The first dump of 2011 census data released by StatsCan yesterday was a wake-up call for those of us here in Canada’s burgeoning rust belt. The numbers show that more and more Canadians, both new and old, are heading west to find their fortune. While Ontario’s population growth since the last census was 5.7 per [...]

This map was created by the Toronto Community Health Profiles partnership with the help of data from Canada’s long-form census. Okay everyone, this morning we’re going to talk about statistical survey methodology. Get excited people! It’s not everyday that an obscure piece of technical arcana finds its way into ordinary conversation. It happened in America [...]

The latest census stats show conclusively that the poor are either getting poorer, or that they’re not. The Star toes the OCAP line, rambling about free trade and crappy jobs, while the Post weighs in for the plutocrats by observing that family incomes have actually grown across the board, and that the income stats are [...]

It snowed again last night, so if you’re going anywhere, it’ll probably take you a long time. However, we’re getting another storm on the weekend so you might as well wait before you start shovelling. Actually, it’ll be spring in a couple of weeks anyway so if you have enough cans of SpaghettiO’s, it’s probably [...]

Canada’s first same-sex marriage was performed here, and according to 2006 census data released today, nearly a quarter of same-sex common law couples in Toronto have officially tied the knot. Strangely enough, hetero marriages haven’t crumbled en masse since the unions became legal country-wide in 2005, nor have people started lobbying to marry their pets. [...]