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The head of Statistics Canada is the chief statistician of Canada. The heads of Statistics Canada and the previous organization, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, are: Robert H. Coats (1918–1942) Sedley A. Cudmore (1942–1945) Herbert Marshall (1945–1956) Walter E. Duffett (1957–1972) Sylvia Ostry (1972–1975) Peter G. Kirkham (1975 ...
See 1990 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. Books in Canada First Novel Award: Sandra Birdsell, The Missing Child; Geoffrey Bilson Award: Kit Pearson, The Sky Is Falling; Gerald Lampert Award: Steven Heighton, Stalin's Carnival; Marian Engel Award: Carol Shields
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List of Recessions in Canada [2] Name Start End The Great Depression: April 1929 February 1933 Recession of 1937–1938: November 1937 June 1938 [3] Recession of 1949: August 1947 March 1948 Recession of 1951: April 1951 December 1951 Recession of 1953: July 1953 July 1954 Recession of 1958: March 1957 January 1958 Recession of 1960–1961 ...
July 9 – The Canada men's national under-19 basketball team wins the 2017 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup for the first time. [60] September 23 to September 30 – The 2017 Invictus Games are held in Toronto; November 4 – Georges St-Pierre becomes 1st Canadian UFC Middleweight Champion by defeating Michael Bisping at UFC 217. [61]
Statistics Canada conducts a national census of population and census of agriculture every five years and releases the data with a two-year lag.. The Census of Population provides demographic and statistical data that is used to plan public services such as health care, education, and transportation; determine federal transfer payments; [1] and determine the number of Members of Parliament for ...
Between 1990 and 2008, the population increased by 5.6 million, equivalent to 20.4 percent overall growth. [7] The main driver of population growth is immigration , [ 8 ] [ 9 ] with 6.2% of the country's population being made up of temporary residents as of 2023, [ 10 ] or about 2.5 million people. [ 11 ]
1990 in Canada (12 C, 10 P) 1991 in Canada (13 C, 5 P) ... Statistics; Cookie statement; Mobile view; Search. Search. Category: 1990s in Canada. 23 languages ...