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Statistics Canada's look at the week.

It was an up year for beekeepers and their busy bees in 2025 but it was not a great year by historical standards. 

In the first quarter of 2026, just over one in six businesses (16.9%) in the accommodation and food services sector expected an increase in sales over the next three months, while almost three in five (59.6%) expected them to stay the same. Almost one in four (23.2%) expected a decrease in sales.

May 15 is a day when we are all encouraged to “ride our bike to work.” Canadians could use some encouraging. In 2025, 244,000 Canadians or 1.4% of commuters mainly depended on their bicycle to get to work, a rate that has barely budged in years.

In 2025, Canadian sod producers reported sales of $164.8 million, the highest on record since we started tracking sod sales in 2012. 

From the day you were born to the day you die, and through every broken bone, blood test, or serious ailment in between, chances are a nurse is by your side, providing care. In 2025, Canadians relied upon the services of 451,500 nurses and allied health professionals, approximately 1.1 for every 100 people in the land.

Statistics Canada's look at the week.

In honour of all the moms, stepmoms, guardians, mentors and nurturers across Canada being celebrated this weekend, we’re marking the occasion with a look at the numbers.

Canada is a land of immigrants, with many still conversing in the language of their youth as well as in English or French—at home with family and friends, at ethnic community gatherings, and sometimes even at work. Approximately 10.7 million Canadians spoke a non-official language in 2021. Often, these non-official language speakers add a splash of English or French to the mix.

Household organic waste such as potato, apple or carrot peels, grass clippings, raked leaves or other organic household scraps of modern-day life are destined for one of two places: buried in a landfill for hundreds of years, or given new life through composting. Just over 3.1 million tonnes of organic waste were diverted from a landfill in 2024, with Canadian households doing most (80%) of the diverting.