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81. Senior women Archived
Articles and reports: 89-503-X201000111441
Geography: Canada
Description:
This chapter, entitled Senior Women, provides an overview of the situation of senior women in the population, analyzed from an historical perspective when applicable. We will examine their sociodemographic characteristics, including life expectancy, diversity, and family situation. Various factors are also associated with this population's well-being, such as social life, economic situation and health; we will therefore explore social networks and subjective well-being, volunteering, and the most recent trends in the labour force participation and income of senior women. Finally, we will present the most prevalent chronic health conditions in senior women, their lifestyle habits, the formal and informal care to which they have access, and the causes of death.
Release date: 2011-07-26
82. Female population [2010] Archived
Articles and reports: 89-503-X201000111475
Geography: Canada
Description:
The Female Population chapter of Women in Canada presents the socio-demographic and ethno-cultural characteristics of women and girls living in this country. Understanding the current trends related to an aging, and an increasingly diverse female population, can help inform policy and planning. Topics examined in this chapter include the distribution of the female population across the provinces and territories and across age, and the share with an Aboriginal identity. In addition, aspects of diversity within the female population, including immigrant status and visible minority status, will be presented as well as residential mobility, language-related characteristics, and religious affiliation and religiosity. Where appropriate, trends over time will be analyzed and comparisons will be drawn with the male population in order to highlight existing similarities and differences.
Release date: 2011-07-26
83. Ethical consumption Archived
Articles and reports: 11-008-X201100111399
Geography: Canada
Description:
This article uses data from the General Social Survey (GSS) from 2003 and 2008 to explore consumers' propensity to choose some products and boycott others based on ethical criteria. It compares the evolution of citizens' ethical consumption to other types of political participation. It also provides information on the persons most likely to choose or boycott a product for ethical reasons.
Release date: 2011-01-25
84. Working at home: An update [2010] Archived
Articles and reports: 11-008-X201100111366
Geography: Canada
Description:
Using data from the different cycles of the General Social Survey from 2000 to 2008, this article explores the evolution of the popularity of working at home among employees and the self-employed. In particular, the characteristics of the workers most likely to work at home as well as the various reasons behind this phenomenon are studied. Perceptions about working at home and work-life balance are also discussed.
Release date: 2010-12-07
85. General Social Survey, Cycle 22: Social Networks, 2008 Public Use Microdata Files
Public use microdata: 12M0022X
Description:
This package was designed to enable users to access and manipulate the microdata file for Cycle 22 (2008) of the General Social Survey (GSS). It contains information on the objectives, methodology and estimation procedures, as well as guidelines for releasing estimates based on the survey. Cycle 22 collected data from persons 15 years and over living in private households in Canada, excluding residents of the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut; and full-time residents of institutions. The survey covered a range of topics such as social networks, and social and civic participation. Information was also collected on major changes in respondents' lives in the last 12 months, the resources they used during these transitions and unmet needs for help. Questions were also asked on trust, sense of belonging, volunteering and unpaid work.

