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.
In December 2023, the business closure rate rose 0.4 percentage points to 4.9%, following two consecutive months of decline. The business opening rate edged down to 4.5% in December, after holding steady at 4.6% over the two previous months.
The 2021 Census of Population counted nearly 15 million private dwellings nationwide occupied by their usual residents, giving us an idea of just how many refrigerators, stoves, washers, dryers and other appliances Canadians need for day-to-day living.
How would Canadians rank their own life satisfaction, and in what ways? Canada’s Quality of Life Framework can help answer this question, as it brings together data from the Canada Social Survey and other sources to form 84 indicators that measure objective and subjective well-being.
If you’re vegetarian or vegan, or simply want to incorporate more plant-based protein into your diet—lentils are one of the top sources for it, according to Canada’s food guide.
Businesses are always looking for a competitive edge and generative artificial intelligence (AI) has been heralded as a transformative labour- and money-saving technology. In the first quarter of 2024, approximately one in seven Canadian businesses were already using (9.3%) or had plans to use (4.6%) generative AI.
We’re well into March, which means milder weather for much of the country. And it also means more potholes popping up all over the roads, as the freeze-thaw cycle goes into overdrive. For drivers, it’s a minefield. For road crews, it can be an exhausting game of whack-a-mole!
Operators in the food services and drinking places subsector continued to recover in 2022, as most restrictions were lifted by mid-year and Canadians felt more comfortable going to restaurants and bars. Operating revenue at food services and drinking places increased by almost one-quarter (+24.3%) year over year to $84.2 billion in 2022, up 7.4% from 2019, just prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
