Be well informed
Having a solid sense of a community’s economic performance is a prerequisite for making well informed business decisions. The data you’ll find in this section has been included to help you do just that.
Retail Sales
Retail Sales
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| $5.38 billion | $5.55 billion | $5.71 billion |
Consumer Price Index
CPI (Consumer Price Index)
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| 1.297 | 1.319 | 1.352 |
Development & Construction
$512.2 million 2018 non-residential building construction
Statistics Canada, 2018
$608.2 million 2017 non-residential building construction
Statistics Canada, 2017
Investment In Commercial and Industrial Building Construction
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | Total Growth |
| $234 million | $338 million | $441 million | 89% |
Real GDP
Real GDP
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| $14.0 billion | $14.2 billion | $14.3 billion |