Canada’s population is estimated to have reached roughly 41.5 million
Black Friday sales helped dampen overall price growth in the month
Wholesale sales increased in six of the seven subsectors the agency tracks
Statistics Canada says the country's merchandise trade deficit narrowed to $924 million in October
The StatCan data comes ahead of the BoC's interest rate decision on Dec. 11
The rate is now back to the Bank of Canada's target
Manufacturing sales saw second consecutive monthly decline
The results came as total exports edged down 0.1% to $63.9B
The result came as total exports fell 1% in the month: StatCan
Retail trade sector was the largest contributor to overall growth