Administrative purpose, in relation to the use of personal information about an individual, means the use of that information in a decision-making process that directly affects that individual.

Please note that CANSIM table numbers are now referred to as Product IDs (PID). For reference, a look-up table providing the concordance between CANSIM table numbers and the new Product IDs is ...

Statistics Canada makes custom survey and analysis services available to Canadian organizations on a cost-recovery basis. Cost-recovery means that clients pay for the direct and indirect cost of doing ...

The Canadian Survey of Cyber Security and Cybercrime is designed to measure the impact of cybercrime on Canadian businesses and organizations. The survey will gather information about: the measures ...

Statistics Canada is an approximately 5-minute walk from OC Transpo's Tunney's Pasture station, which is served by many bus routes on the rapid transit network and by train on the OC Transpo Line 1 ...

Breast milk has many known advantages: it’s often easily digested and adapts to meet the nutrient needs of babies as they grow. Breastfeeding also helps protect against multiple infectious diseases in ...

Gross Domestic Product – GDP for short – can be thought of as an overall grade on the economic report card of a country or region. It's one way to measure of the size and growth of the economy. For ...

Geopolitical conflicts continued to cause uncertainty in the crude oil markets in 2023, although prices subsided from the elevated levels of 2022. Annual production of crude oil and equivalent ...

The vast majority of Canada’s Black population lives in large urban areas. In 2016, 94.3% of Black people lived in a census metropolitan area (CMA), compared with 71.2% of the country’s total ...

National Indigenous History Month and National Indigenous Peoples Day are opportunities to learn more about the unique cultures, traditions and experiences of First Nations people, Métis, and Inuit.

Weight can be a touchy subject, but one worth looking at as an important factor in overall health outcomes. Research suggests that the prevalence of obesity in Canada has increased over the last two ...