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Statistics Canada's look at the week.

As our data show, many Canadians take part in outdoor activities year-round—and perhaps Terry Fox continues to inspire some of them as they head out for a walk, run or jog. Let’s have a look at those data, as well as the latest numbers on cancer diagnoses, incidence and survival rates to see how far there is to go to conquer the disease.

Way back in 1971, there were 366,110 farms in Canada, with farm cash receipts totalling $4.7 billion. By 2021, the number of farms had fallen to 189,874, but farm cash receipts had ballooned 1,683.8% to $83.0 billion. In 2025, farm cash receipts rose 4.7% year over year to a record-high $102.2 billion.

Breast cancer rates among women have been inching up by about 0.2% per year for nearly two decades. The incidence of breast cancer has increased for all age groups, particularly among women under the age of 50 years. 

Statistics Canada's look at the week. 

October 1 is National Seniors Day. In 2024, there were 5.5 million Canadians living in a senior family—families in which the highest income earner is aged 65 years or older—as well as 2.2 million unattached seniors. Today, seniors, also known as older Canadians, are proudly Canadian, report a high level of satisfaction with their family relationships and are less likely to be living in poverty than Canadians overall.

Statistics Canada's look at the week. 

In the third quarter of 2026, approximately one in five (20.3%) businesses in Canada said that they intend to sell or transfer ownership within the next 10 years. Other businesses either did not intend to sell or transfer ownership within the next 10 years (42.6%), or their plans were unknown (37.1%).

There were 58,811 new registrations of ZEVs across Canada in the second quarter of 2026, an increase compared with the first quarter of 2026 (43,113) and the second quarter of 2025 (46,413). This was the highest quarterly total since the fourth quarter of 2024, when 81,216 new ZEVs were registered.

Statistics Canada's look at the week.