Statistics Canada

The Canadian economy added 7,400 jobs last month, slightly outpacing economist expectations for a gain of 2,500 positions. But the unemployment rate also rose two tenths of a percentage point in April.

Statistics Canada will release its latest reading for inflation this morning.

Statistics Canada is expected to release employment figures for March today.

That would bring the Bank of Canada's key rate down to three per cent and mark its sixth straight decrease.

"About 98 per cent of population growth was explained by international migration and, in fact, it's mostly the temporary immigration component that's driving population growth in Canada," said Patrick Charbonneau, chief of Statistics Canada's Centre for Demography.

Statistics Canada is expected to release its latest reading on inflation today.

Climate change is driving up insurance rates and raising questions about whether private coverage will even be available for some Canadians in the future.

The study is the first to investigate changes in patterns of hospitalization among Indigenous children and youth over time.

Such a significant loss of greenery isn’t just an eyesore; it’s bad for health.

Young women stayed away from low-paid retail work in elevated numbers in November, the latest Canadian jobs data shows, leaving a growing number of vacancies unfilled heading into the busy holiday shopping season.

New statistics on medical cannabis use raise questions about what qualifies as pain management and highlight the need for more open conversations between young people and health professionals, researchers and mental health experts say.

According to Statistics Canada data released last month, 77 per cent of sexually and gender-diverse youth aged 15 to 17 reported being bullied.

The urban Indigenous population continues to grow in large urban centres, and they sometimes outpace census numbers, Ontario-based Tungasuvvingat Inuit says.

The summer student job market is tracking stronger than it was in 2019, jobs data for July shows, especially for males aged 15 and 16, as many of them picked up school holiday work in an otherwise shrinking retail sector and hospitality.

More than six in 10 Canadian teenagers and more than a quarter of young adults have never touched a cigarette, Statistics Canada says, but vaping is growing in popularity among the younger demographic.