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Statistics Canada has launched the Real-time Local Business Conditions Index as an experimental statistic to measure business activity in real time during the pandemic and beyond.
09/28/2021
Kitchener Waterloo Community Foundation has worked with local experts and consultants to research and create the Waterloo Region's 2021 Vital Signs® Report that specifically focuses on one of the most pressing issues in our community – Affordable Housing. The report features data from the CDP cat
09/27/2021
Next week, the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) will be hosting a virtual workshop titled Workshop on Data for Inclusive SDG Monitoring in Canadian Cities.
09/14/2021
Statistics Canada have released an article in The Daily titled Defining Canada’s Downtown Neighbourhoods: 2016 Boundaries which presents their boundaries of downtowns, based on the 2016 Standard Geo
06/04/2021
Later this month, Statistics Canada will be hosting a free information session titled Demystifying Confidence Intervals, and a free webinar on results from the Survey on Early Learning and Child Care Arrangements.
06/02/2021
On May 12th, 2021, Statistic's Canada announced the launch of their 2021 Census dissemination planning web module, which provides information on their dissemination strategy for the 2021 C
05/13/2021
On May 26th and 27th, Statistics Canada will be hosting a free webinar titled Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census: New Content. The webinar will provide an overview of the new content in the 2021 Census. See the full invitation from Statistics Canada below:
05/13/2021
Statistics Canada have released a new series of videos as part of their Data Literacy Training Initiative: "A new suite of training videos from the Data Literacy Training Initiative is now available.  Building on materi
05/10/2021
Test your Census knowledge with Statistics Canada's 2021 Census game: "Want to test how much of a #CensusGeek you are? Then you have come to the right place.
05/10/2021
Statistics Canada have released their 2021 Census soundtrack: "As Canada’s statistical portrait, the census is a reflection of who we are and what makes us Canadian.
05/06/2021
Department of Finance Canada have released a report titled Measuring What Matters: Toward a Quality of Life Strategy for Canada <
05/03/2021
On May 3 at 1:00 pm EDT, Statistics Canada, in collaboration with Nunavut Arctic College (Iqaluit), will be virtually hosting the 2021 Census kick-off event.
04/30/2021
On May 6th, 2020 at 3:00pm ET, National Equity Atlas will be holding a webinar to coincide with the launch of their Racial Equity Data Lab, a new space on the Atlas with tools for telling equity stories, including maps, ready-to-use datasets and data visualizations.
04/28/2021
Later this month, Statistics Canada will be offering a webinar on the Canadian Housing Statistics Program and an information session on data visualization for free. Both events are being held in English and French and are intended for basic data users.
04/09/2021
Community groups in Montreal are urging all levels of government to collect and publicize data on the disproportionate effects of the pandemic on the city's racialized and low-income populations. From CBC:
03/10/2021
A new report from Statistics Canada titled Year in Review is showing a large disparity between COVID-19 mortality rates in Canada's most racially diverse neighbourhoods and its neighborhoods with overwhelmingly white populations. From CBC:
03/10/2021
The City of Toronto released a new dashboard with data on how people enter and exit the shelter system, known as Shelter System Flow, tha
03/03/2021
Statistics Canada is delighted to invite you to our free upcoming webinars: A Brief Overview of Statistics Canada’s Health Data; Demonstration of the Gender, Diversity and Inclusion Statistics Hub; and Retail E-commerce: The COVID-19 Experience.
02/17/2021
Every year, Statistics Canada is proud to join our partners and all Canadians in celebrating Black History Month, which honours and celebrates the rich history, achievements and contributions of Black Canadians who have helped to shape this country we all know and love.
02/12/2021
Statistics Canada have announced that they are planning to hire 32,000 new employees in preparation for the 2021 Census.
01/21/2021
Description: One of the main objectives of statistics is to distill data into information which can be summarized and easily understood. Data visualizations, which include graphs and charts, are powerful ways of doing so.
01/12/2021
Canadian Urban Institute says though data-sharing has been improved, more is needed to come up with 'hyper-local' solutions. Jennifer Saltman • Publishing date: Jan 07, 2021  •  3 minute read
01/08/2021
In November and December of this year, Statistics Canada will be offering a webinar on market reasearch and an information session on data visualization for free. Both are being held on multiple dates and are intended for basic data users.
10/30/2020
On October 27, 2020, Statistics Canada and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities announced a collaboration to "better leverage the power of timely, trusted, and reliable data to empower communities and enriching the daily lives of Canadians."
10/29/2020