Statscan

According to StatsCan, the biggest increases were seen in male age bracket of 15-to-54 years old.

StatsCan says the average story employee makes $34,500 a year.

Every year, StatsCan tweaks how it calculates inflation.

StatsCan has been collecting what it calls administrative data since 1921 largely from public sector sources such as vital statistics and income tax records, and, it argued, has been protected from attack.

This is, in part, thanks to a StatsCan report showing an increase of 1.1 per cent in manufacturing in June.