Videos

This video presents Statistics Canada's method for estimating the number of non-permanent residents.

• Video: How does Statistics Canada estimates the number of non-permanent residents?

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the lives of Canadians in many ways. Tracking the impact of the pandemic on health requires short and long-term thinking. In this presentation, you will learn about how Statistics Canada has been responsive to evolving health data needs through the identification of research priorities, development of new survey content, making projections into the future and producing new dissemination products to reach more Canadians.

• Video: Structural Economic and Lasting Social Changes: Enduring Impact of COVID-19 on the Health of Canadians

This presentation by Data Science Division data scientists, Nicholas Denis and Blair Drummond from the June 2021 forum event, features optimal intervention strategies through agent-based reinforcement learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Video: Learning optimal intervention strategies through agent-based reinforcement learning

The Data Science and Modern Methods Forum is a virtual event series created to inform Statistics Canada employees of the department's ongoing data science projects. This highlight reel from the June 2021 forum event features some of the innovative data science projects our agency has been working on.

• Video: Data Science and Modern Methods Forum – June 23, 2021

There are many challenges facing Canadians today: income inequality, an aging population, urbanization, technological change, globalization, a shift to more renewable energy sources, and even emerging issues like the COVID-19 pandemic. To be able to respond, Canadians need data they can trust.

• Video: Data Governance – Responsible privacy

To mark the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics(FPOS) by the UNECE, Statistics Canada and some of its partners reflect on Principle 1: the need for data to be relevant, impartial and accessible to all.

• Video: 30th Anniversary of the Fundamental Principles of Statistics

Statistics Canada's Women's Subcommittee recognizes Canada's National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women.

• Video: Canada's National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women

Find out how the 10 fundamental principles of official statistics guide Statistics Canada.

• Video: Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics

We invite selected participants to share their experiences in the Parental Experiences Survey, running from October 29, 2024 to January 31, 2025. Your insights will help us better understand the needs of parents and improve support for families across Canada. Together, we can make a meaningful impact on maternal and newborn care!

• Video: Parental Experiences Survey

This video invites all selected participants to complete the Canadian Health Survey on Children and Youth, taking place from October 1, 2024, to February 2, 2025. Participation is vital in helping us understand and improve the health of children and youth!

• Video: 2024 Canadian Health Survey on Children and Youth (CHSCY)

Using data from the 2022 Canadian Survey on Disability, this American Sign Language video examines disability characteristics among Canadians aged 15 years of age and older, as well as their employment experiences and information on income and poverty, and unmet needs for disability supports because of cost.

• Video: Accessibility In Canada: Results from the 2022 Canadian Survey on Disability

This American Sign Language video highlights disability and accessibility data from the 2022 Canadian Survey on Disability included in The Daily.

• Video: Canadian Survey on Disability: From 2017 to 2022, American Sign Language

This American Sign Language video provides an introduction to the Survey on Early Learning and Child Care Arrangements – Children with Long-term Conditions & Disabilities. Specifically, it includes a brief description of what participating in the survey involves, the benefits of participating in the survey, and information on privacy and confidentiality.

• Video: Early Learning and Child Care Arrangements – Children with Long-term Conditions and Disabilities, American Sign Language

This American Sign Language video provides an introduction to the Survey on Accessible Print Materials. Specifically, it includes a brief description of the benefits of participating in the survey, what participating in the survey involves, how respondents were selected to participate, and information on privacy and confidentiality.

• Video: Introduction to the Survey on Accessible Print Materials, American Sign Language

Statistics Canada, in partnership with Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada, conducts the Canadian Health Measures Survey. This video encourages participation from all who have been selected for the survey. Participation in the Canadian Health Measures survey provides valuable health data not typically obtained during a routine visit to a doctor or another health professional.

• Video: Canadian Health Measures Survey

This video is a tool for respondents who have been selected for the Time Use Survey 2022, and explores how to complete the time diary.

• Video: Time Use Survey: How does the diary work and what questions are asked?

This video explores how to report simultaneous activities within the time diary of the Time Use Survey 2022.

