The need for agricultural products remains strong, both for Canadian consumption and for markets abroad. And there will always be a need for future farmers, whether that means them taking over a family farm or getting into the sector through a purchase or lease.
In 2025, just over two-thirds (68%) of Canadian households reported using an air conditioner or similar cooling equipment (i.e., heat pumps) to offset the summer heat, according to recent data from the Canadian Social Survey.
Statistics Canada's look at the week.
Canada’s condo market has been making headlines in recent months. While we don’t track the resale market of existing condos, we do measure changes over time in developers’ selling prices of units of new condominium apartment buildings through our quarterly New Condominium Apartment Price Index. The most recent data show that new condo prices were at or near record highs in the second quarter of 2025 in Montréal, Ottawa and Edmonton, while in Toronto, Vancouver and Victoria, prices remained below the record highs of 2022.
In the most recent cycle of the Households and the Environment Survey, we asked Canadians about their pet cats, including how many they have and whether or not they could venture outside.
Statistics Canada's look at the week.
Last week, we discussed in further detail four of the eight main categories of food purchased from stores and how these expenditures changed from 2021 to 2023, as tracked by the Survey of Household Spending. In this article, let’s have a look at the remaining four categories.
Canadian farmers grow two types of cherries—sour and sweet. Sour cherry trees blossom in late spring and can therefore be grown in most provinces. Sweet cherry trees, however, are prone to frost and are grown commercially in four provinces, with most orchards found in the interior of British Columbia. In 2024, sweet cherry production fell to its lowest level on record, while sour cherry production was down from one year earlier.
While wildfires are a national concern, their effects are not experienced equally. For many Canadians, recent wildfire seasons have been felt through hazy skies, the smell of smoke, or an orange-tinged horizon, while for others their only exposure to wildfires may be through media reports. For those Canadians in the direct path of a wildfire, however, the consequences may be much more pronounced, including forced evacuations, loss of a home, missed work hours, and broader economic disruptions across the region. A recent paper, titled “Estimates of gross domestic product in wildfire-affected areas during the 2023 and 2024 wildfire seasons,” explores the economic implications of wildfires at the provincial, territorial and regional levels.
For Canadians living outside of Quebec, the first Monday of August generally means an extra day of summer fun, or in some parts of the country, getting paid time and a half for working on a public holiday. What holiday you celebrate depends very much on where you live, but technically, the first Monday in August is known as the Civic Holiday. To see how your city shapes up financially this Civic Holiday, let’s explore our Municipal Financial Data Dashboard.