Release date: 2010-03-05
86. Online activities of Canadian boomers and seniors Archived
Articles and reports: 11-008-X200900210910
Geography: Canada
Description:
This article looks at how Canadian seniors (those aged 65 and older) use the Internet compared with baby boomers (those aged 45 to 64 - the seniors of tomorrow). It examines the closing gap between Internet use rates of seniors and boomers, and describes differences in the types of online activities, as well as in the intensity of Internet use.
Release date: 2009-08-06
87. 2008 General Social Survey report: Social networks help Canadians deal with change Archived
Articles and reports: 11-008-X200900210891
Geography: Canada
Description:
More than four in ten Canadians reported a major change in their lives in the last twelve months. Using the 2008 General Social Survey on social networks, this article examines the types of change, their impact and how they are handled at various life stages. Results show that social networks, especially family, played an important role in dealing with change.
Release date: 2009-06-26
88. 2008 General Social Survey: Selected Tables on Social Engagement
Table: 89-640-X
Description:
This publication contains tables on civic and political participation, sense of belonging to Canada, and unpaid work. The source of the data is the 2008 General Social Survey, Cycle 22: Social Networks. This cycle collected information on changes respondents had experienced in the last 12 months, the resources they used during these transitions and unmet needs for help. Questions were also asked on contact with family and friends, volunteering and trust in people and institutions.
Release date: 2009-06-26
89. How Canadians' Use of the Internet Affects Social Life and Civic Participation Archived
Articles and reports: 56F0004M2008016
Geography: Canada
Description:
The Internet's rapid and profound entry into our lives quite understandably makes people wonder how, both individually and collectively, we have been affected by it. When major shifts in technology use occur, utopian and dystopian views of their impact on society often abound, reflecting their disruptiveness and people's concerns. Given its complex uses, the Internet, both as a technology and as an environment, has had both beneficial and deleterious effects. Above all, though, it has had transformative effects.
Are Canadians becoming more isolated, more reclusive and less integrated in their communities as they use the Internet? Or, are they becoming more participatory and more integrated in their communities? In addition, do these communities still resemble traditional communities, or are they becoming more like social networks than cohesive groups?
To address these questions, this article organizes, analyzes and presents existing Canadian evidence. It uses survey results and research amassed by Statistics Canada and the Connected Lives project in Toronto to explore the role of the Internet in social engagement and the opportunities it represents for Canadians to be active citizens. It finds that Internet users are at least as socially engaged as non-users. They have large networks and frequent interactions with friends and family, although they tend to spend somewhat less in-person time and, of course, more time online. An appreciable number of Internet users are civically and politically engaged, using the Internet to find out about opportunities and make contact with others.
Release date: 2008-12-04
90. The General Social Survey: New Data Overview Archived
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 89-631-X
Description:
This report highlights the latest developments and rationale behind recent cycles of the General Social Survey (GSS). Starting with an overview of the GSS mandate and historic cycle topics, we then focus on two recent cycles related to families in Canada: Family Transitions (2006) and Family, Social Support and Retirement (2007). Finally, we give a summary of what is to come in the 2008 GSS on Social Networks, and describe a special project to mark 'Twenty Years of GSS'.
The survey collects data over a twelve month period from the population living in private households in the 10 provinces. For all cycles except Cycles 16 and 21, the population aged 15 and older has been sampled. Cycles 16 and 21 sampled persons aged 45 and older.
Cycle 20 (GSS 2006) is the fourth cycle of the GSS to collect data on families (the first three cycles on the family were in 1990, 1995 and 2001). Cycle 20 covers much the same content as previous cycles on families with some sections revised and expanded. The data enable analysts to measure conjugal and fertility history (chronology of marriages, common-law unions, and children), family origins, children's home leaving, fertility intentions, child custody as well as work history and other socioeconomic characteristics. Questions on financial support agreements or arrangements (for children and the ex-spouse or ex-partner) for separated and divorced families have been modified. Also, sections on social networks, well-being and housing characteristics have been added.
Release date: 2008-05-27

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1. General Social Survey – Public Use Microdata Files
Public use microdata: 45-25-0001
Description: These public use microdata files (PUMF) from the General Social Survey provide data on social trends in order to monitor changes in the living conditions and well-being of Canadians over time.
Release date: 2026-04-22
2. Social inclusion indicators for ethnocultural groups in Canada: Civic engagement and political participation
Data Visualization: 71-607-X2023006
Description: This interactive data visualization tool uses graphs to present social inclusion indicators under the theme of Civic engagement and political participation. The indicators (member or participant of at least one group, organization or association, member or participant by type of groups, organizations or associations [11], engaged in political activities and voting in federal, provincial and municipal elections) can be disaggregated by visible minority and selected sociodemographic characteristics for the population in private households. Data are available for Canada. This data visualization tool is part of a broader conceptual framework on social inclusion and covers a total of 11 themes. Each theme has a similar interactive visualization tool.
Release date: 2025-07-07
3. Social inclusion indicators for ethnocultural groups in Canada: Social connections and personal networks
Data Visualization: 71-607-X2023010
Description: This interactive data visualization tool uses graphs to present social inclusion indicators under the theme of Social connections and personal networks. The indicators (trusting most people in general, strong sense of belonging, size and composition of personal networks, population living alone) can be disaggregated by visible minority and selected sociodemographic characteristics for the population in private households. Data are available for Canada. This data visualization tool is part of a broader conceptual framework on social inclusion and covers a total of 11 themes. Each theme has a similar interactive visualization tool.
Release date: 2025-07-07
4. Social inclusion indicators for ethnocultural groups in Canada: Discrimination and victimization
Data Visualization: 71-607-X2023014
Description: This interactive data visualization tool uses graphs to present social inclusion indicators under the theme Discrimination and victimization. The indicators (satisfied with personal safety from crime, experience(s) of discrimination, reason(s) of discrimination and context(s) of discrimination and police-reported hate crimes motivated by race or ethnicity and religion) can be disaggregated by visible minority and selected sociodemographic characteristics for the population in private households. Data are available for Canada. This data visualization tool is part of a broader conceptual framework on social inclusion and covers a total of 11 themes. Each theme has a similar interactive visualization tool.
Release date: 2025-07-07
5. Size and composition of personal networks (local, close relatives, close friends, acquaintances), by visible minority and selected characteristics
Table: 43-10-0063-01
Geography: Canada
Frequency: Occasional
Description: Number of persons in different types of personal networks (local, close relatives, close friends and acquaintances) and ethnic diversity in friends and acquaintance networks in proportion, by visible minority and other characteristics (age group, gender, immigrant status, generation status, first official language spoken and highest certificate, diploma or degree), for the population aged 15 and over.
Release date: 2023-01-23
6. Portrait of youth in Canada: Data visualization tool, inactive Archived
Data Visualization: 71-607-X2022020
Description: In order to examine how Canadian youth are doing, this data visualization tool brings together a wide range of data sources. The tool allows users to customize the data to obtain more detailed information on various important aspects of their lives, including their mental and physical health, labour market participation, education, social participation, the environment and demographic issues. Links to other relevant documents and publications are included.
Release date: 2022-10-17
7. Experience(s) of discrimination, reason(s) and context(s) of discrimination, 5 years before and since the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic, by groups designated as visible minorities and selected sociodemographic characteristics, 2020
Table: 43-10-0061-01
Geography: Canada
Frequency: Occasional
Description:
Global rate of discrimination, reason(s) and context(s) of discrimination, 5 years before the COVID-19 pandemic and since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, by groups designated as visible minorities and selected sociodemographic characteristics (age group, gender, immigrant status, generation status, first official language spoken and highest certificate, diploma or degree).