• Video: Time Use Survey: What if I was doing more than one activity at the same time?

This video explores what to do if a travel edit is triggered while completing the time diary of the Time Use Survey 2022.

• Video: Time Use Survey: Reporting travel activities

This video encourages participation from all who have been selected for the Indigenous Peoples Survey, running from May to October, 2022.

• Video: 2022 Indigenous Peoples Survey

This walkthrough has the viewer moving through each room and section of the Mobile Examination Clinic's three trailers.

• Video: Canadian Health Measures Survey: Mobile examination centre video tour

From January 2022 to February 2025, more than half (52%) of persons with disabilities or long-term conditions took an out-of-town trip that included travel by airplane, train, bus or ferry. Among this group, 4 in 10 people (40%) experienced at least one type of barrier at the airport, train station, bus terminal or ferry terminal because of their condition. Furthermore, 34% of travellers with disabilities or long-term conditions experienced at least one type of barrier because of their condition while inside the airplane, train, bus or ferry.

• Video: Accessibility related barriers to travel among persons with disabilities or long-term conditions

This video highlights the Health of Canadians annual report. It includes key statistics on the health of Canadians including perceived health, chronic conditions, smoking rate and access to a regular health care provider using data from the 2023 Canadian Community Health Survey.

• Video: Health data at our fingertips

This American Sign Language video highlights key findings on accessibility barriers among persons with disabilities or long-term conditions aged 15 and over. The population covered by the Survey Series on Accessibility – Experiences with Accessibility and Information and Communication Technology (SSA-EAICT) comprised those who participated in the 2022 Canadian Survey on Disability (CSD) and who agreed to participate in future surveys. A series of screening questions were asked in the SSA-EAICT to confirm a disability or long-term condition among participants. Only those who had a disability or long-term condition at the time of collection were surveyed.

• Video: Almost half of persons with disabilities or long-term conditions face barriers in their online activities

This American Sign Language video highlights key findings on accessibility barriers among employed persons aged 15 to 64 with disabilities or long-term conditions. The population covered by the SSA-EAE comprised those who participated in the 2022 Canadian Survey on Disability (CSD) and who agreed to participate in future surveys. A series of screening questions were asked in the SSA-EAE to confirm a disability or long-term condition among participants. Only those who had a disability or long-term condition at the time of collection were surveyed.

• Video: Accessibility barriers related to employment among persons with disabilities or long-term conditions, 2024

This American Sign Language video uses the 2022 Canadian Survey on Disability to explore the experiences of barriers to accessibility in public spaces among persons with disabilities aged 15 years and over. More closely examining the barriers encountered by persons with disabilities as they navigate their environments is important in furthering progress towards an accessible and inclusive Canada.

• Video: Barriers to Accessibility in Canada: Public Spaces, American Sign Language

Using data from the Survey on Accessible Print Material (SAPM), this American Sign Language video examines access to alternate format material among Canadians who had difficulties with print material.

• Video: Results from the Survey on Accessible Print Materials, American Sign Language

Study these three financial documents. In the next 5 seconds, can you find and identify the name of store, telephone number and total price? Ready? GO!

• Video: Simplify Information Extraction with AI powered solutions

Using data from the Canadian Income Survey (CIS), this American Sign Language video examines the earnings pay gap among persons with and without disabilities.

• Video: What is the pay gap between persons with and without disabilities? American Sign Language

Hello Canada, your Chief Statistician here. I'm pleased to report that we are now 40 million Canadians What an exciting milestone for our country, we are now living through one of these moments of great change, and I for one can't wait to see what kind of future we will build.

• Video: Canada by the million

A presentation on the second set of results from the 2021 Census of Population. This presentation provides an overview of the age, sex and gender concepts and the type of dwelling concepts, as well as information on results, and how to access data products and resources and more.

• Video: 2021 Census of Population: Age, Sex at Birth and Gender, Type of Dwelling

A presentation on the third set of results from the 2021 Census of Population. This presentation provides an an overview of key results, including marital status and family structure, with data on the gender diversity of couples, a new question on current and past military service in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), income concepts and definitions, as well as information on results, and how to access data products and resources and more.

