The Daily Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Press Releases
October 21, 2015
Study: Women in Canada: Immigrant women
Over 3.5 million immigrant women and girls were living in Canada in 2011, accounting for about one-fifth of the country’s female population. In that same year, 52.3% of the total immigrant population was female compared with 50.8% of Canada’s total population. In contrast, 100 years earlier, 38.7% of immigrants were women and girls compared with 47.0% of the total population.
Investment in new housing construction, August 2015
Investment in new housing construction edged up 0.4% from August 2014 to $4.4 billion in August.
Health Reports, October 2015
Immigrants tend to have better health than the Canadian-born. However, the “healthy immigrant” effect diminishes over time and varies by source country.
Travel Survey of Residents of Canada, first quarter 2015
In the first quarter, the number of domestic trips decreased 3.3% from the same quarter in 2014 to 65.4 million. Total expenditures for those trips fell 9.0% to $8.7 billion.
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