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 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 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) rose 0.2% to $86.5 billion in March. |
Friday, June 13, 2025 | New Motor Vehicle Sales: 7:30am | Apr | --- | 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 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 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 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. |