Having great statistics is a vital part of what I do, and I’m sure that it’s important to all sorts of investors. I need them to help understand the market, creating Joint Venture presentations, blog posts and other presentations I do. 

One of my favorite sites is StatsCan (Statistics Canada). I’ve used the stats from The Daily in the past, like this post about unemployment numbers. What I (finally) did the other day was add The Daily to my RSS reader. Now it’s easier than ever, and much more digestable. 

You can get the RSS stream here: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/dai-quo/rss-eng.htm

Each day has 3-6 different reports, like today’s which looked like this:

Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Released at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time

Canadian international merchandise trade, March 2009
Canada’s merchandise imports and exports both declined in March, largely due to volume reductions. Imports decreased more than twice as fast as exports.

Aircraft movement statistics: Small airports, 2008

Export and import price indexes, March 2009

Chain Fisher real export and import values, March 2009

Public Service Employee Survey, 2008

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Canadian Social Trends, May 2009 online edition

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Today at 8:30am Eastern Stats Can released the January 2009 Labour Force Survey. Apparently Canada’s lost 129,000 jobs (or so). Where did we lose them?

But there’s a story, and Alberta’s the real winner, followed closely be Saskatchewan.

The number of Albertans employed grew by 1.3% year over year. Saskatchewan grew by over 3% because the smaller numbers make the % larger.

The number of unemployed grew by far less in Alberta.

And the employment rate remained constant in Alberta, growing slightly in Saskatchewan.

Unemployment remains lowest in the west, although BC is trying hard to screw it up.

And Alberta still leads the country in Labour Force Participation, growing by another 0.2%.

And people wonder why I choose to invest in Alberta.

Remember, you can get these charts and some summary stats on my Google Spreadsheet.

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