Aging is also a factor that will affect Canada economically, politically and socially, StatsCan says
Canadian investors also added $12.5 billion worth of foreign securities
Income grew faster than debt, agency reports
Market value of Canadian pension assets rose by 5%
The book value of debt securities rose by just 0.1% in the quarter to $4.34 trillion
The unemployment rate remained at 5.7%
StatsCan says it was the strongest quarter since 2017
Economists on average had expected a decline of 0.1%
There was a net outflow of $10.6 billion in securities
But wage growth reached its highest mark since 2009