
For more than 20 years, CanaData chief economist Alex Carrick, working with a team of over 20 in-house researchers, has gathered Canadian and U.S. statistics from both public and private sources. Each edition of CanaData's annual economic forecast features Canadian construction starts projections for the next three years, historical trends over the past 10 years, and interest rate, demographic and employment data. Each year, all of this valuable information is published in a 170+ page book featuring easy-to-understand graphs and tables (in current and constant dollars) and written analyses.
Published monthly in electronic format, the CanaData Forecaster forecasts non-residential construction in Canada. Get expert analysis based on up-to-the-minute developments.
CanaData Starts are comprehensive statistics on actual construction starts in Canada, available by province, census metropolitan area or census agglomeration. CanaData Starts track activity across all sectors of construction. The reports are integral for building product manufacturers looking to assess market penetration, track product inventories and evaluate new markets.
The CanaData Construction Cost Index provides third-party and independent cost index statistics for labour and building materials in the Canadian high-rise construction industry on a monthly and yearly basis. It also provides a simple calculating mechanism for price and cost trending.
The CanaData Economic Snapshot and Economy at a Glance are featured articles from the CanaData analytics product, appearing in print and online in RCD Canada regional publications. These articles provide graphs, charts and economic analysis pertaining to a wide range of construction inputs and economic indicators that affect the Canadian and U.S. economies and construction industry.