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  • 1,781. Survey of Leisure Time Activities and Reading Habits
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3815
    Description: This survey is aimed at determining directly who reads, how much reading is done and what is read, including types of material and subject matter. Also general leisure time activity data were updated.
  • 1,782. Survey of Volunteer Activity
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3865
    Description: The objectives of this survey are to provide information on the activities of volunteers and the organizational settings in which they work.
  • 1,783. Violence Against Women Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3896
    Description: This one-time-only survey examines the safety of women both inside and outside the home - perceptions of fear, sexual harassment, sexual violence, physical violence and threats by strangers, dates/boyfriends, other known men, husbands and common-law partners.
  • 1,784. General Social Survey - Giving, Volunteering and Participating
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4430
    Description: The two primary objectives of the General Social Survey (GSS) are: - to gather data on social trends in order to monitor changes in the living conditions and well-being of Canadians over time; and - to provide information on specific social policy issues of current or emerging interest.
  • 1,785. General Social Survey - Caregiving and Care Receiving
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4502
    Description: The two primary objectives of the General Social Survey (GSS) are: to gather data on social trends in order to monitor changes in the living conditions and well being of Canadians over time; and to provide information on specific social policy issues of current or emerging interest. The purpose of this survey is to provide a snapshot of the lives of caregivers and care receivers in today's Canada.
  • 1,786. Time Use Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4503
    Description: The two primary objectives of the General Social Survey (GSS) are: to gather data on social trends in order to monitor changes in the living conditions and well-being of Canadians over time; and to provide information on specific social policy issues of current or emerging interest.
  • 1,787. National Survey of Community Sector Organizations
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5023
    Description: The objective of this survey is to produce statistical information on the finances, human resources and challenges faced by these organizations.
  • 1,788. General Social Survey - Social Identity
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5024
    Description: The two primary objectives of the General Social Survey (GSS) are: to gather data on social trends in order to monitor changes in the living conditions and well-being of Canadians over time; and to provide information on specific social policy issues of current or emerging interest.
  • 1,789. Satellite Account of Non-profit Institutions and Volunteering
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5110
    Description: This Account provides statistics on the economic contribution of the non profit sector in Canada.
  • 1,790. National Household Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5178
    Description: Complementing the data collected by the census, the National Household Survey (NHS) is designed to provide information about people in Canada by their demographic, social and economic characteristics. In October 2014, Statistics Canada will be conducting a voluntary test in selected locations to evaluate the processes, procedures and systems that will be used for the 2016 Census Program. This ensures that quality data are available in 2016 to support a wide variety of programs.
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  • 11. Employment Insurance Beneficiaries in Rural and Small Town Canada: Interactive Dashboard
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2024011
    Description: This dashboard is designed for users to explore current and historical counts of employment insurance beneficiaries by geography, age group, sex, and beneficiary details. This web-based application undergoes monthly updates.
    Release date: 2024-09-26
  • 12. Railway carloadings statistics, by total tonnage transported, monthly
    Table: 23-10-0216-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Monthly railway industry carloading statistics for intermodal and non-intermodal traffic in metric tonnes, for the period from January to the most current month of the current year, Canada, Eastern Division and Western Division.
    Release date: 2024-09-20
  • 13. Rural Data Viewer
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2021023
    Description:

    This map viewer displays select databases relevant to rural communities and regions. It presents an interactive rural data visualization to help illustrate key information derived from statistical programs. This web application will be updated on an ad-hoc basis.

    Release date: 2024-09-17
  • 14. Consumer Price Index, monthly, not seasonally adjusted
    Table: 18-10-0004-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census subdivision, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description:

    Monthly indexes for major components and special aggregates of the Consumer Price Index (CPI), not seasonally adjusted, for Canada, provinces, Whitehorse, Yellowknife and Iqaluit. Data are presented for the current month and previous four months. The base year for the index is 2002=100.

    Release date: 2024-09-17
  • 15. Manufacturers' sales, inventories, orders and inventory to sales ratios, by industry (dollars unless otherwise noted)
    Table: 16-10-0047-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description:

    Monthly Canadian manufacturers' sales, new orders, unfilled orders, raw materials, goods or work in process, finished goods, total inventories, inventory to sales ratios and finished goods to sales ratios for durable and non-durable goods by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), in dollars unless otherwise noted. Unadjusted and seasonally adjusted values available from January 1992 to the current reference month.

