The Daily Wednesday, May 15, 2024

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Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, March 2024

Manufacturing sales declined 2.1% in March, mainly driven by lower sales of petroleum and coal products as well as motor vehicles. Sales of machinery posted the largest increase.

Health Reports, May 2024

The pandemic affected the daily lives of Canadians, with increased telework, virtual school and a reduction in social activities. The article “Sociodemographic differences in recreational screen time before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada” shows that recreational screen time also increased during the pandemic, and some groups within the population were more impacted than others.

Study: Insights into the impact of extreme weather trends in Canada on homeowners insurance profitability and consumers

Insurance claims related to extreme weather events have increased in frequency and severity, costing insurers billions of dollars in damages yearly. From 1983 to 2008, insurers spent on average $400 million yearly on catastrophic claims; since 2009, the yearly average has risen to almost $2 billion. These “once in 100 years” events are happening more frequently and are becoming more severe and more costly. 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 all rank in the top 10 worst years, surpassed only by the 2016 Fort McMurray fires, the 2013 floods in Calgary and Toronto and the 1998 Quebec ice storm.

New entrants to postsecondary education, by Indigenous identity

Today, Statistics Canada is releasing data related to new entrants to college and university (entry cohorts of 2015 to 2021) by Indigenous identity. This release includes information on the number of new students in Canada by Indigenous identity, educational qualification, field of study, age group, and gender. Data are available at the national, provincial and territorial levels.

Annual update of the Longitudinal Immigration Database Express Entry module, 2022

Additional data elements on the Express Entry system, up to and including the year 2022, are now included in the Longitudinal Immigration Database (IMDB) to allow analysis of the economic outcomes of those who apply to this system.

Weekly aircraft movements, April 27 to May 3, 2024

Weekly data on aircraft itinerant movements are now available for April 27 to May 3, 2024.

Traffic Flow Dashboard

Statistics Canada has launched the Traffic Flow Dashboard as a source of experimental statistics to provide information on the traffic flow on selected road segments in the cities of Calgary and Toronto.

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