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The 2007 edition of the Canada Year Book is available today. First published in 1867, the Canada Year Book has become the premier reference resource on the social and economic life of Canadians.
The Canada Year Book plays a key role in fulfilling Statistics Canada's mandate to collect information about life in Canada, and to present it in a way that all Canadians find accessible, useful and interesting.
This year's edition contains 31 chapters, including 6 chapters added since the 2006 edition on Aboriginal peoples, ethnic diversity and immigration, families and housing, children and youth, languages, and seniors. The other 25 chapters have been updated with the most current statistics and analyses.
As well, Statistics Canada will release the first phase of the online Canada Year Book Historical Collection this fall. In this first phase, the Agency is digitally scanning one Canada Year Book per decade published between 1867 and 1967. These year books are scheduled to be available online by the end of October 2007. All year books from 1867 to 1967 will become available electronically during the second phase.
The Canada Year Book is a treasure trove of information on Canadian society and today's issues and trends, such as Canada's aging population, online shopping, gas prices and new energy technologies.
The chapter on energy shows that energy consumption per person has been rising an average of 1% per year for the past two decades. From 1990 to 2006, gasoline prices rose 57%, and prices for household heating fuel oil soared 123%. Wind and tidal power are still a small part of Canada's energy production, with one exception: Prince Edward Island generated 73% of its electricity production from those sources in 2004.
Retail and wholesale trade data show that despite higher gasoline prices, sales of cars, trucks, recreational and other vehicles were strong in 2006, totalling a record high of $54.3 billion, up 4% from 2005.
The crime and justice chapter shows that Canada had one police officer for every 520 Canadians in May 2006, and 18% of these officers were female. In 2005, policing expenditures totalled $288 per person, up 4% from 2004.
The 2007 issue of the Canada Year Book (11-402-XPE, $24.95) is now available.
For more information, contact Tom Vradenburg (613-951-1616; fax: 613-951-5116; tom.vradenburg@statcan.gc.ca), Communications and Library Services Division.
