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Author(s): Statistics Canada
Publication Date: 2021
This article highlights findings from Housing Experiences in Canada, a series of fact sheets that explain how different groups of people living in Canada experience housing. The fact sheets draw information from the 2018 Canadian Housing Survey and focus on the housing experiences of seniors (aged 65 years and older), young adults (aged 18 to 25 years), people who have experienced homelessness, recent immigrants, veterans, LGBTQ2+ people, and Bl...
Author(s): Statistics Canada
Organization: Statistics Canada
Publication Date: 2017
The well-being of children has long been a priority for Canadians. In 1893, Ontario enacted the first comprehensive child welfare legislation in Canada, and, in 1944, Canada introduced the Family Allowance Act, which provided universal benefits for every child. In 1989, the House of Commons resolved to eliminate child poverty by the year 2000. Poverty reduction legislation has also been adopted more recently in many provinces and territories.
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Author(s): Statistics Canada
Organization: Statistics Canada
Publication Date: 2017
This study uses data from the 2014 Longitudinal and International Study of Adults (LISA) in order to examine the relationship between low income and characteristics of people aged 25 to 64 with a disability, including disability type, severity class, age of onset of disability, family composition, and other risk factors associated with low income. It also examines the composition of the low-income population in relation to disability, and provide...
Author(s): Statistics Canada
Organization: Statistics Canada
Publication Date: 2013
This National Housing Survey report explores demographic characteristics of Aboriginal peoples, as well as immigration and ethnocultural diversity, education, labour, income, housing and related data for Regina, CMA, 2011.
Author(s): Statistics Canada
Organization: Statistics Canada
Publication Date: 2013
These products provide a statistical overview for various topics from the National Household Survey (NHS). These topics include: Immigration and ethnocultural diversity; Aboriginal Peoples; Education; Labour; Income and Housing.
Author(s): Statistics Canada
Organization: Statistics Canada
Publication Date: 2015
The Labour Force Survey provides estimates of employment and unemployment which are among the most timely and important measures of performance of the Canadian economy. With the release of the survey results only 10 days after the completion of data collection, the LFS estimates are the first of the major monthly economic data series to be released.The Canadian Labour Force Survey was developed following the Second World War to satisfy a need for...
Author(s): Statistics Canada
Organization: Statistics Canada
Publication Date: 2015
In 2011, the population of Regina census metropolitan area (CMA) was 210,556, representing a percentage change of 8.0% from 2006. This compares to the national growth of 5.9% and to the average growth among all CMAs of 7.4%.
In Regina, the land area is 3,408.28 square kilometres with a population density of 61.8 persons per square kilometre. This compares to the national land area of 8,965,121.42 square kilometres with a population density of 3.7...
Author(s): Statistics Canada
Organization: Statistics Canada
Publication Date: 2012
Understanding the role of women in Canadian society and how it has changed over time is dependent on having information that can begin to shed light on the diverse circumstances and experiences of women. Women in Canada provides an unparalleled compilation of data related to women's family status, education, employment, economic well-being, unpaid work, health, and more.
Women in Canada allows readers to better understand the experience of women...
Aboriginal Peoples in Canada: First Nations People, Métis and Inuit. National Household Survey, 2011
Author(s): Statistics Canada
Organization: Statistics Canada
Publication Date: 2013
The National Household Survey Highlights
Aboriginal people – Diverse groups living across the country
• New data from the National Household Survey (NHS) show that 1,400,685 people had an Aboriginal identity in 2011, representing 4.3% of the total Canadian population. Aboriginal people accounted for 3.8% of the population enumerated in the 2006 Census, 3.3% in the 2001 Census and 2.8% in the 1996 Census.
• The Aboriginal population increased b...
Author(s): Statistics Canada
Organization: Statistics Canada
Publication Date: 2008
Author(s): Statistics Canada
Organization: Statistics Canada
Publication Date: 2003
Author(s): Statistics Canada
Publication Date: 2007
"Canada's 4,291 residential care facilities—public, private and not-for-profit—looked after a growing number of people in the fiscal year 2005/2006, from the elderly to those with mental health problems. These facilities provided cared for 235,916 residents, a 2.3% increase from 2004/2005, according to the most recent data from the Residential Care Facilities Survey." (excerpt from article)
Author(s): François Laflamme, Statistical Consultation Group, Statistics Canada
Publication Date: 2001
Statistics Canada (STC) has been contracted by Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC) to look into the feasibility of conducting a survey of homelessness in several Canadiancities. The primary objective of a survey of the homeless would be to obtain absolute counts ofthe number of homeless individuals. A secondary objective would be to collect socio-economicinformation to better understand the issue of homelessness.In the first phase of this f...
Author(s): Statistics Canada
Publication Date: 2001
Facts about employment, housing and income in 1999-2001
Author(s): Harold Mantel and Wesley Yung 1. Introduction, Harold Mantel, Wesley Yung, Statistics Canada
Publication Date: 2000
Statistics Canada (STC) has been approached by Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC) to look into the feasibility of conducting a survey of homelessness in several Canadian cities. The primary objective of this survey would be to obtain accurate counts of the numbers of homeless persons. Initially the survey is planned to get a single count, but the survey may become regular, perhaps being conducted more than once per year to explore seasonal...
Author(s): Andrea Taylor-Butts, Statistics Canada
Publication Date: 2007
This Juristat presents a profile of all shelters in Canada that provided residential services to abused women and their children in 2005-2006. Additionally, through the use of a snapshot day survey (April 19, 2006), selected characteristics of residents (i.e., reasons for coming to the shelter, parenting responsibilities, relationship to abuser, repeat stays, etc.) are presented. Data for this Juristat come primarily from the Transition Home Surv...
Author(s): Cécile Brousse, Bernadette Guiot de la Rochère, Emmanuel Massé, Statistics Canada
Publication Date: 2001
Proceedings of Statistics Canada’s Symposium 2001 - Achieving Data Quality in a Statistical Agency: A Methodological PerspectiveThe French survey of homeless people using support services is unique because of its scope and the conditions under which it was conducted. About 4,000 users of shelters and soup kitchens were surveyed in January and February 2001. Because some users move from one service point to another, it is necessary to collect prec...