Daily average time and proportion of day spent on various activities, by age group and gender, 15 years and over, Canada, Geographical region of Canada, province or territory, 2022.

This table contains restriction indexes for the provinces and territories. The indexes begin in January 2020 and continue to the most recent reference period. The indexes are not seasonally adjusted. A difference is reported for restrictions on vaccinated and unvaccinated persons once a difference is present.

This table contains 44 series, with data for years 1950 - 2017 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and is no longer being released. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada); Type of currency (44 items: United States dollar, noon spot rate; United States dollar, 90-day forward noon rate; Belgian franc, noon spot rate; Danish krone, noon spot rate; ...).

The data consist of homogenized daily maximum, minimum and mean surface air temperatures for more than 330 locations in Canada; adjusted daily rainfall, snowfall and total precipitation for more than 460 locations. The data are given for the entire period of observation. Please refer to the papers below for detailed information regarding the procedures for homogenization and adjustment. References: Mekis, É. and L.A. Vincent, 2011: An overview of the second generation adjusted daily precipitation dataset for trend analysis in Canada. Atmosphere-Ocean, 49(2), 163-177. Vincent, L. A., X. L. Wang, E. J. Milewska, H. Wan, F. Yang, and V. Swail, 2012. A second generation of homogenized Canadian monthly surface air temperature for climate trend analysis, J. Geophys. Res., 117, D18110, doi:10.1029/2012JD017859. Wang, X.L, Y. Feng, L. A. Vincent, 2013. Observed changes in one-in-20 year extremes of Canadian surface air temperatures. Atmosphere-Ocean. Doi:10.1080/07055900.2013.818526.

Daily average time in hours and proportion of day spent on various activities by age group and sex, 15 years and over, Canada and provinces.

A summer 2023 survey revealed that most common method of getting online news among Canadian adults was accessing specific stories through a news aggregator like Google News, with 22 percent saying they did so every day. Podcasts and newsletters were the least likely way Canadians accessed online news on a daily basis, whereas clicking links found on social media was a popular choice.

According to a survey held in June 2023, 32 percent of Canadians headed to a Canadian news website first when they accessed news each day, whereas just seven percent sought news via Apple News as their go-to option. Facebook and Google were both popular, whereas Twitter (now X) was the least visited major social network for news on an average day.

1. Provides public access to real-time instantatenous water level collected at over 1800 active locations in Canada. These data are collected under a national program jointly administered under federal-provincial and federal-territorial cost-sharing agreements; 2. Provides public access to archived daily water level for stations of interest using search criteria. These data include: daily and monthly mean, max and min of water levels. For some sites, annual peaks and extremes are also recorded. Archived water level data are disseminated online; 3. Provides public access to a MS Access database file containing archived daily water level that users can download to their desktop. These data include: daily and monthly mean, max and min of water level. For some sites, annual peaks and extremes are also recorded. MS Access file is updated quarterly; 4. Provides public access to water level statistics for stations of interest using search criteria.

Daily average foreign exchange rates in Canadian dollars, Bank of Canada

This table contains 27 series, with data starting from 1981 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada); Type of currency (27 items: Australian dollar, daily average; Brazilian real, daily average; Chinese renminbi, daily average; European euro, daily average; ...).

Potable water use by sector and average daily use for Canada, provinces and territories.

Sandra Keys provides an overview of how to effectively search the Statistics Canada website, with a particular focus on its CANSIM, The Daily, and Statistics by Subject modules.

As of the third quarter of 2024, Canadians spent an average of one hour and ** minutes per day on social media and more than * hours per day using the internet in general. TV consumption was also high at * hours and ** minutes, while Canadians devoted less time to music streaming or gaming activities. Internet usage trends in Canada Canada’s online population has steadily increased over the past two decades. In 2024, the number of internet users in Canada surpassed a record **** million, which translates to approximately **** percent of the Canadian population using the internet for information, communication, and entertainment. Given that most traditional media formats can now be accessed online, Canadians have gradually shifted from TV, radio, and magazine consumption towards digital channels. That said, some forms of analog media and entertainment experienced a surge in demand following the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020. What are the leading social media platforms in Canada? Social media has become one of the most popular online activities among Canadian internet users. In 2024, Canada’s social network user penetration stood at ** percent, and according to the latest forecasts, this figure will surpass ** percent by 2028. This rapid increase in social media usage is spearheaded by rising mobile adoption and the ever-increasing selection of digital platforms that Canadians can use to upload photos, send direct messages, or simply pass the time. Facebook was the leading mobile social media website in Canada as of 2024, outpacing Pinterest and Instagram by a large margin of visits.

In 2020, Francophone internet users in Canada spent an average of 3.06 hours per day online via PC, laptop or tablet devices. Daily online usage of Anglophone internet users was 3.92 hours per day. Overall, daily non-mobile internet usage had declined 0.3 and 6.5 percent for Francophones and Anglophones respectively. In contrast, mobile usage in Canada had increased significantly during the same period.

General social survey (GSS), average time spent on various activities for the population aged 15 years and over, by sex and main activity.

A study published in spring 2023 found that Victoria has the highest weekly readership of daily newspapers in Canada, as 78 percent of respondents from Victoria stated to have read a newspaper in the week prior to the survey. Quebec City and London followed in second position with a reach of 73 percent respectively. Ottawa, Vancouver, and Toronto closed the list, although still scoring a readership of around two in three respondents.

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Michel Séguin describes the events preceding and following a Daily release that reported a drop in real GDP. In particular, he looks at how the media reported this negative economic news.

As of June 2021, the share of Canadians aged 14 years or older who reported having read a printed daily newspaper in the last month amounted to 50.51 percent, whereas for digital daily papers the figure stood at 66.25 of respondents. The share of survey participants who said that they had read an online daily newspaper yesterday was also higher than the share who said the same about reading a printed daily paper.

General social survey (GSS), average time spent with various social contacts for the population aged 15 years and over, by population cohorts.