StatsCan released August’s Survey of Manufacturing on Friday. Overall, manufacturing sales in August increased 2% to $45.1 billion. This is 17.6% higher than the low of May 2009.
The industry highlights are as follows:
- Motor Vehicle Manufacturing: rose 13.8% to $4 billion
- Petroleum and Coal Products: rose 2.4% to $5.4 billion
- Non-metallic Mineral Products: rose 6.3%
- Fabricated Metal Products: rose 2.3%
- Chemicals: rose 1.5%
- Paper: rose 2.3%
- Primary Metals Industry: fell 2.2%
The provincial highlights are as follows:
- Alberta: rose 2.0%
- British Columbia: fell 0.1%
- Manitoba: fell 4.4%
- New Brunswick: fell 4.4%
- Newfoundland and Labrador: fell 0.7%
- Nova Scotia: rose 2.1%
- Ontario: rose 2.9%
- Prince Edward Island: fell 5.9%
- Quebec: rose 2.3%
- Saskatchewan: rose 6.1%