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Description: This study examines the likelihood of mothers returning to work following parental leave as well as the child care arrangements among mothers who worked before the birth of their child, with a particular focus on recent policy changes. It draws on data from the Employment Insurance Coverage Survey (EICS), spanning from 2020 to 2023.

Description: Previous research has shown that Black adults in Canada experience higher cause-specific mortality and differential rates of diagnosis and hospitalization compared with White adults. These disparities may reflect underlying differences in access to health care. This study used pooled data from the annual Canadian Community Health Survey from 2015 to 2019 to assess whether inequalities in access to primary and pharmaceutical health care exist between Black and White adults in Canada and sought to identify how specific factors contribute to observed inequalities.

Description: This study uses data from the 2025 Canadian Social Survey to examine Canadians’ beliefs about the effects of climate change, as well as their level of concern and how frequently it is a source of stress. It also explores the relationship between concern, stress, and actions taken at the individual level to reduce environmental impact.

Description: Using data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey from 2009 to 2024, this Juristat article examines trends in firearm-related intimate partner violence, including characteristics of incidents, victims, and accused persons. Data from the Homicide Survey are also included to examine the prevalence and nature of firearm-related intimate partner homicides.

Description: This study provides an update to a 2021 report that produced novel estimates of the business characteristics, gross domestic product and business dynamics of child care businesses in Canada through 2016. Administrative data on all tax-filing business in Canada are used to identify incorporated businesses, typically representing child care centres, and unincorporated businesses, typically representing home-based child care businesses without employees.

Description: This Juristat article presents an analysis of the nature and prevalence of mass casualty events, which are intentional acts of violence where four or more victims sustained some level of physical injury or were killed as part of the same incident. Using police-reported data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, characteristics of incidents, victims and accused persons are discussed. Throughout this article, information about overall violent crime reported by police—where a victim record was provided—is also provided for comparison.

Description: With the proportion of small businesses making up nearly all of the employer businesses in Canada, small businesses are an important role in employing Canadians and are a significant driver towards economic recovery. This article provides insights on the expectations of small businesses as well as the unique conditions faced by these businesses in the second quarter of 2026. It involves an examination of the data produced by the Canadian Survey on Business Conditions.

Description: Canada’s population is getting a makeover. Big boomer and millennial waves, fewer kids, and longer lives are reshaping housing, schools and care. With Patrick Charbonneau, Section Chief in the Centre for Demography at Statistics Canada, we explore the sandwich generation squeeze and the upside of aging.

Description: Using data from the Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces (SSPPS), this Juristat article examines perceptions of people in Canada, as they relate to issues of gender, gender equality, gender expression, gender identity, and gender-based violence. The article examines these perceptions with a particular focus on shifts since 2018. Characteristics associated with differences in perceptions will also be explored (including but not limited to gender, age, sexual orientation, geographic location, Indigenous identity, racialized groups, and experiences of gender-based violence).

Description: Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women in Canada. Breast density substantially influences breast cancer risk and mammography performance. However, OncoSim-Breast, a Canadian microsimulation model representing breast cancer control, including cancer onset, screening, and survival, has not previously explicitly accounted for breast density. This study describes the incorporation of density-specific parameters—prevalence, relative risk of breast cancer, and digital mammography performance (sensitivity and specificity)—using data from five Canadian provinces, into the OncoSim-Breast model. Calibration experiments and internal validations were conducted to ensure the updated OncoSim-Breast model aligned with observed data from the Canadian Cancer Registry.

Description: Canada’s population is getting a makeover. Big boomer and millennial waves, fewer kids, and longer lives are reshaping housing, schools and care. With Patrick Charbonneau, Section Chief in the Centre for Demography at Statistics Canada, we explore the sandwich generation squeeze and the upside of aging.

Description: This infographic provides an overview of characteristics of recent Canadian emigrants, using 2021 Census data and tax data. It presents results disaggregated by various characteristics, including age, immigrant status, level of education, occupation, and more.

Description: This infographic provides a recent overview of the commonly reported reasons for which households move from one place to another within Canada, based on the information collected from the 2022 Canadian Housing Survey (CHS). The study provides results by various breakdowns including the type of movement, such as interprovincial and intraprovincial moves.

Description: Think your Christmas tree knowledge is top-notch? Time to put it to the test! In this holiday special of Eh Sayers, our colleagues face off in a trivia showdown all about Canada’s Christmas tree industry. Discover which nation first sparked the tradition, how much Canadian Christmas tree farmers earned in 2023, the surprising numbers behind exports and imports, and more festive facts. After listening, you’ll be the go-to expert on Christmas trees at your holiday party!

Description: Using data from the 2022 Canadian Survey on Disability, this infographic highlights the trends and experiences of racialized persons with disabilities.

Description: This infographic features government spending data in Canada for the 2024-2025 fiscal year. It gives a breakdown of expenses by the socio-economic purpose for which the funds are used.