Release date: 2022-05-17
8. Confidence in Canadian institutions, by groups designated as visible minorities and selected sociodemographic characteristics, 2020
Table: 43-10-0062-01
Geography: Canada
Frequency: Occasional
Description: Percentage of persons who expressed confidence in Canadian institutions, by groups designated as visible minorities and selected sociodemographic characteristics (age group, gender, immigrant status, generation status, first official language spoken and highest certificate, diploma or degree).
Release date: 2022-05-17
9. Sense of belonging to the local community, town, province and Canada and trust in people, by groups designated as visible minorities and selected sociodemographic characteristics, 2020
Table: 43-10-0064-01
Geography: Canada
Frequency: Occasional
Description: Percentage of persons who described a strong sense of belonging to their local community, their town, their province and Canada and percentage of persons who reported that most people can be trusted in general, by groups designated as visible minorities and selected sociodemographic characteristics (age group, gender, immigrant status, generation status, first official language spoken and highest certificate, diploma or degree).
Release date: 2022-05-17
10. Civic engagement and engagement in political activities, by groups designated as visible minorities and selected sociodemographic characteristics, 2020
Table: 43-10-0065-01
Geography: Canada
Frequency: Occasional
Description:
Global civic engagement rate, civic engagement rate among different groups, organizations and associations and global rate of engagement in political activities, by groups designated as visible minorities and selected sociodemographic characteristics: age group; gender; immigrant status; generation status; first official language spoken and; highest certificate, diploma or degree.

Release date: 2022-05-17

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21. Chapter 6: Political participation, civic engagement and caregiving among youth in Canada
Articles and reports: 42-28-0001202100100006
Description:
This chapter provides a broad overview of the political and civic engagement of youth in Canada. It specifically focuses on youth political participation, including voter turnout and non-electoral political activities. It also examines other dimensions of engagement such as participating in groups, organizations and associations, formal and informal volunteering, as well as unpaid caregiving to family members and friends.

Data for this chapter are taken from three different General Social Survey (GSS) cycles: the 2020 GSS on Social Identity, the 2018 GSS on Giving, Volunteering and Participating, and the 2018 GSS on Caregiving and Care Receiving.

Release date: 2022-07-19
22. Portrait of youth in Canada: Political participation and civic engagement Archived
Stats in brief: 11-627-M2022036
Description:
This infographic looks at political participation and civic engagement among youth in Canada. It examines their voter turnout in federal, provincial and municipal elections. It also looks at non-electoral political activities such as expressing views on the Internet, signing petitions, and participating in marches and demonstrations. Lastly, it explores other aspects of civic engagement including participating in groups, organizations and associations and volunteering. Data are drawn from the 2020 General Social Survey (GSS) on Social Identity and the 2018 GSS on Giving, Volunteering and Participating.

Release date: 2022-07-19
23. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the religiosity of Canadians Archived
Stats in brief: 45-28-0001202200100005
Description:
Using data from the General Social Survey, a new study entitled "The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Religiosity of Canadians" examines changes in rates of religious affiliation, frequency of participation in group and individual religious activities, and involvement with religious organizations between 2015 and 2020.

