December 2024
Spotlight on data and research
Barriers to moving: Potential implications for the life satisfaction of young families
Rising housing costs have had an impact on the ability of families to move. This new article using data from the Canadian Social Survey (CSS), illustrates how higher prices have disproportionately affected the moving decisions of young Canadians, particularly those experiencing financial hardship.
Among Canadians under 35 who indicated that they were not experiencing financial difficulty, about one quarter reported that they wanted to buy a home or move to a new rental but did not because of rising prices. Among those experiencing financial difficulty, 45% reported that their moving decisions were negatively impacted by rising prices.
Among young renters who indicate that they are experiencing financial difficulty, over one-half (55%) reported that they wanted to buy a home or move to a new rental but did not because of rising prices. In comparison, 37% of young homeowners that were experiencing financial difficulty were deterred by higher prices.
Indigenous-owned businesses in Canada, 2005 to 2021
In 2021, the number of Indigenous-owned businesses was estimated at 18,605, representing 1.3% of private businesses in Canada. This article offers an updated overview of the characteristics of Indigenous-owned businesses in Canada.
The majority of Indigenous-owned businesses were owned by Métis (54.3%), followed by First Nations people (40.4%) while Inuit were owners of 1.8% of indigenous-owned businesses. The remaining 3.5% were owned by individuals with multiple Indigenous identities or jointly owned by individuals who identify with one of the three Indigenous groups, but where no one group controlled more than 50% of the shares.
While the number of Indigenous-owned businesses increased by 42.7% from 2005 to 2021, their share of the total business landscape decreased by 0.1 percentage points during the same period.
Insights
Municipal variations in the housing arrangements of international students
Understanding how international students navigate housing markets across various municipalities can guide planning decisions to better meet their needs. This study based on the 2021 Census of Population, examines the extent to which international students participated in the rented and owned housing sectors.
Findings reveal that most international students relied on the rental market, with the share ranging from 65% in Brampton to 92% in Montréal among the 15 municipalities with the largest international student populations. These shares were 40 percentage points higher than those of Canadian-born students in most municipalities. Internationals students in rented homes were more likely to live in shared accommodations compared with those in owner-occupied homes. In Toronto, Vancouver, Brampton, Waterloo, Burnaby, and St. John’s, over 40% of international students living in owner-occupied homes were subtenants who were likely paying rent but not being counted in the formal rental market. In other major municipalities, this figure ranged from 20% to 40%.
Immigrants’ age at arrival and social networks in Canada
Having close friends or “strong ties” in the local community is a source of social support that helps immigrants adapt and improves their socioeconomic outcomes. This study found that immigrants who arrived during adolescence or older had fewer strong ties in their local communities than third generation or more Canadians.
The number of acquaintances that immigrants had decreased with older age at arrival. On average, immigrants who arrived as children had nearly 18 acquaintances, while those who arrived in middle adulthood had 11 acquaintances. Immigrants who were aged 18 years and above at arrival had fewer acquaintances in their local communities than third generation or more Canadians, who had 16 acquaintances on average. Immigrants’ frequency of and satisfaction with contact with their friends was not different from that of third generation or more Canadians, despite differences in the number and types of social ties.
Research articles
Child care centre workers serving children aged 0 to 5 years in Canada, 2021 to 2022
In Canada, child care centres providing care to children five years of age and younger employed approximately 137,000 people working on a full- or part-time basis. This article uses an innovative business approach to gain insights into the centre-based child care workforce in Canada.
Just over one-third (35%) of child care workers were employed in for-profit independent settings, while over one-quarter (27%) worked at either a non-for-profit or government operated independent (single) centres or a not-for-profit or government operated multisite centre (26%), and 11% worked at for-profit multisite centres.
Just over three in four child care centres (76%) provided some type of benefits to their employees in 2022, such as supplementary health and dental plans, pension plan contributions or group Registered Retirement Savings Plans, paid sick leave, or paid time for training. Not-for-profit multisite centres were most likely to provide employee benefits (93%), while for-profit independent centres were less likely to do so (61%). Additionally, rates of pay for supervisors and staff with early childhood education qualifications were higher at not-for-profit centres than in for-profit centres.
Related publications
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