United States-resident trips to Canada increase by automobile and by air
US-resident trips to Canada increased 4.0% in March, reaching 1.1 million, the second consecutive increase after 12 consecutive months of year-over-year declines. In March, US residents made 803,500 trips to Canada by automobile (+4.3%) and 296,000 trips by air (+3.1%). At the same time, overseas-resident trips to Canada totalled 294,600, up 9.3% from the same month a year earlier.
Source: Leading indicator of international arrivals to Canada, March 2026
Transportation equipment manufacturers lead the gains in February
Total manufacturing sales rose 3.6% to $71.2 billion in February, following a 3.1% decline in January. Sales of transportation equipment rebounded in February, rising 18.8% to $10.6 billion, following a sharp decline of 18.4% in January. Meanwhile, unfilled orders reached a record high, rising 2.3% to $117.6 billion in February, driven primarily by higher unfilled orders for aerospace products and parts (+4.2%).
Wealth gap increases as the wealthiest benefit most from strong equity market gains
The wealthiest households (top 20% of the wealth distribution) accounted for almost two-thirds (65.7%) of Canada's total net worth at the end of 2025, averaging $3.5 million per household. Overall household net worth increased at the end of 2025 relative to a year earlier (+5.3%), entirely due to a strong gain in financial assets (+9.9%), mainly from equity markets. Meanwhile, the income gap reached 46.7 percentage points in 2025, up from 46.4 percentage points a year earlier, as lower income households were negatively affected by declining interest rates and weak growth in employment income.
Self-rated oral health in Canada
According to a recent study, surveys based on people's self-reported oral health and oral health conditions are a simple yet effective tool for oral health monitoring in Canada. As the number of self-reported oral health conditions increased, so did the reporting of fair or poor oral health. Overall, 18.5% of men and 15.6% of women in Canada reported their oral health as fair or poor in 2023/2024. High levels of agreement between self-reported fair or poor oral health and other oral health measures suggest that most people consider other oral health conditions when making their assessments.
Source: Health Reports, April 2026
Record year for refined petroleum
Tariffs, trade and geopolitical events dominated the energy landscape in 2025. Despite external pressures, Canada’s refined petroleum sector posted another record year, as production of finished petroleum products rose 1.4% from the previous record set in 2024 to 117.1 million cubic metres in 2025. New monthly production highs were recorded during the year for finished motor gasoline in July (4.0 million cubic metres) and for distillate fuel oil in December (3.6 million cubic metres). In 2025, consumption of the three major transportation fuels reached new highs: finished motor gasoline (+2.7%), distillate fuel oil (+2.2%) and kerosene-type jet fuel (+8.0%) experienced growth over 2024.
Source: Another record year of production for refined petroleum in 2025
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