Date | Statistic | For | Current Month | Previous Month |
Monday, June 2, 2025 | Markit Canada Manufacturing PMI 9:30 a.m. | May | The index rose to 46.1 in May of 2025 from 45.3 in the previous month | Manufacturing in Canada decreased to 45.30 points in April from 46.30 points in March. |
Wednesday, June 4, 2025 | BoC Interest Rate Decision: 10:00am | June | The Bank of Canada on Wednesday held its key benchmark rate at 2.75%, citing the need to probe the effects of U.S. trade policy, but said another cut might be necessary if the economy weakened in the face of tariffs. | The Bank of Canada held its benchmark interest rate steady at 2.75% on Wednesday, ending a run of seven consecutive cuts. |
Thursday, June 5, 2025 | IVEY Purchasing Managers Index: 10:00am | May | The index registered at 48.9 in May, down from a 47.9 reading in April, and way off the 52,0 level in May 2024. | The index registered at 47.9 in April, down from a 51.3 reading in March, and way off the 63.0 level in Aoril 2024. |
Thursday, June 5, 2025 | Canadian International Merchandise Trade: 8:30am | Apr | In April, Canada's merchandise exports dropped 10.8%, while imports fell 3.5%. As a result, Canada's merchandise trade deficit with the world widened from $2.3 billion in March to $7.1 billion in April. This was the largest deficit on record. | In March, Canada's merchandise exports decreased 0.2%, while imports were down 1.5%. As a result, Canada's merchandise trade deficit with the world narrowed from $1.4 billion in February to $506 million in March. |
Friday, June 6, 2025 | Labour Force Survey: 8:30am | May | Employment was little changed in May (+8,800; +0.0%) and the employment rate held steady at 60.8%. The unemployment rate rose 0.1 percentage points to 7.0%. | Employment was little changed in April (+7,400; +0.0%) and the employment rate declined 0.1 percentage points to 60.8%. The unemployment rate increased by 0.2 percentage points to 6.9%. |
Wednesday, June 11, 2025 | Building Permits: 8:30am | Apr | In April, the total value of building permits issued in Canada decreased by $829.6 million (-6.6%) to $11.7 billion. | In March, the total value of building permits issued in Canada decreased by $549.4 million (-4.1%) to $12.9 billion. |
Friday, June 13, 2025 | Wholesale Trade: 8:30am | Apr | Wholesale sales (excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and excluding oilseed and grain) fell 2.3% to $84.0 billion in April. | Wholesale sales (excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and excluding oilseed and grain) rose 0.2% to $86.5 billion in March. |
Friday, June 13, 2025 | New Motor Vehicle Sales: 7:30am | Apr | Statistics Canada reported 195,659 new motor vehicles were sold in Canada in April, increasing 11.3% from one year earlier. Gains were widespread, with all provinces observing a higher number of units sold. April 2025 represented the month with the highest sales on record in dollar terms, at nearly $10.8 billion. | There were 189,259 new motor vehicles sold in Canada in March 2025, increasing 9.4% from one year earlier. This gain was largely attributable to sales of new light trucks, which rose 13.5% from March 2024. Over the same period, sales of new passenger cars declined 10.9%. |
Friday, June 13, 2025 | Monthly Survey of Manufacturing: 8:30am | Apr | Manufacturing sales decreased 2.8% in April, the third consecutive monthly decline, driven largely on lower sales of petroleum and coal products, motor vehicles, and primary metals. Excluding the petroleum and coal product subsector, total manufacturing sales were down 1.8%. | Manufacturing sales declined 1.4% in March, mainly due to lower sales in the primary metal and petroleum and coal product subsectors. Conversely, the furniture and related product subsector posted the largest monthly gain. |
Monday, June 16, 2025 | Housing Starts: 8:15am | May | The six-month trend in housing starts was flat (0.8%) in May (243,407 units), according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). | The total monthly SAAR of housing starts for all areas in Canada increased 30% in April (278,606 units) compared to March (214,205 units). |
Monday, June 16, 2025 | CREAstats - MLS Sales: 8:30am | May | The number of home sales recorded over Canadian MLS® Systems climbed 3.6% between April and May 2025, marking the first gain in activity since last November. | The number of sales recorded over Canadian MLS® Systems was unchanged (-0.1%) between March and April 2025, marking a pause in the trend of declining activity since the beginning of the year. |
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 | Canada's International Transactions in Securities: 8:30am | Apr | --- | Canadian investors acquired $15.6 billion of foreign securities in March, mainly in U.S. bonds. Meanwhile, foreign investors reduced their exposure to Canadian securities by $4.2 billion, marking a second consecutive monthly divestment. |
Friday, June 20, 2025 | Retail Trade: 8:30am | Apr | --- | Retail sales increased 0.8% to $69.8 billion in March. Sales were up in six of nine subsectors and were led by increases at motor vehicle and parts dealers. |
Friday, June 20, 2025 | New Housing Price Index: 8:30am | May | --- | The index declined 0.4% in April, compared to an unchanged reading in March. |
Friday, June 20, 2025 | Industrial Product Price Index: 8:30am | May | --- | In April, the Industrial Product Price Index declined 0.8% month over month and increased 2.0% year over year. |
Friday, June 20, 2025 | Raw Materials Price Index: 8:30am | May | --- | The Index fell 3.0% month over month and declined 3.6% year over year. |
Tuesday, June 24, 2025 | Consumer Price Index: 8:30am | May | --- | The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 1.7% year over year in April, down from a 2.3% increase in March. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, the CPI fell 0.2% in April. |
Thursday, June 26, 2025 | Payroll Employment, Earnings and Hours: 8:30am | Apr | --- | The number of employees receiving pay and benefits from their employer—measured as "payroll employment" in the Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours—decreased by 54,100 (-0.3%) in March, following a decline of 40,200 (-0.2%) in February. |
Friday, June 27, 2025 | GDP: 8:30am | Apr | --- | Real gross domestic product increased 0.5% in the first quarter, the same pace as in the fourth quarter of 2024. |