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New year, new highs for commercial milk and cream sales
Agriculture and food
Article
Canada’s dairy processors have been selling more amounts of various milk and cream products to retailers and distributors as the calendar turned to 2024—some of them at highs not seen in recent months or even years.
A statistical snapshot of Asians in Canada
Population and demography
Article
Asia, the world's most ethnically diverse and largest continent, includes 48 countries and 11 time zones. Approximately three in five people in the world today live in Asia. Of the 1.3 million people who immigrated to Canada from 2016 to 2021, 62.0% or 823,205 people arrived from Asia. To mark Asian Heritage Month, lets take a look at the Asian population in Canada today.
Vision Health Month: Eyes on the data
Health
Article
Since 1941, May has been observed as Vision Health Month in Canada. Let’s focus in on some of the key numbers.
A profile of temporary foreign workers in food manufacturing
Immigration and ethnocultural diversity
Article
From the beginning of the millennium to the onset of the pandemic in early 2020, over 40,000 temporary foreign workers arrived in Canada to work in the food manufacturing industry. A recent paper looks at where these temporary foreign workers came from, how long they continued working in the food manufacturing industry after their arrival and how many ultimately became permanent residents of Canada.
Parks and recreational vehicles
Travel and tourism
Databyte
It’s spring, which means vacation planning for many Canadians is in full swing! Some of those plans might mean a road trip, covering a chunk of the approximately one million kilometres of public roads in Canada.
Japan and Canada: Connected by people, travel and trade
Population and demography
Article
The Japanese community has deep roots in Canada going back to the Meiji Restoration, the birth of British Columbia and the construction of the transcontinental railroad in the 19th century. Today, Japan is Canada's third-largest trading partner in terms of exports, and a record high 425,874 Canadians visited the land of the rising sun in 2023.
Spring cleaning: By the numbers
Retail and wholesale
Article
It’s April, which means it’s time for some spring cleaning! (Sorry, kids who may be reading this and shudder at the thought of your parents handing you a rag and bucket.)
Food and drink sales bounce back in February
Business and consumer services and culture
Databyte
Above average temperatures in most parts of the country, combined with the Chinese New Year, contributed to higher sales at food services and drinking places in February.
One in four private sector businesses are owned by immigrants—how are they doing?
Business performance and ownership
Article
According to the most recent data from the Canadian Survey of Business Conditions (CSBC), there were just over one million private-sector businesses in Canada in the first quarter of 2024, and about one in four of them (23.7%) was majority owned by an immigrant to Canada. This was almost equal to the proportion of immigrants (23.0%) among the nearly 37 million Canadians counted in the 2021 Census.
Let’s get local: Exploring the Municipal Quality of Life Dashboard
Population and demography
Article
Ever wonder how your quality of life compares with those living in other cities or towns in Canada? How do factors that affect quality of life, such as poverty rates and housing needs, vary depending on where you live?