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The purpose of this survey is to collect information about quality of life, the effects of climate change, sources of information and trust. The results will help decision makers develop programs and ...
Recent analysis from Statistics Canada on the “third pillar” of the retirement income system—in addition to government pension plans—shows that there has been an increasing share of families’ ...
Weight can be a touchy subject, but one worth looking at as an important factor in overall health outcomes. Research suggests that the prevalence of obesity in Canada has increased over the last two ...
With the Super Bowl just around the corner and the NHL season in full swing, concussions are talked about in sports virtually every day. Less talked about are all those other concussions that happen ...
NAICS Canada 2022 Version 1.0 is the biggest revision to NAICS since 2002. The overarching theme to the updates is the digital economy. The guiding principle of these changes is to classify economic ...
The first telephone call was made just over 147 years ago in Brantford, Ontario, when inventor Alexander Graham Bell beckoned: "Mr. Watson, come here—I want to see you." If he made that call today, he ...
Vaisakhi, the holiest day of the year in the Sikh faith is fast approaching. To mark this day, let’s take a statistical snapshot of Sikhs in Canada. During the 2021 Census of Population, 771,790 ...
Having a safe and stable place to call home is central to leading a healthy and prosperous life. In 2021, we asked Canadian households if they had ever experienced some form of homelessness in their ...
In 2021, Canada’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions were 670.4 megatonnes, down by over one-tenth (-10.4%) from a peak of 748.1 megatonnes in 2007. Transportation was responsible for 187.7 megatonnes (28 ...
Weather-related catastrophic events once again plagued Canada in 2024. Let’s take a look at the price Canadians have paid and continue to pay for these weather-related catastrophes. A summer of ...
For many college and university students, school is officially out for summer! High school students have just a little more to go before their school year wraps up and summer vacation begins. As the ...
We’ve all seen prices in grocery stores lately. Wherever you live in Canada, there is no question that grocery bills are getting more expensive. From 2021 to 2022, prices for food purchased from ...