| Date | Statistic | For | Current Month | Previous Month |
| Tuesday, August 4, 2026 | Markit Canada Manufacturing PMI 9:30 a.m. | July | The index rose to 53.5 in July from 52.2 in June and 53 in July 2025 | The S&P Global Canada Manufacturing PMI held at 53.0 in June 2026, little changed from 52.9 in May |
| Tuesday, August 4, 2026 | Canadian International Merchandise Trade: 8:30am | June | In June, Canada's merchandise exports increased 0.4%, while imports edged up 0.2%. As a result, Canada's merchandise trade surplus with the world widened slightly from $3.7 billion in May to $3.9 billion in June. | In May, Canada's merchandise exports increased 0.9%, while imports edged down 0.2%. As a result, Canada's merchandise trade surplus with the world widened from $3.4 billion in April to $4.2 billion in May. |
| Friday, August 7, 2026 | Labour Force Survey: 8:30am | July | Employment increased by 75,000 (+0.4%) in July and the employment rate rose 0.1 percentage points to 60.9%. The unemployment rate declined 0.1 percentage points to 6.4% | Employment was little changed in June (+18,000; +0.1%) and the employment rate rose 0.1 percentage points to 60.8%. The unemployment rate declined 0.1 percentage points to 6.5%. |
| Friday, August 7, 2026 | IVEY Purchasing Managers Index: 10:00am | July | The index skidded to 55.1 in July from 56.2 in June, and also down from 55.8 in July 2025 | The index skidded to 56.2 in June from 58.2 in May, but improved on a reading of 53.3 in June 2025 |
| Wednesday, August 12, 2026 | Building Permits: 8:30am | June | --- | In May, the total value of building permits issued in Canada decreased $215.0 million (-1.7%) to reach $12.4 billion. The decline in construction intentions was due to the non-residential sector (-6.1%) and tempered by the residential sector (+1.2%). |
| Friday, August 14, 2026 | Wholesale Trade: 8:30am | June | --- | Wholesale sales (excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and excluding oilseed and grain) were essentially unchanged in May |
| Friday, August 14, 2026 | Monthly Survey of Manufacturing: 8:30am | June | --- | Manufacturing sales increased 1.3% in May, mainly on increased sales of motor vehicles and chemical products. Meanwhile, sales in the electrical equipment, appliance and component subsector declined the most. |
| Friday, August 14, 2026 | New Motor Vehicle Sales: 7:30am | June | --- | There were 190,564 new motor vehicles sold in Canada in May, a decrease of 1.9% from the same month one year earlier. However, sales in dollar terms increased 2.3% relative to May 2025. Over the same period, the number of new trucks sold decreased by 2.2%, while the number of new passenger cars sold edged up 0.1%. |
| Friday, August 14, 2026 | CREA MLS Sales: 8:30am | July | --- | The number of home sales recorded over Canadian MLS® Systems edged up a further 0.5% on a month-over-month basis in June 2026. This builds on the 5.5% jump recoded in May and the 0.9% increase in April, placing national activity some 7% above where it stood in March. |
| Monday, August 17, 2026 | Canada's International Transactions in Securities: 8:30am | June | --- | Foreign investors purchased $7.9 billion of Canadian securities in May, down from a sizable $46.9 billion investment in April. Meanwhile, Canadian investors acquired $22.3 billion of foreign securities, following a divestment of $11.4 billion in the previous month. |
| Monday, August 17, 2026 | Consumer Price Index: 8:30am | July | --- | The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 2.8% year over year in June, following a 3.2% gain in May. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, the CPI fell 0.1% in June. |
| Tuesday, August 18, 2026 | Housing Starts: 8:15am | July | --- | Housing starts in Canada declined 6% from the previous month to a seasonally adjust annual rate of 239,000 units in June, compared to a downwardly revised 253,000 units in May and falling short of markets expectations of 258,000 units. |
| Thursday, August 20, 2026 | Raw Materials Price Index: 8:30am | July | --- | The index decreased 6.9% month over month in June and increased 20.7% year over year. |
| Thursday, August 20, 2026 | Industrial Product Price Index: 8:30am | July | --- | The index declined 1.4% month over month in June and gained 12.4% year over year. |
| Thursday, August 20, 2026 | New Housing Price Index: 8:30am | July | --- | June's new housing price index demurred 0.1%, compared to a loss of 0.3% in May. |
| Friday, August 21, 2026 | Retail Trade: 8:30am | June | --- | Retail sales increased 1.0% to $73.7 billion in May. Sales were up in all nine subsectors, led by increases at gasoline stations and fuel vendors. |
| Thursday, August 27, 2026 | Payroll Employment, Earnings and Hours: 8:30am | June | --- | The number of employees receiving pay and benefits from their employer—measured as "payroll employment" in the Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours—increased by 24,100 (+0.1%) in May, following an increase of 59,000 (+0.3%) in April and little change in March. On a year-over-year basis, payroll employment was up by 112,500 (+0.6%) in May. |
| Friday, August 28, 2026 | GDP: 8:30am | June | --- | Real gross domestic product expanded 0.3% in May, as both goods-producing and services-producing industries expanded in the month. |
| Monday, September 7, 2026 | BoC Interest Rate Decision: 9:45am | Sept | --- | The Bank of Canada held its benchmark overnight interest rate steady at 2.25%.This decision marked the fifth interest rate announcement of the year |
