Canada Business Confidence

Last Release

Aug 31, 2025

Actual

50.1

Units In

Points

55.8

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Oct 07, 2025

Time to Release

30 Days 13 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
75 May 2006	22.8 Apr 2020	56.64 Points	1999-2025	Richard Ivey School of Business

The Ivey Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) is an economic index which measures the month to month variation in economic activity as indicated by a panel of purchasing managers from across Canada, and is prepared by the Ivey Business School at Western University. The PMI includes both the public and private sectors and is based on month end data Ivey PMI panel members indicate whether their organizations activity is higher than, the same as, or lower than the previous month across the following five categories: purchases, employment, inventories, supplier deliveries and prices.A headline value above 50 indicates an increase in purchases from the previous month and a value below 50 indicates a decrease.

Latest Updates

The Ivey Purchasing Managers Index in Canada eased to 50.1 in August 2025, from a one-year high of 55.8 in July and below market expectations of 53.1. The latest reading suggested that economic activity has nearly stalled, with both the employment index (46 vs 51.2 in July) and supplier deliveries (47 vs 50) slipping into contraction territory. Meanwhile, the inventories index edged up to 49.5 from 48.5, signaling a slower pace of decline. The price gauge cooled down to 65.1 from 68.5.