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Statistics Canada's look at the week.

This should come as no surprise, but Canada has a lot of buildings that might need an elevator or escalator! (And you know we have the numbers.)

The ideal way to learn a language is during your youth when your mind is nimble, engaging with family, friends and the community around you. Over two-thirds of Indigenous language speakers today were raised in a home where Indigenous languages were spoken regularly, whether it be Algonquin, Dene, Inuktut or one of the other 70 Indigenous languages spoken across the land.

The metal ore mining industry group, which includes copper, nickel, lead, zinc and other metals such as lithium, is expected to spend $13.5 billion on capital expenditures in 2026, up 13.5% from 2025. 

Statistics Canada's look at the week.

Farm operators will be receiving their invitation letters to participate in the 2026 Census of Agriculture, beginning in early May. Statistics Canada has also been reaching out to the farming community with materials they can use to help promote the census.

Payroll employment in the Canadian manufacturing sector stood at just over 1.5 million people in December 2025, down 40,600 from December 2024 (seasonally adjusted). 

Statistics Canada's look at the week.

Every two years, the Households and the Environment Survey asks Canadian households in the provinces about their water-conservation practices. The latest data are from 2023, when almost half of households (48%) had a low-volume toilet, largely unchanged from 2011 (47%). 

The daily rhythms of life—from sleep to work to leisure—come into focus through data from Statistics Canada’s Time Use Survey. In 2022, we asked a representative sample of Canadians to report how they spent their day over a 24-hour period, including those hours spent sleeping.