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Line chart showing BC's five fastest-declining causes of death from 2000-2024: heart disease fell from 246 to 123 deaths per 100,000, cancer from 253 to 189, stroke from 80 to 36, chronic lung disease from 44 to 28, and flu/pneumonia from 44 to 14.
Bar chart of 2025 Canadian federal election turnout by age group, ranging from 55% for ages 18-24 up to 77% for ages 65-74, with 67% turnout overall.
Bar chart of Quebec's quarterly net interprovincial migration from 1961 to 2025, almost entirely negative, with the deepest loss exceeding 20,000 people in a single quarter in the late 1970s.
Line chart of annual population growth 2002–2025 for Saskatoon, the median Canadian city, and Canada — Saskatoon spikes to 5% in 2023 versus about 1% for the others, and never dips below zero.
Line chart showing student enrolment outside Quebec from 1998–2024: core French fell from 1.63m to 1.30m, while French immersion rose from 0.26m to 0.48m.
Line chart of fishing, hunting and trapping employment in Atlantic provinces, 1987–2025, showing Newfoundland & Labrador falling from ~13,000 to 3,100 while Nova Scotia partly recovers.
Line chart of the monthly retail price of tomatoes in Canada (12-month rolling average), rising from about $4.12/kg in 2019 to about $5.12/kg by 2026, source Statistics Canada.
Line chart of the monthly retail price of tomatoes in Canada (12-month rolling average), rising from about $4.12/kg in 2019 to about $5.12/kg by 2026, source Statistics Canada.
Line chart of the monthly retail price of tomatoes in Canada (12-month rolling average), rising from about $4.12/kg in 2019 to about $5.12/kg by 2026, source Statistics Canada.
Bar chart showing the share of hip and knee replacement surgeries completed within six months by province, 2024–2025, ranging from 36% in Newfoundland and Labrador/PEI to 80% in Ontario, with the Canada-wide figure at 64%.
Line chart showing annual road deaths in Canada from 1999-2020: vehicle occupant deaths falling steeply from ~2,000 to ~1,000, while vulnerable road user deaths (pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists) stay roughly flat around 500-600.
Line chart showing the share of the population aged 0-14 falling from 18.9% to 15.0% nationally between 2001 and 2025, with faint lines for all 41 Canadian metro areas and bold lines for the Canada and CMA-median trends, all sloping downward.
Line chart showing Canada's total fertility rate declining from 1.72 in 1991 to a record-low 1.25 children per woman in 2024, with all provinces tracking below the 2.1 replacement level.
Line chart showing zero-emission vehicles as a share of Canada's new vehicle registrations rising from 0.8% in Q1 2017 to a peak of 18.3% in Q4 2024, then falling to 11.2% by Q4 2025.
Line chart of median hourly wages for Alberta health workers, 2001–2026, showing the unadjusted wage climbing to $35.91 while the inflation-adjusted wage (in constant January 2001 dollars) rises only to $19.45, up from $18.24 in 2001.
Horizontal bar chart showing the percent of deaths caused by cancer by age group in Canada in 2024, peaking at 38.8% for ages 65–74 and falling to 15.8% for ages 85+.
Line chart of the monthly retail price of a 900g tin of infant formula in Canada, rising from $28.39 in 2019 to $49.77 in 2026.
Line chart showing Victoria's share of population aged 0–14 falling from ~15% in 2001 to 11.7% in 2025, well below the Canada average and CMA median lines.
Line chart showing Saskatoon's share of population aged 0–14 from 2001 to 2025, sitting above the Canada average and CMA median throughout, ending at 17.6% in 2025.
Line chart showing Ontario health worker median hourly wages from 2001 to 2026, unadjusted ($19.26 → $37.17) vs. inflation-adjusted ($19.49 → $21.63), a real gain of 11%.
Horizontal bar chart showing the 25th–75th percentile income range for 40 Canadian cities; Calgary is highlighted in orange at $22k–$91k.
Line chart showing Victoria's apartment vacancy rate (3-year rolling average) since 2000, at 2.5% in 2025 — below the 3% balanced market line, alongside Vancouver (2.1%) and the all-CMAs average (2.4%).
Line chart showing Ontario school enrolment share from 2006–2023: public schools fell from 94.7% to 92%, private rose from 5.1% to 7.4%, homeschooling grew from 0.2% to 0.6%.
Line chart of total fertility rates for all provinces, 1991–2024, highlighting British Columbia falling to 1.02 children per woman in 2024 — the lowest in Canada — versus 1.25 nationally.
Share who vaped in the past month, Canada
Average herd size climbed from a dozen pigs to nearly two thousand Average number of pigs per Canadian farm, 1951-2021
Egg prices climbed sharply after 2019 Retail price of a dozen eggs, 12-month rolling average
Life expectancy at birth by province, 2019 vs 2023
Apartment rents in Winnipeg Average monthly rent, 1992-2025
Violent crime in Victoria Incidents per 100,000 people, 1998–2000 average vs 2022–2024 average
Female physicians as share of total in Manitoba Percentage of physicians who are female, 1971–2024
Age-standardized mortality rate in Quebec Deaths per 100,000 in 2000 vs. 2024 for the top 10 causes of death as of 2000
Infant mortality rates in Canada Deaths per 100,000 live births, 2000 vs. 2024
Teacher wages in Ontario Median hourly wage, current dollars vs inflation-adjusted, 12-month rolling average
Average yearly opioid deaths per 100,000 people, by province (2016-2024)