Posts Tagged ‘Statistics Canada’

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  Census: what Canadian couples look like

  Married couples continue to dominate, but same-sex and common-laws are catching up

  by macleans.ca - Wednesday, September 19, 2012

• Define the Canadian family? It’ll require a flow chart

  On Wednesday, Statistics Canada will make it clear that in this country, “family” can mean almost anything at all.

  by Heather Scoffield, The Canadian Press - Tuesday, September 18, 2012

• Safer, but not safe

  Conservative MP Guy Lauzon writes to his constituents about the latest crime statistics.
  Last…

  by Aaron Wherry - Monday, July 30, 2012

• Crime continues to decline

  The murder rate increased slightly, but the overall crime rate and the violent crime…

  by Aaron Wherry - Tuesday, July 24, 2012

• The fiscal conservative case for statistics

  Lamenting for cuts at Statistics Canada, Vass Bednar and Mark Stabile suggest a fiscal…

  by Aaron Wherry - Thursday, July 12, 2012

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  Good news, bad news: June 28 – July 5, 2012

  Poverty down in Canada, Brodeur re-signs with Devils, and drownings mar Canada Day

  by macleans.ca - Monday, July 9, 2012

• The quiet cuts

  Statistics Canada has released a list of the programs and surveys that will be…

  by Aaron Wherry - Thursday, June 28, 2012

• Who had it easy?: the job market greeting grads

  There’s been plenty of heated response to Emma Teitel’s “Boomers, You Folks Had it…

  by John Geddes - Monday, June 11, 2012

• The quiet cuts

  The Federal Tobacco Control Strategy is being cut, trade consulates will be closed, a…

  by Aaron Wherry - Monday, April 30, 2012

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  Canada’s unofficial (and unelected) opposition

  Former high-ranking civil servants are outspoken critics of the Harper government

  by John Geddes - Monday, February 13, 2012

• Off message

  A year and a half after the chief statistician resigned, Statistics Canada’s chief economic…

  by Aaron Wherry - Thursday, February 2, 2012

• ‘The data will almost certainly be biased’

  New figures show a 69% response rate for the National Household Survey—higher than Statistics…

  by Aaron Wherry - Friday, September 30, 2011

• The end of the long-form census

  Munir Sheikh reviews the demise of the long-form census, his resignation and the ramifications…

  by Aaron Wherry - Wednesday, September 21, 2011

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  If demographics is destiny, the future looks relaxing

  Canada’s population may be aging, but it’s also less stressed

  by From the editors - Thursday, July 28, 2011

• Derailment

  Stephen Gordon hasn’t forgotten about the census.
  The census story is a train wreck…

  by Aaron Wherry - Wednesday, July 13, 2011

• Voluntary and unanswered

  Jennifer Ditchburn checks on the progress of the National Household Survey.
  Under the previous…

  by Aaron Wherry - Thursday, July 7, 2011

• The uninterested

  According to a Statistics Canada survey, 27.7% of Canadians confessed to not voting in…

  by Erica Alini - Tuesday, July 5, 2011

• A job-creating election

  Eric Beauchesne surveys the economic ramifications of an election.
  In fact, Statistics Canada’s analysis…

  by Aaron Wherry - Thursday, March 24, 2011

• Adding it up

  Bruce Cheadle takes apart a recent study that questioned Statistics Canada’s crime data.
  Newark…

  by Aaron Wherry - Tuesday, February 15, 2011

• The scientific case for questionable accuracy

  Stephen Gordon responds to the new Chief Statistician’s claim there’s “no scientific basis” for…

  by Aaron Wherry - Monday, February 14, 2011

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