021. From 2022 to 2023, the proportion of Canadians with a regular health care provider fell in all age groups. In 2023, more than half (57.5%) of health care users had in-person appointments only in the previous 12 months, 5.3% had virtual appointments only, and over one-third (37.2%) had both types. Access continues to be a challenge for many Canadians, so if virtual care can play even a small role, it’s always welcomed.
Source: Virtual health care in a post-pandemic Canada: A checkup
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