• Video: 2021 Census of Population: Families, households and marital status, Canadian military experience, and Income

With the release of Opportunity for All – Canada's First Poverty Reduction Strategy, by the Government of Canada, the Market Basket Measure (MBM) was established as Canada's Official Poverty Line. According to the MBM, a family lives in poverty if it does not have enough income to purchase a specific basket of goods and services in its community. In this short video, you will learn how the MBM basket is constructed and compared to a family's disposable income when measuring poverty statistics in Canada.

• Video: Market Basket Measure

This video provides a description of the objectives and purpose of the Canadian Health Survey on Children and Youth.

• Video: 2023 Canadian Health Survey on Children and Youth (CHSCY)

This American Sign Language video highlights commuting data from the seventh release of the 2021 Census of Population included in The Daily.

• Video: Education in Canada (American Sign Language)

This American Sign Language video highlights commuting data from the seventh release of the 2021 Census of Population included in The Daily.

• Video: How people get to work in Canada (American Sign Language)

This American Sign Language video highlights commuting data from the seventh release of the 2021 Census of Population included in The Daily.

• Video: The changing dynamics of the Canadian labour force (American Sign Language)

This American Sign Language video highlights commuting data from the seventh release of the 2021 Census of Population included in The Daily.

• Video: Instruction in the minority official language (American Sign Language)

This American Sign Language video examines how persons with disabilities spend their days on selected activities. Analysis of time use opens a window into the experiences of persons with disabilities, particularly their perceptions of time.

• Video: How do persons with disabilities spend their time?

This American Sign Language video highlights data on ethnocultural and religious diversity from the sixth release of the 2021 Census of Population included in The Daily.

• Video: Ethnocultural and religious composition of the population (American Sign Language)

This American Sign Language video highlights data on immigration, place of birth and citizenship from the sixth release of the 2021 Census of Population included in The Daily.

• Video: Portrait of citizenship and immigration in Canada (American Sign Language)

This event highlights results from the 2021 Census, including new information about sex at birth, gender and diversity of couples.

• Video: Seeing Everyone: Gender Diversity Data

This American Sign Language video highlights housing data from the fifth release of the 2021 Census of Population included in the Daily.

• Video: Canada's housing portrait

This American Sign Language video highlights data on First Nations, Métis and Inuit people from the fifth release of the 2021 Census of Population included in the Daily.

• Video: First Nations people, Métis and Inuit in Canada

This descriptive video provides an American Sign Language translation of the Daily for the Survey on Savings for Persons with Disabilities.

• Video: Survey on Savings for Persons with Disabilities, 2020, American Sign Language

This American Sign Language video highlights data from the 2017 Canadian Survey on Disability to present certain characteristics of Canadians whose everyday activities are limited by a mobility difficulty. In addition, this video provides a look at the experiences of groups designated as visible minorities who have a disability.

• Video: A profile of Canadians with a mobility disability and visible minorities with a disability, American Sign Language

From June 23 to July 6, 2020, approximately 13,000 Canadians with long-term conditions or disabilities participated in an online questionnaire "Impacts of COVID-19 on Canadians: Living with Long-Term Conditions and Disabilities."

• Video: Impact of COVID-19 on Canadians living with long-term conditions and disabilities, American Sign Language

An overview of Statistics Canada's Labour Force Survey, including key changes over time and examples of how the data are used.

• Video: What is the Labour Force Survey?

Seasonal adjustment is a statistical technique used to remove fluctuations in economic data that occur every year at the same time and in a similar fashion. This video provides an overview of seasonal adjustment, how it is used and how it affects the economy.

• Video: Statistics for all seasons: A two-minute primer on seasonal adjustment

This video takes the viewer on a journey across Canada, highlighting that behind every number, we're writing Canada's story together.

• Video: Behind every number: A portrait of Canada

This video explains how and why the price change reported by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) may vary from the prices Canadians see on the shelves. It tells the story of Joe and Izzy, and how they each perceive price change as compared with the CPI.

