Canadian Manufacturing Mixed in August

Seasonally adjusted Canadian wood product sales in August were $3.3 billion (CAD), decreasing 17.1% from July but up 6.8% from the comparable month in 2020. Sales of furniture and related products totaled $1.2 billion, rising 7.1% from July and growing 15.9% from August 2020. Canadian manufacturing sales for all industries inched up 0.5% from July to $60.3 billion and increased 14.9% over August 2020.  See Statistics Canada