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  • 1. Comparing Canada's OncoSim-Breast model with the United States' Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network (CISNET) breast cancer models
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202500600001
    Description: The OncoSim-Breast model, developed by the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer and Statistics Canada, represents breast cancer-related events in the Canadian female population. This study aims to compare OncoSim-Breast microsimulation modelling results with recent results from the United States’ National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network (CISNET) breast cancer models. The primary focus is on the impact of extending breast cancer screening to women aged 40 to 49.
    Release date: 2025-06-18
  • 2. Oral contraceptive use in Canada
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202500600002
    Description: Oral contraceptives (OCs) have been legally available in Canada since 1969. OCs remain the most common method of reversible contraception in Canada and are among the most commonly used medications by reproductive-aged women in Canada. Using data from the Canadian Health Measures Survey, this study examines the prevalence of, and factors associated with, OC use among non-pregnant, reproductive-aged (15 to 49) women in Canada by sociodemographic characteristics and other factors.
    Release date: 2025-06-18
  • 3. Who is reaching out for help? Examining access to mental health and substance use health supports among girls and young women in Canada
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202500500001
    Description: Girls and young women experience poorer mental health than boys and young men, although the reverse is true for substance use disorders. This study examines whether predisposing characteristics such as immigrant status, population group, rural or urban status, sexual orientation, and neighbourhood income level are correlated with the prevalence of receiving mental health services and substance use disorders, access to formal health supports, and satisfaction with these supports among girls and young women in Canada.
    Release date: 2025-05-21
  • 4. Folic acid-containing supplement use among Canadian-born and immigrant women aged 15 to 55 years, 2015 to 2018, 2021
    Articles and reports: 82-625-X202500100001
    Description: This is a health fact sheet about folic acid-containing supplement use among women 15 to 55 years of age. The results are based on the combined data from year 2015-2018 and year 2021 of the Canadian Community Health Survey.
    Release date: 2025-03-26
  • 5. First names in Canada, 2021 Census of Population
    Data Visualization: 98-505-X2021007
    Description: The data table displays first names from the 2021 Census by gender for Canada. Searchable first names are displayed by frequency, percentage and rank.
    Release date: 2025-03-19
  • 6. Analysis on majority women-owned businesses, first quarter of 2025
    Articles and reports: 11-621-M2025005
    Description: Businesses in Canada continue to face a variety of challenges in the new year. Business outcomes and challenges expected also vary across businesses owned by different populations. This article focuses on the expectations of one of these populations: majority women-owned businesses. It involves an examination of the data produced by the Canadian Survey on Business Conditions.
    Release date: 2025-03-13
  • 7. Contraception use among sexually active women wanting to avoid pregnancy
    Articles and reports: 45-20-00022025001
    Description: Using data from the 2019 and 2020 Canadian Community Health Survey, this study examines the prevalence of contraception use among sexually active women wanting to avoid pregnancy. Specifically, this study highlights the proportion of women wanting to avoid pregnancy who reported that they and their partner used contraception the last time they had sex, as well as the methods of contraception used. Where possible, results are disaggregated by various characteristics (e.g., immigrant status, age, rurality status) to shed light on contraception use among diverse groups of women in Canada.
    Release date: 2025-02-10
  • 8. Women who work in seniors’ homes: Work-related injuries and illnesses and retention rates before the COVID-19 pandemic
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202500100004
    Description: While a large body of research has identified several correlates of employee turnover, little is currently known regarding the degree to which employees who work in community care facilities for the elderly leave the nursing and residential care facilities subsector or the health care and social assistance sector in a given year. This study fills this information gap using data from the 2016 Census of Population integrated with Statistics Canada’s Longitudinal Worker File. Sample size limitations restricted the focus of the study to women, who represent the vast majority of employees who work in seniors’ homes.
    Release date: 2025-01-22
  • 9. Poverty rates of older women living in Canada
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024057
    Description: This infographic looks at the poverty rates of different groups of older women (aged 65 years and older) in Canada. Using the 2021 Census of Population, it looks specifically at the low-income and poverty rates of different groups of older women, including older immigrant and racialized women.
    Release date: 2024-12-04
  • 10. The poverty rate and low-income situation of older persons in Canada: An intersectional analysis
    Articles and reports: 45-20-00022024002
    Description: This paper draws a portrait of the economic situation of older persons (aged 65 years and older) in Canada, with a special focus on different groups of older women. More specifically, using the combined data from the Survey of Consumer Finances, the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, and the Canadian Income Survey, the evolution of the low-income situations, median income, and sources of income of older women and men from 1976 to 2022 are studied in the first section of the paper. Using the 2021 Census of Population, the second section looks specifically at the low-income and poverty rates of different groups of older women, including older immigrant and racialized women.
    Release date: 2024-12-04
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  • 1. First names in Canada, 2021 Census of Population
    Data Visualization: 98-505-X2021007
    Description: The data table displays first names from the 2021 Census by gender for Canada. Searchable first names are displayed by frequency, percentage and rank.
    Release date: 2025-03-19
  • 2. Age pyramids
    Data Visualization: 98-504-X2021001
    Description: Age pyramids are dynamic applications that allow users to see the evolution of the age structure of the Canadian population over a given time period and for selected geographies.
    Release date: 2024-06-26
  • 3. Representation of women on boards of directors and in officer positions: Visualization tool
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2022005
    Description: A visual summary of the representation of women on boards of directors by province and territory. Users can specify a province or territory, choose from selected industries as well as selected countries of control, sizes of corporations by assets and type of corporation. Three reference periods are provided for comparison over time.
    Release date: 2023-05-29
  • 4. Education in Canada: School Attendance and Levels of Schooling, 2001 Census (Highest Degree, Certificate or Diploma, Age Groups and Sex for Population 15 Years and over) Archived
    Table: 95F0419X
    Description: The tables in the topic "Education in Canada: School Attendance and Levels of Schooling" presents data on school attendance and the highest level of schooling Canadians have attained, and data on certificates, degrees or diplomas they have been granted. These data can be used to track the educational qualifications of the labour force in general, and of specific groups such as women or immigrants. These data can also be used to measure the link between level of schooling and paid employment.

