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The demand for motor vehicle fuels in Canada continued to grow in 2025, with gross sales of gasoline edging up 2.3% year over year to 44.8 billion litres, a six-year high. Both gross and net sales of…

The Couriers and Messengers Services Price Index (2019=100) is now available for August.

Data for September for the Freight Rail Services Price Index (2018=100) are now available.

In July, Canadian railways transported 31.7 million tonnes of freight, up 2.6% from July 2025, marking the fourth straight month of year-over-year increases.

In August, 6.1 million passengers passed through pre-board security screening at checkpoints operated at Canada's eight largest airports, up 6.1% from August 2025.

Major Canadian airlines flew 8.4 million passengers on scheduled and charter services in July, up 1.1% from July 2025.

Operating revenue for the 23 largest Canadian air carriers totalled $9.0 billion in the fourth quarter, up 3.4% compared with the same quarter of 2024.

In 2025, a total of 27.6 million road motor vehicles were registered in Canada, up 3.1% from the previous year. More than 9 in 10 vehicles (91.7%) were light-duty vehicles (LDVs), and 6.5% of this sha…

In July, 122.5 million passenger trips were taken on urban transit networks in Canada, representing a 1.6% decrease, or 2.0 million fewer rides, from July 2025.

There were 176,156 new motor vehicles sold in Canada in July, a decrease of 2.0% from the same month one year earlier. However, sales in dollar terms increased 1.6% relative to July 2025. Over the sam…

Canadians registered 547,673 new motor vehicles in the second quarter, the highest level since the second quarter of 2019. In the second quarter of 2026, new motor vehicle registrations were up 1.1% f…

Data for August for the Freight Rail Services Price Index (2018=100) are now available.