The Daily Thursday, December 17, 2015
Press Release
December 17, 2015
Employment Insurance, October 2015
In October, 539,700 people received regular Employment Insurance benefits, down slightly from September (-3,300 or -0.6%).
Study: Language practices of children in Francophone families living outside Quebec, 2006
One-third of the children of Francophone parents living outside Quebec in 2006 exclusively or primarily used French for reading and a smaller percentage used French in other daily activities.
Income of Canadians, 2000 to 2013
Alberta, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador, all resource-rich provinces, saw their median family after-tax incomes grow the most from 2000 to 2013. Ontario was the lone province to experience median family income growth substantially lower than the national average.
Canadian Megatrends, December 2015
One of the most substantial changes to the Canadian labour market over the past decades is the arrival, en masse, of women. In the early 1950s, about a quarter of Canadian women aged 25 to 54 participated in the labour force, meaning that they either had a job outside the home or were looking for one. By 2014, that rate had more than tripled to 82%.
Civil aviation operating statistics, October 2015
The two major Canadian air carriers flew 3.9 million passengers on scheduled and charter services in October, up 4.4% from the same month in 2014. Air Canada carried 2.3 million passengers, up 7.8% from the same month a year earlier, while WestJet carried 1.6 million passengers, relatively unchanged from the same month a year earlier.
Aircraft movement statistics: Major airports, October 2015
Aircraft take-offs and landings at Canadian airports with NAV CANADA air traffic control towers and flight service stations increased 3.4% in October from the same month a year earlier.
Travel between Canada and other countries, October 2015
Travel by Canadian residents to overseas countries rose 7.4% in October to 1.0 million trips.
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