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The Weekly Review, July 14 to 18, 2025

July 18, 2025, 2:00 p.m. (EDT)
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Statistics Canada's look at the week.

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Some reasons why your bar or restaurant bill might be higher

July 16, 2025, 11:00 a.m. (EDT)
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In the second quarter of 2025, close to two in five (38.8%) businesses in the food services and drinking places subsector (which also includes food service contractors, caterers, and food trucks) expected to raise prices over the next three months. 

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Culture and connections among First Nations people, Métis and Inuit

July 15, 2025, 11:00 a.m. (EDT)
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In 2024, Statistics Canada surveyed First Nations people living off reserve, Métis and Inuit on a number of topics, through the new Survey Series on First Nations People, Métis and Inuit.

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The Weekly Review, July 7 to 11, 2025

July 11, 2025, 2:00 p.m. (EDT)
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Who are the navvies who work upon the railway today?

July 22, 2025, 11:00 a.m. (EDT)
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“We are the navvies who work upon the railway,” sang Gordon Lightfoot on New Year’s Day 1967, in his song the Canadian Railway Trilogy, which was written to mark Canada’s Centennial celebrations. Unlike those who toiled upon the railway 140 years ago, a small share of the 34,817 Canadians working in the railway industry in 2023 would be deemed “navvies,” and their rates of pay are substantially higher than the dollar-a-day mentioned in Lightfoot’s song.

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Let’s talk deck and patio prices

July 17, 2025, 11:00 a.m. (EDT)
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We have no comment whatsoever on the desirability, durability or aesthetics of decks compared with patios; strict neutrality is our motto. We can, however, provide a detailed picture of how prices have changed over time to install these features in 15 select housing markets across Canada, thanks to our quarterly Residential Renovation Price Index. The bottom line is that prices to install a deck have grown at a faster pace than those for patios nationally, mostly due to higher lumber costs.

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Trip through your wires: Canadian households and electronic waste

July 8, 2025, 11:00 a.m. (EDT)
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Every two years, the Households and the Environment Survey asks Canadian households living in the provinces how they go about disposing—or hanging onto—their electronic waste. Let’s have a look at what Canadians told us about what they did with their electronics.

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The Weekly Review, June 30 to July 4, 2025

July 4, 2025, 2:00 p.m. (EDT)
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The Weekly Review, June 23 to 27, 2025

June 27, 2025, 2:00 p.m. (EDT)
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