Led by record-high food sales, Canada’s manufacturing sector experienced sales growth of 0.9 per cent in August, with sales up in fifteen of the twenty-one industries tracked. Total sales for …
Manufacturing sales rebound in August; industry must “reinvent” itself to prosper Read More »
Canada’s manufacturers sold slightly more goods in July as sales edged up 0.1 per cent to $50.7 billion, reports Statistics Canada. Higher sales of food, petroleum and coal products, and …
Manufacturing sales up slightly in July, Q3 forecast to be stronger Read More »
Following the news that Canadian manufacturing sales rose by 0.8 per cent in June, Statistics Canada reports that wholesale sales were also up in June, rising 0.7 per cent, to …
Canada’s wholesale sales rose 0.7 per cent in June, to $56.4 billion Read More »
A drop in orders for new manufactured goods, coinciding with the suspension of production activity in the Alberta oilsands, has resulted in a slight drop in the RBC Canadian manufacturing …
Modest business growth forecast as manufacturing slows in June Read More »
A sizable majority of Canada’s small and mid-sized enterprises, or SMEs, intend to invest in their business in the coming year. A study from the Business Development Bank of Canada …
Canada’s small businesses encouraged to invest for success Read More »
Canadian corporations saw profits shrink by 5.4 per cent in the third quarter of 2015. Earnings came in at $79 billion, according to Statistics Canada, down from $83.5 billion in …
Q3 corporate profits falter on oil, financial sector Read More »
Canada’s manufacturers sold a lower volume of goods in May, though there was a slight increase in sales by dollar value, Statistics Canada reports. It was the second increase in …
Production capacity in Canadian industries rose slightly in the fourth quarter of 2014, reaching 83.6 per cent, Statistics Canada reports, continuing an upward trend that began in 2013. The production …
Mixed news for industrial production capacity, employment Read More »
