OTTAWA — An updated picture of poverty across the country prior to the COVID-19 pandemic is showing that those living well below the low-income threshold had fallen further behind. The figures from Statistics Canada show the average “poverty gap,” which measures how far people on average fall below the official poverty line, grew from 31.8 per...
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Ottawa sets minimum unemployment rate at 13.1 per cent for EI calculation
OTTAWA — The federal government has temporarily set a minimum unemployment rate of 13.1 per cent to calculate employment insurance benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Those people living in regions with an unemployment rate lower than that threshold will have their EI benefits calculated at that rate. In regions with a higher unemployment rate, benefits will...
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Ethnocultural crime statistics to be collected through police, StatCan co-operation
Data about the experience of different communities is important in understanding how they are represented in Canada’s criminal justice system
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Statistics Canada says economy posted record 11.6 per cent plunge in April
The agency said Tuesday gross domestic product fell 11.6 percent in April with non-essential businesses shut for the full month following a 7.5 percent decline in March.
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Statistics Canada says nearly two million jobs lost in April
OTTAWA, May 8, 2020 — The Canadian economy lost almost two million jobs in April, a record high, as the closure of non-essential services to slow the spread of COVID-19 forced businesses to shutter temporarily. The loss of 1,993,800 comes on top of more than one million jobs lost in March, and millions more having their hours...
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National economic shutdown to last weeks longer, Trudeau says
Statistics Canada showed economic activity collapsed in March, suggesting the drop could be a record nine percent.
Loosening controls too quickly could mean the country gives up the ground gained, he says.