• Video: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Your Experience of Price Change

This video defines the value-added GDP (PIB valeur ajoutée) and details how it is measured.

• Video: What is Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?

This video provides an overview of the Consumer Price Index (CPI). It defines the CPI and looks at what it measures and how it is used.

• Video: An overview of Canada's Consumer Price Index (CPI)

Let's start making sense of census data. It's a powerful tool to make data-driven decisions, like market research for a small business or employment trends for post-secondary students.

• Video: Here's Why You Should Use Census Data

For the first time, the 2021 Census of Population included a question on Enrollment under an Inuit land claims agreement and one on membership in a Métis organization or Settlement. These questions will help to fill data gaps on Indigenous peoples.

• Video: 2021 Census: New Indigenous content

This American Sign Language video highlights language data from the fourth release of the 2021 Census of Population included in the Daily.

• Video: Linguistic diversity and use of English and French in Canada

This American Sign Language video highlights income data from the third release of the 2021 Census of Population included in the Daily.

• Video: Income profile of Canadians

This American Sign Language video highlights military experience data from the third release of the 2021 Census of Population included in the Daily.

• Video: Canadian Military Experience

This American Sign Language video highlights families data from the third release of the 2021 Census of Population included in the Daily.

• Video: A portrait of Canada's families

Our valued partners highlight how Census data is used by their organizations.

• Video: Census: Partners using our data, Part 2

This video presents information on the new gender question in the 2021 Census and the added precision of 'at birth' to the sex question. It highlights the importance of these modifications for greater data inclusivity and the benefits for all individuals in Canada.

• Video: 2021 Census: Sex at birth and gender - the whole picture

This video describes a new health surveillance program at Statistics Canada: The Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort (CanCHEC).

• Video: Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohorts (CanCHECs):
  Creation of a new health surveillance program

Annie Turner, Analyst, presents a national overview of the language data, 2011 Census.

• Archived – Video: Language Archived

Anne Milan, Sociologist, presents a national overview of the family, household and marital status data, 2011 Census.

• Archived – Video: Families, Households, and Marital Status Archived

Laurent Martel, Demography Expert, presents an overview of the age and sex data, 2011 Census, at the national level.

• Archived – Video: Age and Sex Archived

Laurent Martel, Demography Expert, presents the highlights of the 2011 Census Population and dwelling counts.

• Archived – Video: Population and Dwelling Counts Archived

Annie Turner, Analyst, presents a brief portrait of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada, 2011 National Household Survey.

• Archived – Video: Aboriginal Peoples Archived

Tina Chui, Sociologist, presents a brief overview of immigration and ethnocultural diversity in Canada, 2011 National Household Survey.

• Archived – Video: Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity Archived

Sarah Jane Ferguson, Analyst, presents a brief portrait of education in Canada, 2011 National Household Survey.

• Archived – Video: Education Archived

Vincent Ferrao, Analyst, presents a brief overview of labour in Canada, 2011 National Household Survey.

• Archived – Video: Labour Archived

Brian Murphy, Economist, presents a brief portrait of income in Canada, 2011 National Household Survey.

• Archived – Video: Income Archived

Jerry Situ, Senior analyst, presents a brief overview of housing in Canada, 2011 National Household Survey.

• Archived – Video: Housing Archived

Community Fire Risk Reduction Dashboard: A geospatial tool to identify at-risk neighbourhoods and to target fire prevention

• Video: Community Fire Risk Reduction

Discover this modern tool which will provide Statistics Canada's trade data users with a number of enhancements, including access to the full 8-digit (exports) and 10-digit (imports) Harmonized System product categories, as well as insights on CIMT in a more user-friendly, efficient and visually appealing manner.

• Video: New Canadian International Merchandise Trade (CIMT) Web Application

Discover the new display and functionality of Statistics Canada data tables

• Video: How to use the data tables

Your work environment is what you make it, and we want the youth of today to shape the future of our organization. This video showcases various career paths one could take within Statistics Canada.

• Video: Statistics Canada Recruitment for Youth