    Release date: 2024-09-16
  • 16. Business Ownership Diversity Dashboard
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2024026
    Description: The Business Ownership Diversity Dashboard allows users to examine the distribution of businesses in Canada by equity and diversity indicators and by business variable dimensions. Equity and diversity indicators include visible minority status, age, immigrant status, Indigenous group, and gender. Business variable dimensions include the location of business operations, revenue size, business size (number of employees), and industry sector.
    Release date: 2024-09-12
  • 17. Canada at a Glance
    Table: 12-581-X
    Description: Canada at a Glance presents current statistics on Canadian society, including subjects such as the population, education, health, prices and the economy, among others. Updated yearly, this booklet is a very useful reference for those who want quick access to a current statistical portrait of Canada.
    Release date: 2024-09-04
  • 18. Federal government COVID-19 support measures in the System of Macroeconomic Accounts, quarterly
    Table: 36-10-0687-01
    Frequency: Quarterly
    Description:

    In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government of Canada implemented various support and recovery measures to support the Canadian economy. This table presents the major programs (e.g. Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy, Canada Emergency Response Benefit, etc.) within the System of Macroeconomic Accounts. The data are at quarterly rates and are not seasonally adjusted.

    Release date: 2024-08-30
  • 19. Federal government COVID-19 support measures included in subsidies on production, quarterly
    Table: 36-10-0687-02
    Frequency: Quarterly
    Description:

    This table contains payments made to business from federal government COVID-19 support measures which are treated as subsidies on production, at quarterly rates and not seasonally adjusted.

    Release date: 2024-08-30
  • 20. Federal government COVID-19 support measures included in current transfers to non-profit institutions serving households, quarterly
    Table: 36-10-0687-03
    Frequency: Quarterly
    Description:

    This table contains payments made to non-profit institutions serving households from federal government COVID-19 support measures which are treated as current transfers to non-profit institutions serving households, at quarterly rates and not seasonally adjusted.

    Release date: 2024-08-30
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  • 1. Detailed data on confirmed cases of COVID-19 January·15,·2020, to July·27,·2024 (revised data)
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202428523503
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-10-11
  • 2. Labour Force Survey September 2024
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20242853587
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-10-11
  • 3. Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Canadian dental industry
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024039
    Description: This infographic examines how economic output, job levels, and total hours worked in the Canadian dental industry were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Release date: 2024-10-10
  • 4. Canadian international merchandise trade August 2024
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20242823612
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-10-08
  • 5. How do parents share child care?
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024041
    Description: Using data from the 2022 Time Use Survey, this infographic explores how parents in different-gender couples share the unpaid work of caring for their own children. It examines how much time parents spend caring for children, how parents report sharing child care in their households, when equal sharing is more or less common, and how sharing child care is linked to time pressure.
    Release date: 2024-10-07
  • 6. Looking at the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Canadian dental industry
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X202400100008
    Description: Using data from the Canadian System of Macroeconomic Accounts, this study examines how economic output, job levels, and total hours worked in the Canadian dental industry were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The study also examines how the industry has recovered from disruptions experienced during this period, providing an insight into how this industry appears to have returned to normalcy.
    Release date: 2024-10-03
  • 7. Insights on Canadian Society
    Journals and periodicals: 75-006-X
    Geography: Canada
    Description: This publication brings together and analyzes a wide range of data sources in order to provide information on various aspects of Canadian society, including labour, income, education, social, and demographic issues, that affect the lives of Canadians.
    Release date: 2024-10-03
  • 8. A timeline of women in Canada's history
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024038
    Description: To commemorate Women's History Month, this infographic uses data from a number of Statistics Canada sources to highlight some of the achievements of women in Canada (e.g., educational attainment, representation in certain occupations and in leadership positions).
    Release date: 2024-10-01
  • 9. Gross domestic product by industry July 2024
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20242713569
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-09-27
  • 10. Payroll employment, earnings and hours, and job vacancies July 2024
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20242703555
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-09-26
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Reference (51) (50 to 60 of 51 results)

  • 51. General Social Survey Historical Database
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 8011
    Description: The Historical Database gathers the data from existing cycles of the General Social Survey (GSS) together in an easily accessed form so that researchers may follow trends in Canadian society over time.

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