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Approximately one in eight Indigenous people (237,420 people) reported they could speak one of 70 distinct Indigenous languages well enough to conduct a conversation in 2021, 10,750 fewer people compared with 2016, and the first decline since comparable data started being collected in 1991.

Considering that moving is deemed among the top five most stressful life events, what reasons make Canadians go through the stress and aggravation of moving?

Port Alberni and its surroundings are renowned for salmon fishing and as a desirable retirement destination due to a warm climate, outdoor recreation and affordable housing. Census data show that the population in Port Alberni and nearby communities grew by 4.5% from 2016 to 2021, which was below the national growth rate of 5.2%.

As of December 2022, there were 16,367 business locations across Canada in the traveller accommodation industry group. They include facilities such as hotels, motor hotels, resorts, motels, casino hotels, bed and breakfast homes, and housekeeping cottages and cabins, as well as other types, such as hostels and tourist lodges.

Managed by the Public Sector Statistics Division, the Centre for Municipal and Local Data (CMLD) is the product of an ongoing partnership with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and Statistics Canada’s Disaggregated Data Action Plan. This portal provides citizens, businesses and political decision makers with the statistics they need to make informed decisions about their local community.

Last year, Statistics Canada launched its first mobile app, which provided Canadians with better access to our data in a modern and innovative format.  You asked, we listened! In order to improve user experience, a number of features have been added/enhanced.

Studies suggest that Canada may have a bit of a zombie problem; not the brain or flesh-eating type, but zombified businesses that gnaw on national productivity, suppress wages and constrain the growth of healthy firms.

Ramadan, one of the five pillars of Islam, takes place during the ninth month of the Islamic calendar to commemorate the revelation of the Qur’an to the Prophet Muhammad. Today, we recognize Canada’s Muslim population who are preparing to welcome the Islamic holy month, which starts this week.

Canada and the United States share the world’s longest land border, which handles daily over $2 billion in trade and the thousands of people who cross it for business or pleasure. Here are a few key numbers that highlight the close ties that bind our two countries

While a condo remains a home for the majority of condos owners, approximately half of new condos built in Toronto and Vancouver since 2016 are used as investment or rental properties.

In Canada, New Brunswick is the only officially bilingual province. However, since 2001, the proportion of workers who primarily use French at work has been declining. Among the province’s workers, 20.1% primarily used French at work, 75.9% primarily used English and 3.9% used English and French equally.

There were 961.6 million cigarettes (containing tobacco) produced in Canada in January 2023, the third lowest monthly production number on record and following the all-time low of 765.7 million cigarettes produced in December 2022.

Canadians added over $800 million to their credit card debt in December, bringing the outstanding debt to a record high $91.5 billion. On a year-over-year basis, credit card debt with chartered banks grew 13.8% by the end of December 2022.