Managed by the Public Sector Statistics Division, the Centre for Municipal and Local Data (CMLD) is the product of an ongoing partnership with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and Statistics Canada’s Disaggregated Data Action Plan. This portal provides citizens, businesses and political decision makers with the statistics they need to make informed decisions about their local community.
Studies suggest that Canada may have a bit of a zombie problem; not the brain or flesh-eating type, but zombified businesses that gnaw on national productivity, suppress wages and constrain the growth of healthy firms.
Ramadan, one of the five pillars of Islam, takes place during the ninth month of the Islamic calendar to commemorate the revelation of the Qur’an to the Prophet Muhammad.
Today, we recognize Canada’s Muslim population who are preparing to welcome the Islamic holy month, which starts this week.
While a condo remains a home for the majority of condos owners, approximately half of new condos built in Toronto and Vancouver since 2016 are used as investment or rental properties.
In Canada, New Brunswick is the only officially bilingual province. However, since 2001, the proportion of workers who primarily use French at work has been declining. Among the province’s workers, 20.1% primarily used French at work, 75.9% primarily used English and 3.9% used English and French equally.
Canadians added over $800 million to their credit card debt in December, bringing the outstanding debt to a record high $91.5 billion. On a year-over-year basis, credit card debt with chartered banks grew 13.8% by the end of December 2022.
