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Census 2021: A snapshot of the North's population and dwelling data
The census data for 2021 tells a very different story across Canada's three territories. Yukon led the country in population growth from 2016 to 2021, increasing by 12.1 per cent and bringing its popu...
Feb 09, 2022
2nd man pleads guilty in alleged 2020 plot to kidnap Whitmer
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - A second man pleaded guilty Wednesday in an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The plea by Kaleb Franks leaves four other men to face trial in March and ...
Feb 09, 2022
One in 10 Canadians lived in smaller urban centres in 2021: StatCan
One in 10 Canadians are calling smaller urban centres their home, according to the 2021 Census from Statistics Canada. Last year, 3.8 million people, or 10.1 per cent of Canadians, lived in smaller ur...
Feb 09, 2022
Census 2021: A snapshot of Quebec's population and dwelling data
MONTREAL - Data from the 2021 census shows that Quebec's share of the Canadian population declined for the 11th consecutive census. Quebec was home to 23 per cent of Canadians in 2021, down from 23.2 ...
Feb 09, 2022
New census figures show the Maritime provinces are growing at a rapid rate
HALIFAX - New census figures from Statistics Canada are confirming what many residents of the Maritimes already knew: the region's population has been growing at a rapid rate. For the first time since...
Feb 09, 2022
Downtowns growing faster than before, but pandemic hampered rate of growth: census
TORONTO - Statistics Canada says the country's downtowns are growing faster than before, but the pandemic triggered a slowdown in how many people migrated to city centres. New census data released by ...
Feb 09, 2022
Canadian Steven Dubois wins silver in short-track speedskating
BEIJING - Canadian Steven Dubois has won a silver medal in the men's 1,500-metre short-track speedskating event at the Beijing Olympics. The 24-year-old Dubois from Terrebonne, Que. claimed second pla...
Feb 09, 2022
Jefferson Quran returns to US as Dubai Expo 2020 winds down
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A rare, two-volume Quran owned by U.S. President Thomas Jefferson found itself carefully packed away Wednesday for a return flight to America after being on display ...
Feb 09, 2022
Statistics Canada to detail first findings from last year's pandemic census
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is scheduled this morning to release the first set of findings from last year's census taken against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic. Today's release will detail the p...
Feb 09, 2022
O'Dine picks up Canada's 7th medal at Beijing Olympics with snowboard cross bronze
BEIJING - A concussion robbed Meryeta O'Dine of her first chance at Olympic glory. O'Dine had made Canada's snowboard team for the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics after a successful 2017-18 campaign on the ...
Feb 09, 2022