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Hanukkah, the festival of lights, fried food and games
At sunset on December 18, Jewish families across Canada will gather around the menorah to light the first of eight candles during the joyous festival of Hanukkah. Just under 1 in 100 Canadians (335,000 people) reported a Jewish religious affiliation in 2021.
Drip, drip, drip, the sound of liquid gold
Just under 55 million maple taps were busy dripping out a record-high 17.4 million gallons of liquid gold during the 2022 maple run.
Wool you look at these knit-picked numbers
Knitters, unite! Can we come to the next knitting night? We’ll bring the stats, and we aren’t sheepish to say we have a lot of them—starting with wool.
Marriage: “I do”? More like “I don’t”
During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a historic decline in the number of marriages.
Education following job loss
Each year, about 5% to 10% of Canadian employees experience a permanent layoff. The implications of job loss are a big deal for affected individuals and their families; a permanent layoff is associated with sustained annual earnings losses equivalent to about 10% to 20%, five years out.
A data-driven case for prosperity in Atlantic Canada
As David Campbell sees it, economic growth in the Atlantic provinces has long been reliant on the right strategies to counter various challenges to growth—strategies that have always included projections and trends based on the data.
Countin’ around the Christmas tree, let statistics spirit ring
The 2021 Census of Agriculture counted 1,364 farms that grew Christmas trees for sale, spread over 50,803 acres.
Ready for take-off: Canadian passengers are queuing up to fly into the holiday season
Air traffic decreased to its lowest point in April 2020, with the number of passengers flying Canadian Level 1 air carriers declining 97% year over year following the closure of borders and the introduction of travel restrictions in late March to curb the spread of COVID-19.