The Daily Thursday, March 17, 2022
Press Release
Police-reported hate crime, 2020
There were 37% more police-reported hate crimes in 2020 compared with a year earlier, rising from 1,951 incidents in 2019 to 2,669 in 2020. Police-reported hate crimes targeting race or ethnicity almost doubled, accounting for the vast majority of the national increase. Over the same period, the overall police-reported crime rate decreased by 10%.
Estimating the economic value of unpaid household activities in Canada, 2015 to 2019
The value of unpaid household work in Canada, based on a gross opportunity cost, rose to $860.2 billion or 37.2% of nominal GDP in 2019, which was larger than the total contributions of the manufacturing, wholesale and retail industries.
Monthly update: Canadian Economic Dashboard and COVID-19
The Canadian Economic Dashboard and COVID-19 presents selected indicators to help monitor the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on economic activity in Canada.
Annual wages, salaries and commissions of T1 tax filers, 2020
Labour markets were massively disrupted in 2020 as a result of pandemic-induced economic shut-downs. Losses in jobs and hours impacted lower-earning workers disproportionately, while workers in some higher earning industries and occupations experienced increases in employment and wages. Taken altogether, median annual wages, salaries and commissions in Canada were $39,880 in 2020, up 0.8% from 2019. At the same time, the number of earners among tax filers was virtually unchanged (down 18,510 earners, or 0.1%) and the earnings of lower-earning workers fell 10.6%.
Outlook of rural businesses, first quarter 2022
As real gross domestic product grew in the last quarter of 2021 and inflation hit a 30-year high in January, rural businesses in Canada continued to adapt to changing business conditions. This analysis of the Canadian Survey on Business Conditions, first quarter of 2022, examines the evolving practices of rural businesses and their expectations for the future.
General Social Survey – Social Identity, 2020: New Microdata File in Research Data Centres and Infographic on Discrimination During the Pandemic
The second release of the 2020 General Social Survey – Social Identity (GSS SI) microdata file is now available at Statistics Canada’s Research Data Centres. This file now includes integrated administrative data from the T1 Family File and the Longitudinal Immigration Database. The microdata file is accompanied by a user’s guide and a data dictionary.
Canada’s population estimates, fourth quarter 2021
Demographic estimates for Canada, the provinces and the territories on January 1, 2022 are now available. These new data allow for an analysis of population growth during the fourth quarter of 2021 and the whole of 2021.
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