Mastodawn

THIS IS THE HISTORIC 🇨🇦 CENSUS that counts ALL gay/lesbian people who (self)identiy. Before this, the census could only count TWO L or G people per household: Person 1 and Person 2.

Worse than that, before 1996, if people of the same sex filled in Commonlaw Spouse on the census, #StatsCan would "correct the error" and count Person 1 and Person 2 as Roommates. 😡

I'm not aware of StatsCan counting trans people. Are they?

#erasure #lgb #lgbt #StatisticsCanada #census #statistic

CBC Sudbury Apr 14

Gap between richest and poorest Canadians widened again in 2025, StatsCan says
Statistics Canada says the income gap — measuring the difference in the share of disposable income between households in the top 40 per cent and those in the bottom 40 per cent — reached 46.7 percentage points in 2025.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-wealth-gap-grew-2025-9.7162167?cmp=rss

CBC Top Stories Apr 13

Gap between richest and poorest Canadians widened again in 2025, StatsCan says
Statistics Canada says the income gap — measuring the difference in the share of disposable income between households in the top 40 per cent and those in the bottom 40 per cent — reached 46.7 percentage points in 2025.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-wealth-gap-grew-2025-9.7162167?cmp=rss

CBC Canada Apr 13

Gap between richest and poorest Canadians widened again in 2025, StatsCan says
Statistics Canada says the income gap — measuring the difference in the share of disposable income between households in the top 40 per cent and those in the bottom 40 per cent — reached 46.7 percentage points in 2025.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-wealth-gap-grew-2025-9.7162167?cmp=rss

Innocuous In Innisfil 🇨🇦Apr 6

Good Morning #Canada
Canadian beekeepers depend on the arrival of up to 300,000 queen bees every year from countries like Italy, Chile and USA to supplement domestic demand, according to #StatsCan. That's because Canada has been dealing with a sustainability problem where honey bee colonies have been dying at unsustainable rates for over a decade. New research conducted by the U of Guelph hopes to change that.

#CanadaIsAwesome #Science #Apiculture
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7150422

Gut health is the key to a resilient queen bee, say Guelph researchers

Researchers at the University of Guelph hope their work will reduce Canada's dependency on importing queen bees by better understanding their gut health. Brendan Daisley, a postdoctoral fellow at the university, says Canada imports up to 300,000 queen bees every year to meet domestic demand. He says understanding the gut health of domestic queen bees could hold answers to a colony's overall resiliency.

CBC

Innocuous In Innisfil 🇨🇦Apr 3

Good Morning #Canada
In theory every Friday is a #GoodFriday because it leads to a weekend for most of us. Good Friday is determined by #EasterSunday, which is celebrated on the 1st Sunday after the first full moon in spring (after March 21st). Totally logical.
According to the last #StatsCan census over 29% of Canadians identify as Catholic, although only approximately two thirds attend church regularly.

#CanadaIsAwesome #Religion
https://www.statcan.gc.ca/o1/en/plus/3392-happy-easter

Happy Easter - Statistics Canada

Easter Sunday, along with Christmas, are the biggest celebrations of the year for the world’s 2.3 billion Christians. In fact, these may well be the only two days of the year when a Christian will go to church.

Innocuous In Innisfil 🇨🇦Mar 29

Good Morning #Canada
Happy National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day to all those who likely have to work today. Over 55% of businesses in Canada have less than 5 employees, and 73% have less than 10. A late 2025 #StatsCan survey reports business confidence is high despite tariff challenges, and 30% of companies report higher sales of Canadian products.

Maclean's made some business predictions for 2025 and pretty much got them wrong.

#CanadaIsAwesome #Entrepreneur
https://macleans.ca/the-year-ahead/ten-business-predictions-for-2025/

CBC Toronto Mar 18

Canada's population shrank last year — a first for the country, StatsCan says
Canada's population dropped last year, marking the first time the country has seen an annual net decline in residents since Confederation.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-population-decline-first-time-9.7133643?cmp=rss

CBC Business Mar 18

Canada's population shrank last year — a first for the country, StatsCan says
Canada's population dropped last year, marking the first time the country has seen an annual net decline in residents since Confederation.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-population-decline-first-time-9.7133643?cmp=rss

CBC Top Stories Mar 18

Canada's population shrank last year — a first for the country, StatsCan says
Canada's population dropped last year, marking the first time the country has seen an annual net decline in residents since Confederation.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-population-decline-first-time-9.7133643?cmp=rss