Insights and Stories on Statistics Canada

StatsCan stocks numbers confirm rapid export pace

Feb. 4, 2016 at 4:15 pm CST

CNS Canada — Canada’s grain and oilseed exports appear to be in fine form, based on the latest stocks figures on Thursday morning from Statistics Canada. Stocks of wheat, canola and oats are all down compared to last year’s. In wheat’s case, there were roughly five million fewer tonnes in […]

StatsCan stocks report to add piece to supply/demand puzzle

Feb. 2, 2016 at 5:48 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

ICE weekly outlook: Canola seesaws with StatsCan report

Dec. 9, 2015 at 4:05 pm CST

By Dave Sims

Durum at a standstill despite fresh numbers from StatsCan

Dec. 8, 2015 at 7:26 pm CST

By Jade Markus

Huge Canadian canola crop beats expectations

Dec. 4, 2015 at 1:42 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Bigger crops anticipated ahead of StatsCan report

Dec. 2, 2015 at 4:19 pm CST

CNS Canada –– Canada’s harvest ended up better than expected in 2015-16, with upward revisions expected for the country’s wheat and canola production when Statistics Canada releases its latest survey data Friday. “It turns out that the crop didn’t suffer as much in Alberta and Saskatchewan,” said Jerry Klassen, manager […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Grain deliveries hit record high in September

Oct. 22, 2015 at 8:14 pm CDT

CNS Canada — September was a very busy month for grain handlers in Western Canada, as farmer deliveries into the commercial pipeline hit their highest levels ever. Producers made deliveries of 5.879 million tonnes of the major grains and oilseeds during the month, topping the previous monthly record of 5.819 […]

By MarketsFarm Team

StatsCan comes in at low end of expectations for canola

Oct. 2, 2015 at 10:10 am CDT

CNS Canada — Despite an upward revision of nearly a million tonnes in Statistics Canada’s latest report, most analysts expect canola production will keep climbing further. StatsCan on Friday morning released its updated grain/oilseed production estimates, with data collected through surveys taken between Sept. 3 and 13. Canola production numbers […]

By Dave Sims

Next StatsCan survey expected to show larger canola, wheat crops

Sep. 30, 2015 at 4:23 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Yields are generally beating earlier expectations as the harvest progresses across Western Canada, which should lead to upward revisions to canola and wheat when Statistics Canada releases its latest production survey results Friday. However, those numbers still may be underreported, and further revisions are expected in subsequent […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Prices slide on China worries, harvest progress

Sep. 28, 2015 at 4:13 pm CDT

Reuters — U.S. grain and soybean futures slid Monday, pressured by a broad sell-off in commodity and equity markets and progress by U.S. farmers in harvesting crops. Soybeans tumbled more than one per cent, while Chicago wheat slipped off its earlier one-month high. Corn also declined. “This will be one […]

By Rod Nickel