The Daily Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Press Release
Canada’s population estimates, fourth quarter 2024
On January 1, 2025, Canada’s population reached 41,528,680 people. This corresponds to an increase of 63,382 people compared with October 1, 2024, or a quarterly growth rate of 0.2%.
Canadian Survey on the Provision of Child Care Services, 2024
In 2024, there were 46,986 businesses across Canada providing child care services to nearly 1.1 million children aged 12 years and younger. In Canada, child care is often categorized by three types: centre-based child care, licensed home-based child care and unlicensed home-based child care.
Interprovincial trade flows and frictions
Canada has a longstanding reputation as a trading nation, with its economy being heavily reliant on global trade. However, the vital role of internal trade in Canada is often overlooked. Internal trade is a key part of the Canadian economy, contributing to economic competitiveness by generating jobs, enabling business growth, broadening consumer options and fostering overall economic development.
Health Reports, March 2025
When a person is admitted to the hospital for an illness that could have been treated by a primary health care team (e.g., asthma, diabetes, hypertension), it is considered an avoidable hospitalization. Avoidable hospitalizations are a common indicator of access to primary health care, where higher rates may indicate poorer access. Previous studies have explored factors that put people at risk for avoidable hospitalization in Canada, including age and socioeconomic status, but few have examined associations across racialized populations.
Health care workers in Canada and use of official languages at work, 2021
In 2021, there were 1,975,000 health care workers in Canada, representing 11.4% of the employed population. The number of health care workers rose across the country.
2021 Census of Population—Data tables on languages
Today, Statistics Canada is releasing additional data tables from the 2021 Census of Population.
Release of the Canadian Pedestrian Network Database, 2016 to 2024
The Canadian Pedestrian Network Database is a collection of pedestrian infrastructure data compiled from municipal open data sources across Canada. It was developed as part of a trio of mobility datasets produced by the Urban Data Lab and supported by Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC), complementing the Canadian Cycling Network Database and the Canadian Public Transit Network Database.
Weekly aircraft movements, March 1 to 7, 2025
Weekly data on aircraft itinerant movements are now available for March 1 to 7, 2025.
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