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For thousands of Canadians, that weekend escape to cottage country or a ski resort became a full-time home over the last few years.

Some of Canada’s fastest growing small towns outside of urban centres from 2016 to 2021 were located within a two-hour drive of Toronto, Montréal or Vancouver. Many of these small towns were found in cottage country or near a ski resort, with all the amenities that go with it including nearby nature, boating, golfing, skiing, and “après-skiing.”

Sibling Day (April 10) is one of those made-up days like Festivus, but it does provide a good excuse for talking about sibling data.

Golf season officially kicks off with the Master’s Tournament currently underway in Augusta, Georgia. This year’s tournament features three Canadian players, all raised within a two-hour drive of each other in Southern Ontario.

It’s perhaps not surprising that all three golfers hail from Ontario, given that the province accounted for almost half of the $2.6 billion in operating revenue generated by golf courses and country clubs across Canada in 2020.

Almost one in three adults in Canada (30%) needing health care services reported they delayed seeking health care in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes delays in contacting a medical professional about a problem with their physical, emotional or mental health

We have no idea how many Canadians actually observe “National No Housework Day”. We can tell you who does what around the house and how much it would cost theoretically, if every Canadian aged 15 and older living in the provinces did take the day off from household chores.

Did you know that Canada’s first statistician Jean Talon also set up Canada’s first brewery, in 1665?

Today, Statistics Canada tracks how much beer is available for consumption and ultimately sold. As part of this tracking effort, Statistics Canada has also asked Canadians how much alcohol they were drinking per day prior to and during the pandemic.

Without further ado, let’s give three cheers for National Beer Day, accompanied by a sobering aside.