Canada’s Main Economic Indicators Are Due Throughout This Week

what happened

Dow Jones Newswires said all dates are given in ET. Canadian financial markets will be closed on Monday, October 12, 2026, for Thanksgiving. On Wednesday, October 14, at 0830/1230 ET/GMT, Canada will publish August building-permit data; the monthly change is expected at -17.3%, with no previous figure listed.

On Thursday, October 15, at 0830/1230 ET/GMT, August’s Monthly Survey of Manufacturing will be released. Inventories were expected to rise 0.3% month over month, the inventory-shipment ratio was 1.62, new orders were seen at +0.7%, shipments at -0.4% and unfilled orders at +1.9%. August wholesale-trade figures are also due: wholesale trade excluding petroleum, oilseeds and grain at +0.3%, inventories excluding those categories at +0.0%, total wholesale trade at +0.4% and total wholesale inventories at +0.6%. New motor vehicle sales are also scheduled.

On Friday, October 16, at 0815/1215 ET/GMT, Canada will release September housing starts at an annual rate; the August monthly change was -0.1%. At 0830/1230 ET/GMT, August international securities transactions will be published, including foreign-security purchases in CAD, foreign-security sales, foreign purchases of Canadian securities at 30.627B CAD and foreign sales of Canadian securities at 20.653B CAD. British Columbia municipal elections are scheduled for Saturday, October 17.

why it matters

The calendar covers construction, manufacturing, wholesale activity, vehicles, housing and cross-border securities flows. Together, the releases provide market participants with indicators of Canadian economic activity and potential drivers for the CAD, bonds and equities.

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