Statistics Canada posted data on Canadians with a Hearing Disability. Living with a hearing disability is unique to each person and crosses all ages and socioeconomic situations. Advances in hearing assistive technology and the various ways to communicate can help Canadians with a hearing disability connect with the world around them. The 2017 Canadian Survey … Read more
Statistics Canada released a new study: Environmentally Adjusted Productivity Growth and the Price of Greenhouse Gas Emissions for the Canadian Manufacturing Sector. Multifactor productivity measures how efficiently inputs are used to produce goods and services. It does not capture the environmental consequences of that production. When the output of greenhouse gas emissions as the result … Read more
Statistics Canada released a new study: Representation of Women on Boards of Directors, 2016. Women accounted for almost one in five members of board of directors in 2016, with the highest share in government business entities (28.8 per cent), followed by public (20.5 per cent) and private (17.3 per cent) corporations. The full release is available … Read more
Statistics Canada issued energy statistics for February 2019. In February, electricity generation (+5.5 per cent), natural gas production (+1.0 per cent) and crude oil production (+0.1 per cent) increased, while coal production (-11.1 per cent) declined compared with the same month in 2018. Over the same period, exports of crude oil and equivalent products increased, … Read more
Statistics Canada published measuring digital economic activities in Canada, 2010 to 2017. The gross domestic product associated with digital economic activities was $109.7 billion or 5.5 per cent of total economic activity in Canada in 2017. Growth in digital economic activities outpaced gains of the total economy from 2010 to 2017. The full release is available … Read more
Statistics Canada released results from the National Cannabis Survey, first quarter 2019. About 5.3 million or 18 per cent of Canadians aged 15 years and older reported using cannabis in the last three months. This was higher than the 14 per cent who reported using just one year earlier, before legalization. The full release is available … Read more
Statistics Canada released data on gross domestic product by industry: Provinces and territories, 2018. In 2018, real gross domestic product (GDP) increased in nine provinces and in all territories, but declined in Newfoundland and Labrador. Among the provinces, the strongest growth occurred in Prince Edward Island (+2.6 per cent), followed by Quebec (+2.5 per cent). … Read more
Statistics Canada Gross domestic product by industry, February 2019. Following 0.3 per cent growth in January, gross domestic product contracted 0.1 per cent in February as both goods-producing and services-producing industries declined. The 20 industrial sectors were nearly evenly split between gains and losses. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada industrial product and … Read more
Statistics Canada released data from the Canadian Coroner and Medical Examiner Database, 2006 to 2017. From 2006 to 2017, 14 per cent of deaths that occurred in Canada were investigated by a coroner or medical examiner (C/ME), an average of 32,628 investigations per year. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada posted the Commercial and … Read more
Statistics Canada published a study: Do Youth from Lower- and Higher-income Families Benefit Equally from Postsecondary Education? A postsecondary education has been identified as a key factor in labour market success, but youth from lower income families are far less likely to pursue a college or university education than their counterparts from higher income families. To … Read more
