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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.