Source – STATSCAN

Source – STATSCAN

Source – STATSCAN

• The monthly changes in the output of the Canadian manufacturing sector remained fairly volatile during most of 2011.
• For the first eleven months of the year, total Canadian manufacturing output registered six monthly increases as follows:
• January: 1.6 per cent
• March: 1.5 per cent
• July: 1.3 per cent
• September: 0.4 per cent
• October: 0.5 per cent
• November: 0.6 per cent


• Reflecting the strong monthly increases in January and March, total Canadian manufacturing output for the first quarter of the year increased by 1.5 per cent.
• The growth was supported by growth in both durable (1.6 per cent) and non-durable (1.3 per cent) manufacturing.
• Growth in Canadian manufacturing output in January – March 2011 represented the continuation of the recovery in the sectors output after relatively strong recession induced declines in 2008 and 2009.
• However, weaker growth in the global economy and, in particular, the economy of the United States, influenced a halt in the recovery in the second quarter.
• As a result, total manufacturing output for the April – June quarter of 2011 fell by 0.5 per cent.
• The production of both durable (-0.2 per cent) and non-durable (-1 per cent) manufacturing goods fell during the quarter.
• Canadian manufacturing output recovered in the third quarter of 2011 when total output increased by 0.9 per cent, underpinned by growth in both durable (1.4 per cent) and non-durable (0.3 per cent) manufacturing.
• In Peel, changes in manufacturing employment, the only indicator available for the quarter, were positive throughout the first three quarters of 2011, but declined in the final quarter of the year.
• For the full year 2011, manufacturing employment in Peel’s labour market was little changed at approximately 95,000 positions, compared with 93,000 positions in 2010.