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The LFS application consists of several questionnaire components (Household, Demographics, Labour Force Information, Occupancy, Rent, and Exit), each of which is summarized below, followed by 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 ...
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 ...
According to the 2021 Census, 77.1% of employed people in Canada primarily used English at work, 20% primarily used French, and 1.7% used English and French equally. Meanwhile, 1.3% used neither ...
Canada and the United States share the world’s longest land border, which handles daily over $2 billion in trade and the thousands of people who cross it for business or pleasure.
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 ...
In this video, we will explain the concept of statistical bias, which occurs when statistics differ systematically from the reality they are trying to measure because of problems with the way the data ...
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 ...
View articles exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic as it relates to children and youth in this selection from our series StatCan COVID-19: Data to Insights for a Better Canada.
Geopolitical conflicts continued to cause uncertainty in the crude oil markets in 2023, although prices subsided from the elevated levels of 2022. Annual production of crude oil and equivalent ...
For many Canadians, a Christmas tree is part of the holiday ambience. Mistletoe hung where you can see, every couple tries to stop…and look at the data. The 2021 Census of Agriculture counted 1,364 ...
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 ...