Statistics Canada released a survey of Household Spending, 2017. In 2017, the average Canadian household spent $63,723 on goods and services, up 2.5 per cent from 2016. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada issued industrial capacity utilization rates, third quarter 2018. Canadian industries operated at 82.6 per cent of their production capacity in … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on education indicators in Canada: An international perspective, 2018. Just over two-thirds of Canadians in 2017 (68 per cent), aged 25 to 64, had completed post-secondary education, 24 percentage points higher than the average for the 36 member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The full release is available … Read more
Statistics Canada issued data on income and mobility of immigrants, 2016. The immigrants admitted to Canada in 2015 earned the highest entry wages of any cohort admitted since 1981. The median entry wages of immigrant tax filers admitted in 2015 was $25,400 in 2016. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released data on building … Read more
Statistics Canada posted the Labour Force Survey, November 2018. Employment rose by 94,000 in November, driven by gains in full-time work. The unemployment rate decreased 0.2 percentage points to 5.6 per cent, the lowest since comparable data became available in 1976. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released a new study: Aboriginal languages and … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on Canadian international merchandise trade, October 2018. Canada’s exports fell 1.2 per cent in October, while imports were down 0.6 per cent. As a result, Canada’s merchandise trade deficit with the world widened from $891 million in September to $1.2 billion in October. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released … Read more
Statistics Canada issued data on family violence in Canada: A statistical profile, 2017. Data show that seniors in Canada were more likely to be the victim of family violence in 2017 than they were nearly 10 years ago, according to information reported by police. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released data tables on victims … Read more
Statistics Canada issued data on labour market outcomes for college and university graduates, class of 2010 to 2014. Even with the same university degree or college diploma, female graduates earn, on average, less than their male counterparts two years after graduation. Results from a new study, based on administrative data, are focused for the first … Read more
Statistics Canada published On the Shoulders of Giants: The History of Statistics Canada, 1970 to 2008. It’s the story of a statistical agency, and also the story of a nation. The latest installment in the life story of Statistics Canada, On the Shoulders of Giants: The History of Statistics Canada, 1970 to 2008, is now … Read more
Statistics Canada issued data on gross domestic product, income and expenditure, third quarter 2018. Canada’s real gross domestic product grew 0.5 per cent in the third quarter, following a 0.7 per cent increase in the second quarter. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada posted data on gross domestic product by industry, September 2018. Real gross domestic … Read more
Statistics Canada issued data on police-reported hate crime, 2017. After steady but relatively small increases since 2014, police-reported hate crime in Canada rose sharply in 2017, up 47 per cent over the previous year. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada posted data on police-reported cybercrime, 2017. Data for 2017 on police-reported cybercrime are now … Read more
