| Date | Statistic | For | Current Month | Previous Month |
| Monday, May 3, 2021 | Markit Canada Manufacturing PMI: 9:30 am | April | The headline seasonally adjusted IHS Markit Canada Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index registered 57.2 in April, down from 58.5 in March, to signal the third-strongest growth in operating
conditions in the survey to date, which began in October 2010. | The headline seasonally adjusted IHS Markit Canada Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index® (PMI®) registered 58.5 in March, up considerably from 54.8 in February, to become the highest reading in over 10 years of data collection.
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| Tuesday, May 4, 2021 | Building Permits: 8:30am | Mar | March marked the third consecutive month of record-setting numbers as building permits rose 5.7% to $10.9 billion, reflecting a booming residential sector. | The total value of building permits issued in February broke the $10 billion mark for the first time, as a jump in the non-residential sector more than offset the decline in the residential sector. |
| Tuesday, May 4, 2021 | Canadian International Merchandise Trade: 8:30am | Mar | In March, Canada's imports posted a significant increase of 5.5%, while exports edged up 0.3%. As a result, following two consecutive monthly trade surpluses, Canada's merchandise trade balance returned to a deficit position, moving from a surplus of $1.4 billion in February to a deficit of $1.1 billion in March. | Canada's merchandise exports decreased by 2.7% in February, while imports fell 2.4%. As a result, Canada's merchandise trade surplus with the world narrowed from $1.2 billion in January to $1.0 billion in February. |
| Friday, May 7, 2021 | Labour Force Survey: 8:30am | April | Employment fell by 207,000 (-1.1%) in April and the unemployment rate rose 0.6 percentage points to 8.1%. | Employment rose 303,000 (or 1.6%) in March. Combined with an increase of 259,000 (1.4%) in February, this brought employment to within 1.5% (-296,000) of its February 2020 level. The unemployment rate fell 0.7 percentage points to 7.5%, the lowest level since February 2020. |
| Friday, May 7, 2021 | IVEY Purchasing Managers Index: 10:00am | April | The index tumbled to 60.6 in April, lurching below the 72.9 reading in March, but still well above the 22.8 figure for April 2020 | The index catapulted to 72.9 in March, towering above the 60.0 reading in February, and racing away from the 26.0 figure for March 2020 |
| Friday, May 14, 2021 | Wholesale Trade: 8:30am | Mar | Sales by Canadian wholesalers rose 2.8% in March, the second increase in three months. | Sales of wholesale products fell 0.7% in February to $68.8 billion, the second decline in three months. Despite the drop, sales in February were the second highest on record for the sector. |
| Friday, May 14, 2021 | Monthly Survey of Manufacturing: 8:30am | Mar | Manufacturing sales bounced back in March, rising 3.5% to $57.8 billion, following a 1.1% decline in February. Gains were widespread across all major industries. | Manufacturing sales decreased 1.6% to $55.4 billion in February, following a 3.4% increase in January. Lower sales of motor vehicles and motor vehicle parts were largely responsible for the decline. |
| Monday, May 17, 2021 | CREAstats - MLS Sales: 8:30am | April | National home sales declined by 12.5% on a month-over-month basis in April. Home sales were up by 256% on a year-over-year basis in April and the average price of those sales was up 42%. | Home sales recorded over Canadian MLS® Systems climbed 5.2% between February and March 2021 to set another new all-time record. |
| Monday, May 17, 2021 | Canada's International Transactions in Securities: 8:30am | Mar | Canadian investment in foreign securities totalled $21.2 billion in March, mainly from purchases of U.S. shares. Meanwhile, foreign investment in Canadian securities was $3.2 billion, mostly in acquisitions of Canadian shares. | Canadian investors acquired $10.5 billion of foreign securities in February, continuing a trend of net purchases that began in May 2020. Meanwhile, foreign investment in Canadian securities reached $8.5 billion, led by strong acquisitions of Canadian shares. |
| Monday, May 17, 2021 | Housing Starts: 8:15am | April | The trend in housing starts was 279,055 units in April 2021, up from 272,164 units in March 2021, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). This trend measure is a six-month moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted annual rates (SAAR) of housing starts
| The trend in housing starts was 273,664 units in March 2021, up from 252,636 units in February 2021, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). |
| Wednesday, May 19, 2021 | Consumer Price Index: 8:30am | April | --- | CPI rose 2.2% on a year-over-year basis in March, up from a 1.1% gain in February. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, the CPI rose 0.1% in March. |
| Thursday, May 20, 2021 | New Housing Price Index: 8:30am | April | --- | New home prices rose 1.1% in March nationally, following one of the largest monthly increases on record in February. |
| Friday, May 21, 2021 | Retail Trade: 8:30am | Mar | --- | Retail sales were up 4.8% to $55.1 billion in February. Sales increased in nine of 11 subsectors, led by higher sales at motor vehicle and parts dealers and gasoline stations. |
| Thursday, May 27, 2021 | Payroll Employment, Earnings and Hours: 8:30am | Mar | --- | The total number of payroll employees in February was down 1.2 million (-6.8%) from one year earlier, before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| Monday, May 31, 2021 | Industrial Product Price Index: 8:30am | April | --- | In March, the Industrial Product Price Index increased 1.6% month over month and 10.0% year over year |
| Monday, May 31, 2021 | Raw Materials Price Index: 8:30am | April | --- | The Raw Materials Price Index was up 2.3% month over month and up 34.7% year over year. |
| Tuesday, June 1, 2021 | GDP: 8:30am | Mar | --- | Real gross domestic product grew 0.4% in February, following 0.7% growth in January, as 14 of the 20 industrial sectors were up. |
| Wednesday, June 9, 2021 | BoC Interest Rate Decision: 10:00am | June | --- | The Bank of Canada today held its target for the overnight rate at the effective lower bound of 0.25%, with the Bank Rate at 0.5%and the deposit rate at 0.25% |
