First, some good news: in 2021, over 6 in 10 (61%) of Canadian youth aged 15–19, and over one-quarter (27%) of young adults aged 20–24 have never tried a tobacco cigarette in their lives.
However, vaping rates have been increasing and tend to be higher among youth than older Canadians. Many e-cigarettes also contain nicotine.
From 2017 to 2018, we asked women who had given birth over the previous five years about their breastfeeding experiences and challenges.
To mark World Breastfeeding Week, let’s look at some of the results from these questions.
Canadians are taking flight again in large numbers, both here at home and around the world. International visitors are also coming back. However, headwinds remain in the industry, mostly as a result of labour shortages at airports across Canada and around the world that have led to passenger frustration and cancelled flights.
The first year of the pandemic was a time of tremendous uncertainty, especially among Canadians who had lost their job, were working fewer hours or were already economically vulnerable when the pandemic hit. One concern at the start of the pandemic was the financial ability of Canadians to put food on the table.
With unemployment and job vacancy rates both hitting records this spring, the summer job market for university and college students has rarely been better.
During the 2021 Census, we counted more than 2.2 million children five years of age or younger. A recent survey found that just over half (52%) of these children were in licensed or unlicensed child care in early 2022, unchanged from late 2020, but down from three in five (60%) in 2019, before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey found that the types of care children are receiving has also changed since the onset of the pandemic and that finding affordable care remains a concern for many parents.
With inflation rising at its fastest pace in 40 years, some Canadians may not be able to afford an expensive vacation to faraway lands this summer. Don’t let that get you down. Two-thirds of Canadians told us that they get a great deal of satisfaction from greenspaces much closer to home.
