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  • 1. Youth participation in groups, organizations or associations
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2025049
    Description: This infographic focuses on youth participation in groups, organizations or associations and its impact on sense of belonging.
    Release date: 2025-10-29
  • 2. Disconnect to reconnect? How technology is reshaping how Canadians connect with friends 2025
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202529740467
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2025-10-24
  • 3. Softening the blow of discrimination: The role of social connections in mitigating the harms associated with racism and discrimination
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X202500100009
    Description: Using the Survey Series on People and their Communities (SSPC), this study provides a profile of the self-reported experiences of discrimination against racialized people in Canada, looking at the prevalence and nature of discrimination based on race or ethnicity, and the risk factors associated with it. It then examines the relationship of discrimination with wellbeing and perceptions of Canadian society, and how these possible effects are mitigated by victims’ connections with family and friends.
    Release date: 2025-07-09
  • 4. Study: The role of social connections in mitigating the harms associated with discrimination 2023/2024
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202519039181
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2025-07-09
  • 5. 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
  • 6. Concern about misinformation: Connections to trust in media, confidence in institutions, civic engagement, and hopefulness
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X202500100008
    Description: This study uses data from the Survey Series on People and their Communities to explore how Canadians are navigating the complexities of today’s information environment. Specifically, it examines the characteristics of those who reported having high levels of concern about misinformation online and how this concern may relate to perceptions of media trustworthiness, confidence in institutions, hopefulness about national unity and democracy, as well as voting behaviour.
    Release date: 2025-06-18
  • 7. Study: Concern about misinformation—connections to trust in media, confidence in institutions, civic engagement and hopefulness 2023/2024
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202516940109
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2025-06-18
  • 8. Daily time spent alone and with others, by sociodemographic characteristics, 1986-2022
    Table: 45-10-0110-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Average time and rate of time spent alone and with others per day. Data are provided by gender, age groups, sociodemographic characteristics, type of day and by geographical region of Canada, for the years 2022, 2015, 2010, 2005, 1998, 1992, and 1986.
    Release date: 2025-06-17
  • 9. Hopefulness about Canadian society
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202500500001
    Description: Although national unity appears to be increasing, relatively little is known about whether this aligns with increased hopefulness about society in the future. Using data from the Survey Series on People and their Communities, this short article summarizes findings of new measures on hopefulness about society in relation to unity, as measured by respondents' feelings of connectedness to Canadians in general. A unique feature of this article is the focus on societal future outlook.
    Release date: 2025-05-28
  • 10. Having someone to count on by gender and province
    Table: 45-10-0050-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of persons aged 15 years and over by frequency with which they have people to depend on when needed, by gender, for Canada, regions and provinces.
    Release date: 2025-02-19
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  • 1. 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
  • 2. Daily time spent alone and with others, by sociodemographic characteristics, 1986-2022
    Table: 45-10-0110-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Average time and rate of time spent alone and with others per day. Data are provided by gender, age groups, sociodemographic characteristics, type of day and by geographical region of Canada, for the years 2022, 2015, 2010, 2005, 1998, 1992, and 1986.
    Release date: 2025-06-17
  • 3. Having someone to count on by gender and province
    Table: 45-10-0050-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of persons aged 15 years and over by frequency with which they have people to depend on when needed, by gender, for Canada, regions and provinces.
    Release date: 2025-02-19
  • 4. Having someone to count on by gender and other selected sociodemographic characteristics
    Table: 45-10-0051-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of persons aged 15 years and over by frequency with which they have people to depend on when needed, by gender and other selected sociodemographic characteristics: age group; immigrant status; visible minority group; Indigenous identity; persons with a disability, difficulty or long-term condition; LGBTQ2+ people; highest certificate, diploma or degree; main activity; and urban and rural areas.
    Release date: 2025-02-19
  • 5. Sense of belonging to local community by gender and province
    Table: 45-10-0052-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of persons aged 15 years and over by strength of sense of belonging to their local community, by gender, for Canada, regions and provinces.
    Release date: 2025-02-19
  • 6. Sense of belonging to local community by gender and other selected sociodemographic characteristics
    Table: 45-10-0053-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of persons aged 15 years and over by strength of sense of belonging to their local community, by gender and other selected sociodemographic characteristics: age group; immigrant status; visible minority group; Indigenous identity; persons with a disability, difficulty or long-term condition; LGBTQ2+ people; highest certificate, diploma or degree; main activity; and urban and rural areas.
