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Earlier this year, in partnership with the Public Health Agency of Canada, Statistics Canada asked Canadians if they had tested positive for COVID-19 or suspected they had an infection since the onset of the pandemic and, if so, what was their health outcome.

A home is more than simply a roof over your head; it can also be a source of security, dignity and identity. Canada’s residential housing accounts for over one-fifth of our national wealth.

A recent review of data from Statistics Canada’s Canadian Housing Statistics Program found that Manitoba is a haven for both young and first-time home buyers. The program, which looks at the characteristics of buyers of residential properties in British Columbia, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Northwest Territories, found that in 2019, the median price of a home sold in Manitoba was less than half that of a property sold in British Columbia. Manitoba also had the youngest buyers on average and the highest share of recent immigrant buyers.

Gross domestic product (GDP) has traditionally been measured by the output of industrial sectors, provinces and territories. A new approach measures GDP by gender.

A new study found that men’s contribution to GDP is higher than women’s, but that of women is rising faster.

The number of suicides in Canada fell from 4,528 in 2019 to a decade-low 3,839 in 2020, and suicide went from the 9th to the 12th leading cause of death.

Two recent Health Reports studies shed light on the mental health of Canadians and suicide prior to and during the pandemic.

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, health care workers have faced particular challenges because of an increased risk of exposure to COVID-19 in health care settings, high workloads, increased stress and issues involving the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE).

Canadians have seen new home prices increase over the past several years, with the New Housing Price Index up 22.1% since November 2019. In recent months, however, the price increases have moderated, edging down 0.1% in September 2022 nationally, with most census metropolitan areas reporting no price changes for the month.  

Whatever way you slice it, limited-service establishments make up nearly half of the food service industry that Statistics Canada tracks. Unlike full-service restaurants, limited-service establishments serve up different options. Examples of limited-service establishments are fast food restaurants (including drive-thrus), coffee shops, take out pizzerias, bagel shops, doughnut shops, sandwich bars, and ice cream parlours, but exclude food trucks.