The Government of Saskatchewan says a 53 per cent year over year increase in manufacturing sales leads all provinces in Canada.

Trade and Export Development Minister Jeremy Harrison says, “Our government has built a competitive business environment which will ensure we continue to be leaders in our key sectors including energy, mining, agriculture, forestry, manufacturing and more.”

The Province sasy chemical manufacturing sales increased by 100 per cent between October last year and and October 2021. Other subsectors that saw the largest increases during that time were wood product manufacturing which is up 42 per cent; food manufacturing saw a 40.6 per cent increase while machinery manufacturing went up 35.7 per cent.

If you take month over month data, Saskatchewan’s manufacturing sales increased 5.9 per cent in October 2021 compared to the month before. It was the second highest month-to-month increase among all provinces.

In total, Saskatchewan’s manufacturing sales in October were worth $1.8 billion.