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On December 22, 2018, a partial shutdown of the US federal government came into effect, resulting in the indefinite closure of the United States Census Bureau.

A study published today by Statistics Canada finds that the labour productivity gap between women-owned and men-owned enterprises is partially explained by differences in prior industry experience. The study, titled "Examining the labour-productivity gap between women-owned and men-owned enterprises: The influence of prior industry experience," uses newly developed data from 2006 to 2017 to investigate differences in enterprise-level labour productivity by gender of ownership.

Canadian manufacturers produced 1.2 billion cigarettes in September, up 24.5% from August 2021. Cigarette production was 31.6% lower compared with September 2020.

By the tenth year after landing, about 15% to 20% of adult immigrants who landed between 2000 and 2004 were estimated to have emigrated from Canada, depending on the definition and data sources used to estimate emigration. Emigration refers to leaving Canada to settle in another country.

The pandemic has led to considerable work interruptions in Canada and around the world since March 2020. In March 2020, employment in Canada fell by more than 1 million and, among those who remained employed, the number of people who worked no hours rose by 1.3 million. Subsequently, employment growth followed the easing and tightening of public health measures, but in March 2021, the number of workers was 296,000 below the pre-pandemic level.

Over half of Canadian adults aged 18 to 79 have used at least one prescription medication in the past month.

Farmers are busy people, especially when it's time to prepare the land, plant, and harvest crops. Like other data users, they want timely, accurate and detailed data, while completing the least number of surveys.