Wholesale sales fall in November
Wholesale sales (excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and excluding oilseed and grain) fell 1.8% in November to $84.4 billion. This is the second-largest decline in the past two years. The drop in sales reflected a steep decrease in sales in the motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories subsector (-11.5% to $12.9 billion in November).
Source: Wholesale trade, November 2025
Total manufacturing sales decrease in eight provinces
Total manufacturing sales fell 1.2% to $70.8 billion in November. The decline was driven by lower sales in the motor vehicle (-15.9%) and motor vehicle parts (-6.3%) industry groups as well as the machinery subsector (-3.2%). Sales decreased in eight provinces in November, led by Ontario and followed by British Columbia.
Consulting services revenue grows at a slower pace in 2024
The management, scientific and technical consulting services industry generated $39.9 billion in operating revenue in 2024, up 6.3% from 2023. This marks the second consecutive year of slowing growth. Ontario recorded the largest increase in operating revenue in dollar terms (+7.6%) in 2024, followed by Quebec (+7.0%) and British Columbia (+5.7%). For the first time, Ontario accounted for more than half (50.3%) of Canada's total operating revenue.
Source: Consulting services, 2024
Deaths due to pneumonia increase in 2024
There were 326,779 deaths in Canada in 2024, a slight decrease (-0.2%) compared with 2023 (327,546 deaths). Cancer remained the leading cause of death in 2024, accounting for over one-quarter (26.2%) of all deaths. The number of deaths attributed to influenza and pneumonia increased by 20.0% from 2023 to 2024, moving it from the eighth to the sixth leading cause of death in 2024. However, the number of influenza and pneumonia deaths combined in 2024 (7,658) was below the peak number of influenza and pneumonia deaths recorded in 2018 (8,600).
Source: Deaths, 2024
Overrepresentation of Indigenous adults in custody
Indigenous adults made up 33.2% (8,734 Indigenous adults of the 26,297 custodial population) of the average daily count of the custodial population in federal and provincial facilities across the six reporting provinces, which are Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. However, Indigenous adults represented 4.3% of the overall adult population in these provinces.
Source: Overrepresentation of Indigenous and Black adults in provincial and federal custody
Snow country
Snow will be a part of everyday life for most Canadians in the weeks and months ahead. In 2023, just over three in four Canadian households (77%) reported participating in outdoor activities close to home. Skating ranked number one for winter activities close to home, reported by 1 in 10 Canadian households in 2023, followed by tobogganing and sliding (7%).
Source: Snow Day is almost every day during a Canadian winter
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