    Release date: 2025-02-19
  • 7. Satisfaction with family relationships by gender and other selected sociodemographic characteristics
    Table: 45-10-0091-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of persons aged 15 years and over by satisfaction with family relationships, by gender and other selected sociodemographic characteristics.
    Release date: 2025-02-19
  • 8. Satisfaction with friend relationships by gender and province
    Table: 45-10-0092-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of persons aged 15 years and over by satisfaction with friend relationships, by gender, for Canada, regions and provinces.
    Release date: 2025-02-19
  • 9. Satisfaction with friend relationships by gender and other selected sociodemographic characteristics
    Table: 45-10-0093-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of persons aged 15 years and over by satisfaction with friend relationships, by gender and other selected sociodemographic characteristics.
    Release date: 2025-02-19
  • 10. Trust in news or information from media by gender and province
    Table: 45-10-0096-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of persons aged 15 years and over by level of trust in news or information from media, by gender, for Canada, regions and provinces.
    Release date: 2024-08-15
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Analysis (47) (0 to 10 of 47 results)

  • 1. Youth participation in groups, organizations or associations
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2025049
    Description: This infographic focuses on youth participation in groups, organizations or associations and its impact on sense of belonging.
    Release date: 2025-10-29
  • 2. Disconnect to reconnect? How technology is reshaping how Canadians connect with friends 2025
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202529740467
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2025-10-24
  • 3. Softening the blow of discrimination: The role of social connections in mitigating the harms associated with racism and discrimination
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X202500100009
    Description: Using the Survey Series on People and their Communities (SSPC), this study provides a profile of the self-reported experiences of discrimination against racialized people in Canada, looking at the prevalence and nature of discrimination based on race or ethnicity, and the risk factors associated with it. It then examines the relationship of discrimination with wellbeing and perceptions of Canadian society, and how these possible effects are mitigated by victims’ connections with family and friends.
    Release date: 2025-07-09
  • 4. Study: The role of social connections in mitigating the harms associated with discrimination 2023/2024
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202519039181
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2025-07-09
  • 5. Concern about misinformation: Connections to trust in media, confidence in institutions, civic engagement, and hopefulness
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X202500100008
    Description: This study uses data from the Survey Series on People and their Communities to explore how Canadians are navigating the complexities of today’s information environment. Specifically, it examines the characteristics of those who reported having high levels of concern about misinformation online and how this concern may relate to perceptions of media trustworthiness, confidence in institutions, hopefulness about national unity and democracy, as well as voting behaviour.
    Release date: 2025-06-18
  • 6. Study: Concern about misinformation—connections to trust in media, confidence in institutions, civic engagement and hopefulness 2023/2024
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202516940109
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2025-06-18
  • 7. Hopefulness about Canadian society
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202500500001
    Description: Although national unity appears to be increasing, relatively little is known about whether this aligns with increased hopefulness about society in the future. Using data from the Survey Series on People and their Communities, this short article summarizes findings of new measures on hopefulness about society in relation to unity, as measured by respondents' feelings of connectedness to Canadians in general. A unique feature of this article is the focus on societal future outlook.
    Release date: 2025-05-28
  • 8. Mapping Happiness: How Where We Live Impacts Our Well-being
    Stats in brief: 45-20-00032025001
    Description: It might not surprise you that your relationships with friends and family affect your well-being. Same with your health and your job. But what about the place that you live? Whether you live in the downtown core of a major city or a commuter town or a rural community, what impact does this have on your life satisfaction, loneliness and sense of belonging? StatCan’s Lauren Pinault joins us today at the mic to explore how the places we live affect our well-being.
    Release date: 2025-01-29
  • 9. Immigrants’ age at arrival and social networks in Canada
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202401200002
    Description: Using the 2020 General Social Survey, this study compares immigrants who arrived in Canada during childhood, adolescence and adulthood with third generation or more Canadians regarding the size of local social networks, types of social ties and quality of networks.
    Release date: 2024-12-19
  • 10. The social networks of immigrant women
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202400400006
    Description: Social connections and relationships are important, yet often overlooked, indicators of well-being. For immigrants, these networks are also important for integration. This study examines how immigrant women’s sociodemographic characteristics and life-course circumstances are associated with the size and composition of their personal networks and provides comparisons with Canadian-born women.
    Release date: 2024-04-24
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