The number of Canadians receiving regular employment insurance (EI) benefits climbed in July, the seventh consecutive monthly increase, representing a 13.2% increase since the beginning of the year.

Rising markets pushed Canadian household wealth to $17.9T in the second quarter of 2025, with the richest 20% capturing most of the gains.

Canadians are purchasing less alcohol. In 2023/2024, sales of alcoholic beverages in Canada reached 88.2 litres per capita, down from 94.5 litres the year before. It’s the third consecutive year alcohol sales have been declining, and the sharpest one-year drop over this period.

In May 2025, the proportion of Canadian workers who mostly work from home reached 17.4%, down 1.3 percentage points from May 2024. This marks the fourth consecutive year of declines.

Employment fell by 41,000 (-0.2%) in July, and the employment rate declined by 0.2 percentage points, reaching 60.7%. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate remained steady, showing no change at 6.9%. This overall decline in employment during July was primarily concentrated in full-time work, which dropped by 51,000 (-0.3%).

As of 2024, there were 11,672 Canadians aged at least 100. According to Statistics Canada, this age group is the fastest-growing in Canada, having more than tripled between 2000 and 2024.

Zero-emission vehicles increased their share of new vehicle sales in Canada in 2024, reaching a record-high 271,228 units, representing 14.6% of total new car registrations, a metric used as a proxy for new vehicle sales.

The gap in disposable income between the top 40% of households in the income distribution and those in the bottom 40% reached a record high of 49 percentage points in the first quarter of 2025.

Are Canadians getting wealthier? The latest data from Statistics Canada would suggest that in 2023, Canadian families were almost as wealthy as they were the year before.

There were 194,524 new passenger cars and trucks (minivans, sport-utility vehicles, light and heavy trucks, vans, and buses) sold in Canada in May 2025, up 5.0% from the same period the year prior. This marks the third consecutive year where sales in May have increased.

In the first quarter of 2025, just under half (48.6%) of all Canadians 15 years of age and older surveyed reported a high level of life satisfaction. Life satisfaction has been decreasing in recent years. The share of Canadians who reported high life satisfaction declined from 51.7% in early 2022 to 48.6% in early 2025.

Canadians are becoming more isolated. More Canadians are living alone than ever before, and recent data released by Statistics Canada reveals that Canadians are spending less time with friends. In 2022, only one in five (19.3%) Canadians reported seeing friends on an average day.

Ridership on Canada’s urban transit systems reached 132.5 million passenger trips in April 2025, up 0.3%, or 400,000 trips, compared to the same period in 2024. Despite the increase, ridership is still below pre-pandemic levels. April’s figures represent about 84% of the levels recorded in April 2019.

Canadian households spent an average of $76,750 on goods and services in 2023. The three largest spending categories — shelter, transportation, and food — accounted for 63.6% of total household spending.