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While the hot days of summer are not generally associated with the cold or flu season, approximately one in seven Canadians reported having a respiratory infection in the summer of 2024. This is what they told us about their experience. 

The Canadian electricity sector saw another challenging year in 2024. Many of the factors and trends observed in 2023 played a role again in 2024, particularly the persistent dry conditions that continued to reduce hydroelectricity generation, Canada’s largest electricity generation source. 

Radishes are among the first vegetables to be planted and harvested during Canada’s short growing season, generally taking only one month to grow from seed to harvest. 

Canada is blessed with many excellent restaurants where one might overhear a non-official language spoken among staff. While the accommodation and food services sector ranked third in the number of workers using a non-official language at work in 2021, other languages, generally in combination with English or French, were also used by workers at hospitals, realtor offices, construction sites, farm fields or warehouses.

Statistics Canada's look at the week.

For the fourth consecutive year, production of crude oil and equivalent products reached a record high, up 4.3% from 2023 to 298.8 million cubic metres in 2024.