Description: Has Canada become a sedentary nation? Health data have never been more accessible. We have smart watches to count our steps, notifications about our screen times and apps to track our daily diets. Despite the futuristic tech, researchers are growing concerned. And they’re especially concerned about young Canadians. Today we sat down with Rachel Colley, a senior health researcher at StatCan for a deep dive into Canada’s obesity, physical activity and screen time trends. And the new data from the Canadian Health Measures survey may surprise you.

Description: This infographic presents key findings on the experiences of Canadians with disabilities or long-term conditions aged 15 years and over as they navigate accessibility related to transportation while traveling.

Description: This infographic presents some highlights from the 2023 Canadian Income Survey data.

Description: Using data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, incidents, victims, and accused persons are explored, with differences between rural and urban areas highlighted. In addition, variation between rural areas is also examined, with comparisons made between provinces, and between northern and southern regions within the provinces.

Description: This study examines the likelihood of mothers returning to work following parental leave as well as the child care arrangements among mothers who worked before the birth of their child, with a particular focus on recent policy changes. It draws on data from the Employment Insurance Coverage Survey (EICS), spanning from 2020 to 2023.

Description: Previous research has shown that Black adults in Canada experience higher cause-specific mortality and differential rates of diagnosis and hospitalization compared with White adults. These disparities may reflect underlying differences in access to health care. This study used pooled data from the annual Canadian Community Health Survey from 2015 to 2019 to assess whether inequalities in access to primary and pharmaceutical health care exist between Black and White adults in Canada and sought to identify how specific factors contribute to observed inequalities.

Description: This study uses data from the 2025 Canadian Social Survey to examine Canadians’ beliefs about the effects of climate change, as well as their level of concern and how frequently it is a source of stress. It also explores the relationship between concern, stress, and actions taken at the individual level to reduce environmental impact.

Description: Using data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey from 2009 to 2024, this Juristat article examines trends in firearm-related intimate partner violence, including characteristics of incidents, victims, and accused persons. Data from the Homicide Survey are also included to examine the prevalence and nature of firearm-related intimate partner homicides.

Description: This study provides an update to a 2021 report that produced novel estimates of the business characteristics, gross domestic product and business dynamics of child care businesses in Canada through 2016. Administrative data on all tax-filing business in Canada are used to identify incorporated businesses, typically representing child care centres, and unincorporated businesses, typically representing home-based child care businesses without employees.

Description: This Juristat article presents an analysis of the nature and prevalence of mass casualty events, which are intentional acts of violence where four or more victims sustained some level of physical injury or were killed as part of the same incident. Using police-reported data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, characteristics of incidents, victims and accused persons are discussed. Throughout this article, information about overall violent crime reported by police—where a victim record was provided—is also provided for comparison.

Description: With the proportion of small businesses making up nearly all of the employer businesses in Canada, small businesses are an important role in employing Canadians and are a significant driver towards economic recovery. This article provides insights on the expectations of small businesses as well as the unique conditions faced by these businesses in the second quarter of 2026. It involves an examination of the data produced by the Canadian Survey on Business Conditions.

Description: Using data from the Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces (SSPPS), this Juristat article examines perceptions of people in Canada, as they relate to issues of gender, gender equality, gender expression, gender identity, and gender-based violence. The article examines these perceptions with a particular focus on shifts since 2018. Characteristics associated with differences in perceptions will also be explored (including but not limited to gender, age, sexual orientation, geographic location, Indigenous identity, racialized groups, and experiences of gender-based violence).

Description: Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women in Canada. Breast density substantially influences breast cancer risk and mammography performance. However, OncoSim-Breast, a Canadian microsimulation model representing breast cancer control, including cancer onset, screening, and survival, has not previously explicitly accounted for breast density. This study describes the incorporation of density-specific parameters—prevalence, relative risk of breast cancer, and digital mammography performance (sensitivity and specificity)—using data from five Canadian provinces, into the OncoSim-Breast model. Calibration experiments and internal validations were conducted to ensure the updated OncoSim-Breast model aligned with observed data from the Canadian Cancer Registry.

Description: Following significant changes introduced by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to the international education program, this study aims to assess the feasibility of developing a system to produce up-to-date estimates of international students enrolled in public postsecondary institutions in Canada. Based on survey data and complemented by two administrative data sources, these estimates will address an important data need and provide a clearer picture of the potential impact that immigration policies have had on international postsecondary education in Canada, particularly for the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 academic years.

Description: Canadians’ positive mental health (PMH) decreased during the early and mid stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Less is known about whether PMH recovered as the pandemic transitioned away from being a global health emergency. The aim of the current study was to compare three PMH outcomes (high self-rated mental health, high community belonging, and mean life satisfaction) during the late stage of the pandemic (February to May 2023), with earlier stages early (early: September to December 2020; mid (February to May 2021), using data from the Survey on COVID-19 and Mental Health.

