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The Canadian government’s chief information officer says there’s no sign a massive global website coding vulnerability has led to federal information being compromised.

The unemployment rate ticked up slightly to 6.5 per cent from 6.4 per cent from August to September, data from Statistics Canada showed on Friday.

Prairie provinces, including Alberta, had the highest percentage of respondents who felt no hope at all about democracy while British Columbia led with those who felt very hopeful.

Intimate partner violence rates are rising across the country, according to Statistics Canada, following an influx of what some experts are calling "anti-feminist backlash."

Statistics Canada says the economy stalled for a second month in a row in August amid weakness in the public sector and wholesale trade.

The annual pace of inflation rose to 3.1 per cent in September as war in the Middle East continued to drive up gas prices, Statistics Canada said Monday.

The operating revenue of the travel arrangement and reservation services industry rose 8.8 per cent to $18.3 billion in 2025, Statistics Canada said in a report on Monday.

Prince Albert had the highest recorded levels of methamphetamine and cocaine in its wastewater between January 2024 and March 2026, according to data from Statistics Canada.

Statistics Canada said gross domestic product growth was essentially unchanged in July, coming down from a strong second quarter for the economy.

Noah continued its reign as the most popular name for baby boys in Canada for the fifth consecutive year, Statistics Canada said in a report Wednesday.

Nearly one in four (23.2 per cent) Canadian households were living in unaffordable housing in 2024, compared to 22 per cent in 2022, Statistics Canada said in a report on Monday.

Statistics Canada says the response rate for this year's census of the population was 98.4 per cent, one of the highest ever recorded. 

Canada's economy grew in the three months ending in June, with annualized gross domestic product (GDP) up 3.3 per cent, according to Statistics Canada.

Consumer inflation rose in July as gas prices increased, according to Statistics Canada, with the consumer price index ticking up from June.

Canadian wholesalers were busy in June as sales rose nine per cent on a comparable basis from a year earlier, according to Statistics Canada.

Canada's unemployment rate increased 0.2 percentage points to 6.7 per cent last month as more people looked for work — especially younger Canadians.

In July, Statistics Canada said that both the rates and severity of reported crime were down almost all across the board in 2025.

Canadian exports to the U.S. surged 8.1 per cent in August, just before a new round of 50 per cent U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods hit at the end of the month, according to StatCan.

Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced that starting Friday, all electric vehicles that cost less than $150,000 would be exempt from the 10 per cent tax.

Additional police and drones for surveillance won't reduce social issues despite mayoral candidates vowing to add more officers if elected, experts say.