Fast Facts Friday: January 26, 2024

Catch up on the latest facts and read more via the links below in case you missed them this week!

1. Nationally, new home prices decreased 0.9% year over year in December 2023. Prices were down in 21 of the 27 CMAs measured by the survey. - The Daily — New Housing Price Index, December 2023
2. The number of international students enrolled in Canadian public postsecondary educational institutions more than doubled in a decade, rising from 142,200 in 2010/2011 to 388,800 in 2019/2020, while their share of total postsecondary student enrolments increased from 7% to 18%. - StatsCAN Plus — Is the recent spike in international students affecting domestic university enrolment at Canadian public postsecondary institutions?
3. Canadians with a regular health care provider (55%) were more likely to access electronic health information than those who did not have one (36%). - StatsCAN Plus — Just over half of Canadians report accessing electronic health information in the past 12 months
4. Canadians overall were less likely to own their home in 2021 (66.5%) than they were a decade earlier, when a record high (69%) were homeowners. - StatsCAN Plus — Housing affordability in Canada: Come chat with our data experts!
5. The number of employees receiving pay and benefits from their employer in Canada decreased by 88,300 (-0.5%) in November 2023. - The Daily — Payroll employment, earnings and hours, and job vacancies, November 2023
6. In 2021, the median entry wage of immigrants admitted in 2020 was $37,700, 21.6% higher than the 2020 earnings ($31,000) of immigrants admitted in 2019. - The Daily — The continued impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic: Variations in the economic integration of new immigrants