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Are you a dog person or a cat person? Although it’s an easy question for some, others find it impossible to pick just one. Maybe you just prefer birds…or fish…or lizards…

We are all too aware of cancer. After all, it is the leading cause of death in Canada, and virtually all families have mourned the loss of a loved one to this terrible affliction. The good news is that cancer can be prevented with lifestyle changes, and five-year survival for the most commonly diagnosed cancers exceeds 90% when caught at the first stage.

In the fourth quarter of 2023, Canadian households spent $45.8 billion (seasonally adjusted, in 2017 constant dollars) on transport, accounting for 13.6% of total household consumption expenditures. This is the highest amount since the same quarter of 2019 ($46.9 billion), just before the COVID-19 pandemic.

As our latest data from the Households and the Environment Survey show, a growing number of Canadians are keen on cultivating. When surveyed in 2021, about 6 in 10 households (61%) in the provinces grew fruit, herbs, vegetables or flowers for personal use in the past 12 months, up from 56% a decade earlier.

Our geomatics team did some calculations and figured out that about one in six Canadians are within the path of totality! Of the nearly 37 million Canadians counted in the 2021 Census of Population, that’s about 6.1 million.

Living with a disability presents challenges that are unique for every individual. There are many different types of disabilities, which can range from mild to very severe. It is not always easy to recognize the barriers that someone may be facing, as many disabilities are not visible.

Vaisakhi, the holiest day of the year in the Sikh faith is fast approaching. To mark this day, let’s take a statistical snapshot of Sikhs in Canada.

Canada’s youngest territory and youngest province, close geographically to one another, are about to hit milestones on back-to-back days.

We counted 1,486 farms with 154,873 rabbits hopping about during the 2021 Census of Agriculture. Every province had at least four farms raising rabbits.

It’s a scene that’s replayed in every neighbourhood across Canada. Vans and trucks coming and going, delivering goods in cardboard boxes large and small. On paper garbage collection day, cardboard boxes pile up at the end of driveways, waiting for the recycling trucks to take them away. Let’s follow the trail of cardboard boxes in Canada, from the factory floor to your door and beyond.