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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.

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.

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.

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.)

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.

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.

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?

We’ve got cannabis in Canada covered from every imaginable angle, from growing to sales, consumption and crime right through to (ahem) wastewater. Most importantly of all, we have talked to Canadians and learned what they have to say about cannabis post legalization.

Every year, employees in the agriculture sector produce much of the fresh food consumed by Canadians.

If you’ve continued to notice at least a bit of relief at the price tag next to where you grab a bunch of bananas at the grocery store, you’re onto something.