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This document of fact sheets provides an Aboriginal language profile of Métis, Inuit, and off-reserve First Nations children under the age of six in Canada. The 2006 Aboriginal Children's Survey is used to provide broad indicators of young Aboriginal children's experiences with Aboriginal languages. Data include their ability to speak and understand an Aboriginal language, and their exposure to Aboriginal languages at home and in the community. Family characteristics associated with Aboriginal language knowledge are also presented. Finally, the hopes and expectations of parents regarding their children's acquisition of an Aboriginal language are described.

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This report presents the highlights of the age and sex data release from the 2006 Census of Population. Numerous colour maps, figures and tables illustrate the latest demographic trends and geographic patterns observed from the published data.

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This report briefly describes over 100 long-term medical follow-up studies covering topics over the complete life cycle including most age groups and diseases. The research projects examine delayed health outcomes in relation to occupational, environmental, lifestyle, medical and socio-economic factors.

This inventory of projects carried out since 1978, searchable by themes, will aid in determining earlier research completed using record linkage plus national birth, cancer and death databases for Canada. It outlines the agencies involved, the main investigators at the time of the work, the size of the study population, and provides citations to published findings. This report will be useful for those who make or influence policies, regulations and medical guidelines, and carry out research that affects the health of the population at the industry, community, regional, national or international level.

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This paper contains regional and provincial findings from the second wave of the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada (LSIC). The LSIC was designed to study how newly arrived immigrants adjust over time to living in Canada.

This paper focuses on the issue of labour market integration for immigrants at the regional and provincial levels. Labour market integration is a critical aspect of the immigrant settlement process. For the major provinces and Census Metropolitan Areas, this paper addresses questions such as: how long does it take newly arrived immigrants to get their first job? How many of them find employment in their intended occupation? And what obstacles do they encounter when looking for work?

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The Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada (LSIC), conducted jointly by Statistics Canada and Citizenship and Immigration Canada under the Policy Research Initiative, is a comprehensive survey designed to study the process by which new immigrants adapt to Canadian society. About 12,000 immigrants aged 15 and older who arrived in Canada from abroad between October 2000 and September 2001 were interviewed. By late 2005, when all three waves of interviews will have been completed, the survey will provide a better understanding of how the settlement process unfolds for new immigrants.

The results of this survey will provide valuable information on how immigrants are meeting various challenges associated with integration and what resources are most helpful to their settlement in Canada. The main topics being investigated include housing, education, foreign credentials recognition, employment, income, the development and use of social networks, language skills, health, values and attitudes, and satisfaction with the settlement experience.

Results from the first wave of the LSIC had shown that labour market integration was a particularly critical aspect of the immigrant settlement process. This paper therefore focuses on this issue. The release addresses questions such as: how long does it take newly arrived immigrants to get their first job? How many of them find employment in their intended occupation? And what obstacles do they encounter when looking for work?

Description: This publication provides the first national portrait of the many thousands of nonprofit and voluntary organizations found in every Canadian community. The data, from the National Survey of Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations, reveal a set of organizations that are widely diverse in nature, touching virtually every aspect of Canadians' lives.

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"Learning a living: First results of the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey" presents new evidence on the nature and magnitude of the literacy gaps faced by OECD countries and how these gaps have evolved over the medium term.

The fundamental goal of the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey (ALL) is to shed new light on the twin processes of skill gain and loss. The survey is sponsored by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

The report offers new insights into the factors that influence the formation and loss of adult skills in various settings - at home and at work - for the seven countries participating in the first round of data collection. The study offers the first comparative evidence on the impact of formal adult education and informal learning on the supply of skill. It also provides unique insight into the distribution of information and communication technology skills, and how these have amplified both productivity and wage inequality.

It is meant to assist decision makers in formulating policy in four areas:-Policies aimed at removing skill deficits that act as barriers to innovation, productivity and high rates of economic growth;-Policies designed to limit and reverse social exclusion and income inequality; -Policies that seek to reduce the unit cost of delivering public health care and education services;-Policies conceived to improve quality in all spheres, from public services to quality of life, individual fulfillment and happiness.

Description: This booklet summarizes the key results of the first National Survey of Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations. These organizations have a significant economic presence and serve as vehicles for citizen engagement. However, many report significant challenges to their capacity to fulfill their missions.

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This work is an updated version of a study published under the same title following the population censuses of 1991 and 1996. The text and tables have been adapted to reflect the more complete data from the 2001 Census, in which the usual questions on knowledge of languages, mother tongue, and language spoken 'most often' at home are supplemented by a question on languages spoken 'regularly' at home , and a two-part question on language use at work, that is, the language used 'most often,' and other languages used 'regularly,' in the workplace. This enrichment of the content has allowed us to expand our analysis while remaining true to the initial goal of presenting in a straightfoward manner basic statistics on the country's demolinguistic reality.