    School attendance refers to either full-time or part-time attendance at school, college or university during the nine-month period between September 2000 and May 2001. It is counted only for courses that could be used as credits towards a certificate, diploma or degree.

    Release date: 2004-04-08
  • 5. Labour Force Information Archived
    Table: 71-001-P
    Description:

    This publication provides the most current monthly labour market statistics. Each month, this publication contains a brief commentary highlighting recent developments in the Canadian labour market. It also includes a series of charts and tables on a variety of labour force characteristics, such as employment and unemployment for Canada, the provinces, metropolitan areas and economic regions.

    Release date: 2002-08-09
  • 6. A Statistical Profile of Persons Working in Justice-related Professions in Canada, 1996 Archived
    Table: 85-555-X
    Description:

    This report uses census data from 1996 and 1991 to provide a quantitative profile of persons working in justice-related professions in Canada. The profile contains a general description of such characteristics as age, average age, highest level of schooling, average employment income and employment status. Furthermore, it provides detailed information on certain groups for which national data were available. These groups include, women and men, Aboriginal people, visible minorities and immigrants.

    The justice sectors in this report include: police personnel (including : commissioned police officers and police officers), court personnel (including judges, court officers, justices of the peace, court recorders, medical transcriptionists, sheriffs, bailiffs and court clerks), legal personnel (including, lawyers, Quebec notaries, paralegal and related occupations and legal secretaries), probation and parole officers, correctional officers, and other protective service personnel (including: security guards and related occupations, and other protective service occupations).

    Release date: 2002-04-11
  • 7. A Graphical Overview of Crime and the Administration of Criminal Justice in Canada Archived
    Table: 85F0018X
    Description:

    This document brings together data from a number of Statistics Canada surveys and provides a visual perspective on the following subject areas: crime, police administration, adult and youth court activity, the correctional population, costs of the criminal justice system, violence against women, Canadians' experiences with crime, and their perceptions and fears of crime.

    Release date: 1999-11-29
  • 8. Vital Statistics Compendium Archived
    Table: 84-214-X
    Description:

    This compendium of vital statistics includes summary data on births, deaths, marriages and divorces. The introduction covers the data sources, data quality, and methods pertaining to each event, and includes a glossary defining the terms used. The first chapter is a brief overview of vital statistics for 1996. Subsequent chapters treat marriage, divorce, birth, fetal and infant mortality, total mortality, causes of death, vital statistics by census division, and international comparisons. Most charts and tables show Canada data for 1986 though 1996, while the charts and tables for causes of death show Canada data for 1979 through1996. Data for the provinces and territories are usually shown for 1995 and 1996. Appendices include population denominator data, age-standardized mortality rate (ASMR) calculation methods, and leading causes of death methodology.

    Release date: 1999-11-25
  • 9. Unionization - an update Archived
    Table: 75-001-X19990034686
    Description:

    This update of Perspectives' socio-demographic and economic profile of union members provides unionization rates according to the new North American Industry Classification System and the 1991 Standard Occupational Classification. The update, which extends to the provincial level, also includes data on earnings, wage settlements, inflation, and strikes and lockouts.

    Release date: 1999-09-01
  • 10. Earnings of Men and Women Archived
    Table: 13-217-X
    Description:

    This publication presents detailed tabulations on annual employment earnings of men and women from data collected by the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF), an annual supplement to the monthly Labour Force Survey (LFS). The report, one in a series of annual reports from the SCF, enables users to contrast and compare the earnings status of men and women, with tables presenting statistics by sex for two major subgroups of earners: those that worked at a full-time job year-round (where "year-round" is defined as forty-nine or more weeks of the year), and all other workers (ie., those that worked at a part-time job from one to fifty-two weeks, combined with those that worked full-time for less than forty-nine weeks).

