The Weekly Review, June 29 to July 3, 2026

Real gross domestic product grew 0.5% in April, after contracting 0.1% in March, on strength in both goods-producing and services-producing industries. Services-producing industries grew 0.3%, rising for the third month in a row, driven by growth in the public sector and transportation and warehousing. The public sector aggregate expanded 0.4% in April, on widespread increases across all comprising sectors. Public administration (+0.7%) was the largest contributor to the growth for the second consecutive month in April, with higher activity across all levels of government in the month.

Source: Gross domestic product by industry, April 2026

Primary energy production increased 4.1% year over year to 2.1 million gigajoules in April, with gains in five of the six subsectors. Production of refined petroleum products rose 3.9% year over year to 9.2 million cubic metres in April. Exports of refined petroleum products jumped 69.7% year over year to 2.3 million cubic metres in April due to higher prices amid the uncertainty caused by the conflict in Iran. This was the highest level of exports recorded since this series began.

Source: Energy statistics, April 2026

In 2026, Canadian farmers reported planting more acres of canola, barley, corn and soybeans but fewer acres of wheat, oats, lentils and dry peas. Canadian producers reported planting a record 23.4 million acres of canola in 2026, up 8.4% from 2025 and surpassing the previous record of 23.0 million acres set in 2017. The increase in canola area in 2026 was driven by Saskatchewan, where producers reported seeding 13.4 million acres (+9.8%), which is 656 300 acres more than the previous record for the province.

Source: Principal field crop areas, June 2026

Latin American populations in Canada reached 726,820 people in 2021, almost triple the 251,585 people reported in 2001. Consequently, their proportion of the total population increased from 0.9% in 2001 to 2.0% in 2021. Most Latin American immigrants born in Brazil (72.0%) and Venezuela (60.6%) who immigrated from 1980 to 2021 were economic immigrants, while most immigrants born in Mexico were either economic immigrants (41.6%) or sponsored by family (36.9%). More than two in five Latin Americans in Canada lived in Ontario (42.9%) in 2021; this province was followed by Quebec (28.9%), British Columbia (12.1%) and Alberta (11.3%).

Source: Study: Portrait of the Latin American populations in Canada

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