Canadian Housing Starts (September 2025)

Canadian housing starts increased 14 per cent from the previous month, totaling 279,234 units in September at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR). Starts were up 25 per cent from the same month last year. Single-detached housing starts increased by 1 per cent from last month to 55,408 units, wh

Canadian Employment (September 2025) – October 10, 2025

Canadian employment increased by 0.3 per cent from the previous month, gaining 60,000 jobs to 21.015 million in September. The employment rate rose by 0.1 points to 60.6 per cent, while the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 7.1 per cent. Average hourly wages rose 3.3 per cent year-over-year to

BC Monthly Real GDP Estimate for July 2025 & Preliminary Estimate for August 2025

The BCREA Nowcast estimate of provincial economic growth (expressed as year-over-year growth in real GDP) for July was 1.3 per cent. For comparison, year-over-year growth in the Canadian economy in July was 0.9 per cent. Our preliminary estimate for August shows year-over-year growth of 1.6 per cent