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Every breath you take—how clean is it?

June 8, 2022, 11:00 a.m. (EDT)
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It’s Environment Week in Canada, and Clean Air Day is always an important part of it. This year’s theme is air quality in a changing climate.

Statistics Canada has some numbers on the quality of the air we breathe.

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Every breath you take—how clean is it?

June 8, 2022, 11:00 a.m. (EDT)
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It’s Environment Week in Canada, and Clean Air Day is always an important part of it. This year’s theme is air quality in a changing climate.

Statistics Canada has some numbers on the quality of the air we breathe.

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A degree of separation—how to fill all those job openings?

June 7, 2022, 11:00 a.m. (EDT)
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Among the 224,000 long-term unemployed individuals—those searching continuously for work or on temporary layoff for 27 weeks or more—just over 1 in 4 (27.6%) had a bachelor’s degree or higher.

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A gouda’mount of data—all you need to know about cheese

June 3, 2022, 11:00 a.m. (EDT)
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June 4 is National Cheese Day in Canada, and we at Statistics Canada are happy to dig, er, shred out some cheesy data for your consumption.

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The growth of teleworkers’ pay

May 31, 2022, 11:00 a.m. (EDT)
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A concern often raised about working from home is that teleworking may impact a possible promotion, leading to slower wage growth than that of other employees over the long term.

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Taking a gap year: Long-term earnings implications

May 27, 2022, 11:00 a.m. (EDT)
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For most high school graduates, a summer break is plenty of time to recharge before starting college or university in the fall. But a minority of students prefer to delay their education by taking a gap year.

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L’chaim! Raise a glass to Jewish heritage!

May 24, 2022, 11:00 a.m. (EDT)
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May is Canadian Jewish Heritage Month, a time to recognize the important contributions that Jewish Canadians have made to Canada’s social, economic, political and cultural fabric. 

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