The Daily Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Press Release
Study: Commuting within Canada’s largest cities
Commuting patterns in large metropolitan areas, and the ways in which Canadians are getting to work in those areas, have changed considerably over the past two decades, according to a new study.
Railway carloadings, March 2019
The volume of rail freight carried in Canada totalled 31.5 million tonnes in March, down 1.5% from the same month a year earlier.
Trucking Commodity Origin and Destination Survey, 2017
The Trucking Commodity Origin and Destination Survey data are now available for the reference year 2017.
Census of population data tables, 1991 and 1996 censuses
Additional 1991 and 1996 Census of Population data tables are now available through “Census Datasets”.
Environment Fact Sheets: British Columbia’s forest fires, 2018
Back-to-back record-setting fire seasons in British Columbia have increased attention on the impacts of forest fires. In 2018, British Columbia experienced its worst fire season on record with 1.35 million hectares burned, following the 1.22 million hectares burned in 2017.
Analysis at Statistics Canada: Analytical Studies Branch Annual Consolidated Plan for Research, Data Development and Modelling, 2019/2020
The mandate of the Analytical Studies Branch (ASB) is to provide high-quality, relevant and timely information on economic, health and social issues that are important to Canadians. The ASB makes strategic use of expert knowledge and a large range of statistical sources to describe, draw inferences from, and make objective and scientifically-supported deductions about the evolving nature of the Canadian economy and society. Research questions are addressed by applying leading-edge methods, including microsimulation and predictive analytics, using a range of linked and integrated administrative and survey data.
Report on energy supply and demand in Canada, 2017 (preliminary)
The preliminary 2017 edition of the Report on Energy Supply and Demand in Canada is now available.
Alberta Spatial Price Index, October 2018
The Alberta Spatial Price Index is a cost-recovery project to build a price differential index between 34 communities in Alberta and the base city, Edmonton. These price indexes estimate the difference in the retail cost of an identical (or very similar) group of products in each community and the cost of this same group of products in Edmonton.
Did you know?
Did you know? Top income earners in Ontario held $1.27 in debt for each $1 earned in 2016.
New products
Analytical Studies: Methods and References: “Analytical Studies Branch Annual Consolidated Plan for Research, Data Development and Modelling, 2019/2020”, No. 20
Catalogue number Catalogue number11-633-X2019001, (HTML | PDF)
Environment Fact Sheets: “British Columbia’s forest fires, 2018”
Catalogue number Catalogue number16-508-X2019002, (HTML | PDF)
Report on Energy Supply and Demand in Canada, 2017 Preliminary
Catalogue number Catalogue number57-003-X, (HTML | PDF)
Insights on Canadian Society
Catalogue number Catalogue number75-006-X, (HTML | PDF)
New studies and articles
Catalogue numberResults from the 2016 Census: Commuting within Canada’s largest cities
Insights on Canadian Society
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