View articles exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic as it relates to children and youth in this selection from our series StatCan COVID-19: Data to Insights for a Better Canada.

It’s coming up on eight years since recreational cannabis use in Canada was legalized in 2018. Before that, virtually all cannabis transactions were conducted illegally, in the shadows, where ...

March 8 is International Women’s Day, an opportunity to celebrate and recognize the social and economic progress of women’s rights in Canada. At the same time, it is important to also recognize the ...

Statistics Canada will conduct the next census in May 2026 and is hiring for approximately 32,000 census jobs across Canada. Census workers play a vital role in helping to collect high-quality ...

Whether it’s to save money, care for aging parents, or both, multigenerational households are on the rise—and more common in some parts of the country than others. A multigenerational household ...

While wildfires are a national concern, their effects are not experienced equally. For many Canadians, recent wildfire seasons have been felt through hazy skies, the smell of smoke, or an ...

Canada’s 158th birthday is fast approaching! It’s another opportunity to celebrate what it means to be Canadian, including the rich diversity of cultural communities that help build a strong and ...

Our latest waste diversion data are for 2023, when 9.8 million tonnes of materials from both residential and non-residential sources were diverted from landfills in Canada. While this number is down ...

It was an eventful 2024 for the Canadian crude oil sector, a year marked by the opening of a new major pipeline, improved production efficiencies and continued growth in demand. For the fourth ...

Charge up your engines, Canada! In 2024, zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) saw a landmark year, with sales hitting record highs and provinces racing to the top with their financial rebate programs. As the ...

Though it may be a little trickier in the wintertime, biking is an excellent mode of active transportation used by many Canadians to get around. For some Canadians, their bike takes them to and from ...

Much has been written about temporary foreign workers in Canada in recent months. A new study looks at 2021 tax data (the most recent year for which data are available) to explore the role temporary ...