Release date: 2022-07-18
24. Study: The religiosity of Canadians and the COVID-19 pandemic Archived
Stats in brief: 11-001-X202219935103
Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
Release date: 2022-07-18
25. Portrait of the social, political and economic participation of racialized groups Archived
Stats in brief: 11-001-X202213733524
Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
Release date: 2022-05-17
26. Discrimination before and since the start of the pandemic Archived
Stats in brief: 11-627-M2022021
Description:
This infographic highlights the prevalence of general discrimination for the total population, reasons for unfair treatment among those who experienced discrimination and the relative risk of being discriminated on the basis of skin colour or ethnicity among various population groups. Most data is provided for the five years before the pandemic as well as the period roughly representing the first year of the pandemic.

Release date: 2022-03-17
27. General Social Survey – Social Identity, 2020: A snapshot of pride in Canadian achievements among designated groups Archived
Stats in brief: 11-001-X202127131643
Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
Release date: 2021-09-28
28. Sustainable Development Goals: Goal 16, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions Archived
Articles and reports: 11-637-X202000100016
Description: As the sixteenth goal outlined in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Canada and other UN member states have committed to promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels by 2030. This 2020 infographic provides an overview of indicators underlying the sixteenth Sustainable Development Goal in support of peace, justice and strong institutions, and the statistics and data sources used to monitor and report on this goal in Canada.
Release date: 2020-10-20
29. Health and social challenges associated with the COVID-19 situation in Canada Archived
Stats in brief: 11-001-X202009723525
Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
Release date: 2020-04-06
30. Seniors online Archived
Stats in brief: 11-627-M2019024
Description:
Canadians aged 65 and over are more digitally connected than ever before. Based on data from the 2016 and 2013 General Social Surveys, this infographic highlights the increasing proportion of seniors using the Internet, and the extent to which Internet technology has helped them to communicate with other people, save them time and stay up-to-date with online news.

Release date: 2019-04-15

Reference (3)

Reference (3) ((3 results))

1. Reference guide on the social inclusion indicators for ethnocultural groups in Canada, 2024 Archived
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 89-657-X2024002
Description: This document presents a complete list of the social inclusion indicators for ethnocultural groups in Canada that are available on the homepage of our Gender, Diversity and Inclusion Statistics Hub. The information provided for each indicator includes a short description of the corresponding derivation, available data sources, reference years and accessible levels of geographical and disaggregation. Each indicator has a corresponding products number (data tables, visualization tools and analytical documents). This document has been updated to reflect the social inclusion indicators and associated products that are available in 2024.
Release date: 2024-03-26
2. Reference guide on social inclusion indicators for Canada’s ethnocultural groups Archived
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 89-657-X2023001
Description: This document presents a complete list of the social inclusion indicators for ethnocultural groups in Canada that are available on the homepage of our Gender, Diversity and Inclusion Statistics Hub. The information provided for each indicator includes a short description of the corresponding derivation, available data sources and reference years, and accessible levels of geographical disaggregation. Each indicator has various corresponding products (data tables, visualization tools and analytical documents).
Release date: 2023-03-29
3. The General Social Survey: New Data Overview Archived
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 89-631-X
Description:
This report highlights the latest developments and rationale behind recent cycles of the General Social Survey (GSS). Starting with an overview of the GSS mandate and historic cycle topics, we then focus on two recent cycles related to families in Canada: Family Transitions (2006) and Family, Social Support and Retirement (2007). Finally, we give a summary of what is to come in the 2008 GSS on Social Networks, and describe a special project to mark 'Twenty Years of GSS'.
The survey collects data over a twelve month period from the population living in private households in the 10 provinces. For all cycles except Cycles 16 and 21, the population aged 15 and older has been sampled. Cycles 16 and 21 sampled persons aged 45 and older.
Cycle 20 (GSS 2006) is the fourth cycle of the GSS to collect data on families (the first three cycles on the family were in 1990, 1995 and 2001). Cycle 20 covers much the same content as previous cycles on families with some sections revised and expanded. The data enable analysts to measure conjugal and fertility history (chronology of marriages, common-law unions, and children), family origins, children's home leaving, fertility intentions, child custody as well as work history and other socioeconomic characteristics. Questions on financial support agreements or arrangements (for children and the ex-spouse or ex-partner) for separated and divorced families have been modified. Also, sections on social networks, well-being and housing characteristics have been added.
Release date: 2008-05-27

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