Statistics Canada

Canada's trade deficit fell in April and its surplus with the U.S. ballooned to its largest in three years, boosted by shipments of cars, natural gas and softwood lumber, says Statistics Canada.

Hourly wages expanded by 0.7 per cent in April, the slowest year−over−year growth since the federal agency started collecting that data in January 1997.

Canadian women continue to make up the majority of the overall Canadian population, albeit just by a bit.

After nearly four decades in the workforce, 64-year-old Louise Plouffe is looking ahead to retirement. But Tristan Plummer, 23, is looking for work.

Superheated housing market notwithstanding, 81-year-old Ashley Anthony says he has no plans to give up the detached three-bedroom suburban house he has lived in for the past 43 years.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau said he recognizes the importance of transparency when it comes to scrutinizing how government spending impacts men and women in different ways.

Government takes preventative measures in closing CRA portal for filing taxes over the weekend.

Despite record unemployment numbers in 2016 and an oil market crash that put thousands out of work, Alberta continues to lead Canada’s provinces in population growth.

Jennifer Lee, a senior economist with BMO Capital Markets, said the monthly trade figures have taken on greater significance as of late.

With just days to go before the very first release of data from the 2016 census, there is an unusual calm outside Marc Hamel’s Statistics Canada office.

A new Statistics Canada survey says almost half the country's population could be an immigrant or the child of an immigrant within the next 20 years.

Is the Tory scenario of economic doom and gloom really true? Let’s break it down into its five separate parts.

Wayne Smith is casting doubt on the Liberal government’s promised commitments to Statistics Canada based on its handling of an issue that forced his sudden departure last week.

Canada's chief statistician was warned three months before his surprising resignation last week that a showdown with the federal government was inevitable as the agency pushed for more independence.

Statistics Canada chief Wayne Smith has resigned, saying the independence of his agency is compromised by new information-technology arrangements.