    Release date: 1999-05-28
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  • 1. Comparing Canada's OncoSim-Breast model with the United States' Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network (CISNET) breast cancer models
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202500600001
    Description: The OncoSim-Breast model, developed by the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer and Statistics Canada, represents breast cancer-related events in the Canadian female population. This study aims to compare OncoSim-Breast microsimulation modelling results with recent results from the United States’ National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network (CISNET) breast cancer models. The primary focus is on the impact of extending breast cancer screening to women aged 40 to 49.
    Release date: 2025-06-18
  • 2. Oral contraceptive use in Canada
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202500600002
    Description: Oral contraceptives (OCs) have been legally available in Canada since 1969. OCs remain the most common method of reversible contraception in Canada and are among the most commonly used medications by reproductive-aged women in Canada. Using data from the Canadian Health Measures Survey, this study examines the prevalence of, and factors associated with, OC use among non-pregnant, reproductive-aged (15 to 49) women in Canada by sociodemographic characteristics and other factors.
    Release date: 2025-06-18
  • 3. Who is reaching out for help? Examining access to mental health and substance use health supports among girls and young women in Canada
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202500500001
    Description: Girls and young women experience poorer mental health than boys and young men, although the reverse is true for substance use disorders. This study examines whether predisposing characteristics such as immigrant status, population group, rural or urban status, sexual orientation, and neighbourhood income level are correlated with the prevalence of receiving mental health services and substance use disorders, access to formal health supports, and satisfaction with these supports among girls and young women in Canada.
    Release date: 2025-05-21
  • 4. Folic acid-containing supplement use among Canadian-born and immigrant women aged 15 to 55 years, 2015 to 2018, 2021
    Articles and reports: 82-625-X202500100001
    Description: This is a health fact sheet about folic acid-containing supplement use among women 15 to 55 years of age. The results are based on the combined data from year 2015-2018 and year 2021 of the Canadian Community Health Survey.
    Release date: 2025-03-26
  • 5. Analysis on majority women-owned businesses, first quarter of 2025
    Articles and reports: 11-621-M2025005
    Description: Businesses in Canada continue to face a variety of challenges in the new year. Business outcomes and challenges expected also vary across businesses owned by different populations. This article focuses on the expectations of one of these populations: majority women-owned businesses. It involves an examination of the data produced by the Canadian Survey on Business Conditions.
    Release date: 2025-03-13
  • 6. Contraception use among sexually active women wanting to avoid pregnancy
    Articles and reports: 45-20-00022025001
    Description: Using data from the 2019 and 2020 Canadian Community Health Survey, this study examines the prevalence of contraception use among sexually active women wanting to avoid pregnancy. Specifically, this study highlights the proportion of women wanting to avoid pregnancy who reported that they and their partner used contraception the last time they had sex, as well as the methods of contraception used. Where possible, results are disaggregated by various characteristics (e.g., immigrant status, age, rurality status) to shed light on contraception use among diverse groups of women in Canada.
    Release date: 2025-02-10
  • 7. Women who work in seniors’ homes: Work-related injuries and illnesses and retention rates before the COVID-19 pandemic
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202500100004
    Description: While a large body of research has identified several correlates of employee turnover, little is currently known regarding the degree to which employees who work in community care facilities for the elderly leave the nursing and residential care facilities subsector or the health care and social assistance sector in a given year. This study fills this information gap using data from the 2016 Census of Population integrated with Statistics Canada’s Longitudinal Worker File. Sample size limitations restricted the focus of the study to women, who represent the vast majority of employees who work in seniors’ homes.
    Release date: 2025-01-22
  • 8. Poverty rates of older women living in Canada
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024057
    Description: This infographic looks at the poverty rates of different groups of older women (aged 65 years and older) in Canada. Using the 2021 Census of Population, it looks specifically at the low-income and poverty rates of different groups of older women, including older immigrant and racialized women.
    Release date: 2024-12-04
  • 9. The poverty rate and low-income situation of older persons in Canada: An intersectional analysis
    Articles and reports: 45-20-00022024002
    Description: This paper draws a portrait of the economic situation of older persons (aged 65 years and older) in Canada, with a special focus on different groups of older women. More specifically, using the combined data from the Survey of Consumer Finances, the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, and the Canadian Income Survey, the evolution of the low-income situations, median income, and sources of income of older women and men from 1976 to 2022 are studied in the first section of the paper. Using the 2021 Census of Population, the second section looks specifically at the low-income and poverty rates of different groups of older women, including older immigrant and racialized women.
    Release date: 2024-12-04
  • 10. Women middle and senior managers
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202401000005
    Description: Workforce diversity, particularly the inclusion of women in leadership roles, significantly enhances business performance by improving financial outcomes such as return on assets, equity and sales. Studies show that having a greater number of women in top management positions not only drives profitability but also contributes to a more innovative and resilient corporate culture. This study, primarily using data from the 2021 Census of Population, examines the representation of women in middle and senior management positions in Canada, comparing their characteristics with those of their men counterparts.
    Release date: 2024-10-23
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  • 1. Another measure of employment Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 75-001-X19960042907
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    The employment/population ratio is a good barometer of the state of the economy and an important though little-used labour market indicator. This article takes a look at the ratio's strengths and limitations, as well as its variation since 1946. Provincial and international comparisons are included.

    Release date: 1996-12-03
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