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Construction on the Trans Mountain Expansion Project began in the summer of 2018. The project, which involved construction of a new pipeline parallel to the existing one, was proposed to ease the bottleneck on Western Canadian crude and increase flows to the West Coast, opening access to new markets. The pipeline expansion became fully operational in May 2024 and since then has nearly tripled the capacity of the existing pipeline through the Rocky Mountains from Edmonton, Alberta, to the port of Burnaby, British Columbia, where Canadian crude can be shipped to new markets by sea. 

Statistics Canada's look at the week.

It’s mid-August, which means corn harvest has started. So if you haven’t yet, put down your device, find a cookout, and get some corn on the cob. While waiting for the start of this harvest, we’ve prepped all sorts of corny data—so after dinner, let’s comb the dessert. 

The Rocky Mountains of Alberta are world-renowned for their majestic beauty and are well loved among Canadians, with almost 5.5 million domestic visits to the region in 2024. Let’s take a look at domestic visits to Alberta’s Rockies, with a focus on who visits and when, where they stayed, how they got there and how much they spent while visiting. 

Statistics Canada's look at the week.

The need for agricultural products remains strong, both for Canadian consumption and for markets abroad. And there will always be a need for future farmers, whether that means them taking over a family farm or getting into the sector through a purchase or lease. 

In 2025, just over two-thirds (68%) of Canadian households reported using an air conditioner or similar cooling equipment (i.e., heat pumps) to offset the summer heat, according to recent data from the Canadian Social Survey. 

Statistics Canada's look at the week.

Canada’s condo market has been making headlines in recent months. While we don’t track the resale market of existing condos, we do measure changes over time in developers’ selling prices of units of new condominium apartment buildings through our quarterly New Condominium Apartment Price Index. The most recent data show that new condo prices were at or near record highs in the second quarter of 2025 in Montréal, Ottawa and Edmonton, while in Toronto, Vancouver and Victoria, prices remained below the record highs of 2022.

In the most recent cycle of the Households and the Environment Survey, we asked Canadians about their pet cats, including how many they have and whether or not they could venture outside.