How fast the economy is growing, what it costs to live, and whether incomes are keeping up: Canada measured against a broad group of 16 OECD peers.
Growth & Productivity
GDP and GDP per capita, growth, productivity, and business investment, Canada beside 16 OECD peers.
Jobs
Unemployment month by month beside Canada’s peers, the change in employment, unemployment by age and by city, and the employment rate.
Trade
Where Canada’s exports go, the balance with the United States and the rest of the world, trade with the European Union and China, and the Canadian dollar.
Living Standards
GDP per capita and real household disposable income beside 16 OECD peers, and median after-tax income in Canada.
Cost of Living
Inflation against the Bank of Canada’s target, what’s driving it, and the minimum wage in nominal and real (inflation-adjusted) terms.
Housing
House prices, the gap between prices and incomes, rent, starts and vacancy, and household debt. Affordability mapped by city and neighbourhood.
Homeownership
Who owns a home, by age, at every census since 1971; three generations compared at the same age; and young adults’ homeownership by city.
Income & Inequality
Wages and incomes, the Gini coefficient and redistribution, poverty, and the income distribution over time.
Borrowing Costs
The policy rate over the long run, mortgage rates, and government bond yields by term.