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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. 

In 2020, there were 4,126 wastewater treatment plants and lagoon systems; 164,211 kilometres of wastewater pipes and sanitary forcemains; 108,447 kilometres of storm water pipes; and 284,827 kilometres of culverts and open ditches.

This article kicks off a series of stories featuring collaborations between Statistics Canada and municipalities across the country. 

Back in the spring, we reported on how the loosening of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions had helped bring about a gradual return to some cultural and sporting events. Months later, let’s have a look at how our spending has increased in current prices and on a seasonally-adjusted basis.