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.
Remembrance Day is a special day for paying tribute to Canadian Veterans who fought for our freedom and values. It is a day to remind ourselves of the important role the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) play internationally and at home.
By now, most of us have a smartphone—over 8 in 10 (84.4%) Canadians aged 15 and older had one in 2020. What’s more, households with a personal computer have been rising in numbers for decades. But what about using one’s personal device for work purposes? For our biennial Impact of cybercrime on Canadian businesses survey, one of the questions we asked Canadian businesses was how many of their workers—quite literally—are left to their own devices.
If there’s one thing we’ve learned since March 2020, it’s that home is not just where we live, it’s also where we can work or go to school. In Canada, there were 83,784 students enrolled in homeschool in 2020/2021, more than double (+106.3%) the 40,608 enrolled in the previous academic year.
