The metal ore mining industry group, which includes copper, nickel, lead, zinc and other metals such as lithium, is expected to spend $13.5 billion on capital expenditures in 2026, up 13.5% from 2025.
Statistics Canada's look at the week.
Farm operators will be receiving their invitation letters to participate in the 2026 Census of Agriculture, beginning in early May. Statistics Canada has also been reaching out to the farming community with materials they can use to help promote the census.
Payroll employment in the Canadian manufacturing sector stood at just over 1.5 million people in December 2025, down 40,600 from December 2024 (seasonally adjusted).
A recent study tracking persistence of low income from 2016 to 2022 found that having more education offered even greater protection against low income for certain groups—namely, those who are more financially vulnerable in the first place.
Statistics Canada's look at the week.
Every two years, the Households and the Environment Survey asks Canadian households in the provinces about their water-conservation practices. The latest data are from 2023, when almost half of households (48%) had a low-volume toilet, largely unchanged from 2011 (47%).
The daily rhythms of life—from sleep to work to leisure—come into focus through data from Statistics Canada’s Time Use Survey. In 2022, we asked a representative sample of Canadians to report how they spent their day over a 24-hour period, including those hours spent sleeping.
For 364 days of the year, 365 on leap year, beer hues range from various shades of yellow, gold and brown, until you reach a thick, rich black brew. On St. Patrick’s Day, reputedly the busiest day of the year for drinking establishments, beer colour often magically turns green, in homage to the Irish around the world.
In 2023, just over one in five Canadian adults (21.6%) living in the provinces ate fruit and vegetables five or more times a day, with the rate varying depending on several factors, including age, sex and ethnicity.
