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Canadian business sentiment continued to show signs of recovery, with executives more optimistic about investment than at any time since 2010, according to a Bank of Canada survey of corporate managers.

Measures of investment, employment and sales prospects improved, according to the Bank of Canada’s quarterly Business Outlook Survey, which cited everything from a recovery of oil prices to the impacts of a weaker Canadian currency.

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The readings are another signal Canada’s economy has turned the page on the oil crash that began more than two years ago. GDP has expanded 1.5 per cent since October, the biggest three-month gain since 2011.

“Taken together, the results suggest a modest recovery in business sentiment after a two-year period of weakness,” the report said.