As of December 2022, there were 16,367 business locations across Canada in the traveller accommodation industry group. They include facilities such as hotels, motor hotels, resorts, motels, casino hotels, bed and breakfast homes, and housekeeping cottages and cabins, as well as other types, such as hostels and tourist lodges.
Port Alberni and its surroundings are renowned for salmon fishing and as a desirable retirement destination due to a warm climate, outdoor recreation and affordable housing. Census data show that the population in Port Alberni and nearby communities grew by 4.5% from 2016 to 2021, which was below the national growth rate of 5.2%.
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.
