Statistics Canada
The Canadian YouTube star with a day job at the federal government
Cristine Rotenberg has nearly seven million subscribers who watch her comedic videos. But from Monday to Friday, she crunches data for StatsCan.
The unemployment rate is meaningless and we should scrap it
Our editorial: The statistic used to be a good proxy for the state of the economy, but those days are gone. It’s time to revise what we measure.
Who else will like marijuana legalization? Economists.
An entire segment of the economy now needs to be properly accounted for and studied. It’s a massive and historic opportunity.
Loblaws’ price-fixing may have cost you at least $400
Any way you slice it, Canadian bread shouldn’t have cost this much
For Canada, 2018 brings an ‘unbelievable’, ‘ridiculously strong’ job market
As Canada’s unemployment rate reaches historic lows, will wage growth finally reawaken inflation?
Why Indigenous languages should be taught alongside French and English
Métis author Chelsea Vowel argues for the official protection of Canada’s Indigenous languages, which are currently on the brink of extinction
Older Canadians are flocking to the web. Are they liking what they find?
New survey research shows Canadians think the internet interrupts their lives. But that’s not stopping them from going online.
Even as Canada’s economy booms, prices are barely rising
Econ-o-metric: Inflation is slowly rising, but probably not enough for the Bank of Canada to hike interest rates again. The bank’s message: be patient
Canada’s economy enters a ‘Goldilocks’ phase
Econ-o-metric: GDP growth slows to a sustainable rate. Not too hot, not too cold. It’s just right.
Canada’s job market is firing on all cylinders
Econ-o-metric: Why are so many Canadians who’ve reached retirement age still working? And what does a hot labour market mean for interest rates?
New census income data conceal the scars of the oil crash
While the latest census figures confirm that Canada fared well during the global recession, the picture of household financial health is far from complete
Canada was supposed to have 100 million people by the 1970s
A look at what the first statistical year book after Confederation said about Canada then, and in the future