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Extreme weather causing billions of dollars in damage, driving up insurance premiums: StatsCan

The increasing frequency of extreme weather events across the country has caused the sums paid out annually for catastrophic insurance claims to explode…

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Politics

Millennials now outnumber baby boomers in Canada, StatsCan says

Statistics Canada says there are now more millennials than baby boomers in the country, ending the 65-year reign of the…

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Health

Canada’s 2022 fertility rate lowest on record, StatsCan reports

Canada’s total fertility rate dropped to its lowest point in more than a century of data-keeping in 2022, hitting just…

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Health

More than 1/3 of New Brunswickers have a disability: StatsCan

More than a third of New Brunswickers are living with a disability, according to the latest Statistics Canada data. At 35.3…

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Business

Inflation rose to 3.4% in December, says StatsCan

Canada’s annual inflation rate jumped to 3.4 per cent in December, according to data released by Statistics Canada on Tuesday. That’s after…

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Business

Unemployment rate held steady last month, StatsCan says

Statistics Canada says the total number of jobs in December was virtually unchanged for the month as the unemployment rate held steady…

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Business

Canadian debt-to-income ratio narrowed slightly in third quarter, says StatsCan

Business A report from Statistics Canada says that the ratio of Canadian household debt-to-income narrowed in the third quarter, signalling that…

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Canada

It now costs more to afford basic necessities in Calgary than in Vancouver, Toronto: StatsCan

It now costs more to afford basic necessities in Calgary than in any other major city in the country —…

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Health

1 in 9 Canadian adults have experienced long-term COVID symptoms, StatsCan says

About one in nine Canadian adults have experienced long-term symptoms from COVID-19 infection, according to a Statistics Canada report issued…

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Politics

Number of sexual assaults reported in military spiked last year, StatsCan survey says

A new report from Statistics Canada says the percentage of military members who reported being sexually assaulted by another member of…

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