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Educated immigrants underemployed in Canada
Ottawa :: Canada | about 14 hours ago
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Two-thirds of university-educated recent immigrants to Canada are underemployed in jobs requiring at most a college education or apprenticeship, according to a Statistics Canada report released Monday. Looking at Canada's immigrant labour market in 2008,...
Tags: Statistics Canada, born workers, born counterparts, Canada, Ottawa, Population, Illegal immigration to the United States, Immigration to the United States, Economic impact of immigration to Canada, Economic impact of illegal immigrants in the United States, Demographic economics, Demography, Immigration, Social Issues, Labor
September retail sales record seventh rise in nine months: StatsCan
Ottawa :: Canada | 1 day ago
Credibility Retail sales in current dollars rose one per cent in September to $34.9 billion, their seventh increase in nine months. Statistics Canada reports the increases were widespread with six of eight sectors showing gains...Retail sales have been rising since...
Tags: retail sales, Statistics Canada, Canada, Ottawa, Business Finance, United States dollar, Technology Internet
The many ways to give
Toronto :: Canada | 3 days ago
Credibility Not-for-profit organizations are looking for support after seeing the recession take a toll on charitable giving. According to a Statistics Canada report released on Monday, the overall value of charitable donations dropped 5.3 per cent last year. “Charities...
Tags: real estate, mutual fund, capital gain, Statistics Canada, donating receipts, Canada, Toronto, Taxation in the United States, Donation, Charitable organization, Bequest, Tax, Charities, Social economy, Giving, Business Finance, Human Interest, Social Issues
High income translates into longer life: Study
Toronto :: Canada | 5 days ago
Credibility The highest-earning Canadians can look forward to 10 more years of full health than their poorest counterparts, a new health report from Statistics Canada shows. At age 25, men in the top income group can expect 11.4 more years of healthy living than...
Tags: life expect, Statistics Canada, adjusted life, income group, Canada, Toronto, Gerontology, Life expectancy, Rural health, Global health, Demography, Actuarial science, Aging, Social Issues
More U.S. visitors flock to Canada in September
Ottawa :: Canada | 5 days ago
Credibility Last updated on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009 9:16AM EST T ravel to Canada by U.S. residents increased in September compared with August, while travel from Canadian residents to the United States declined. Statistics Canada reports that the overall number...
Tags: Statistics Canada, Canada, Ottawa, United States dollar, Aviation in the United Kingdom, Business Finance
Unpaid child and spousal support hits $2.5 billion
Ottawa :: Canada | 6 days ago
Credibility Unpaid child and spousal support now tops $2.5 billion across the country, according to a Statistics Canada survey released Tuesday. The unpaid support has risen by about $50 million each year since 2004. The $2.5 billion figure is now equivalent to...
Tags: Statistics Canada, spousal support, Tim Simboli, Canada, Ottawa, Child support, Childhood, Deadbeat parent, Alimony, Marriage, Divorce, Family law, Social Issues
Telus warns against letting Globalive compete
Quebec :: Canada | 6 days ago
Credibility Globalive from launching a new cellphone service. The U.S. dollar continued its downward slide Wednesday as gold hit another record. Quebec-based Cosmos Capital Inc. said Wednesday it may be willing to raise its hostile takeover offer for Cossette Inc....
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Canada records inflation of 0.1%
Toronto :: Canada | 6 days ago
Credibility The increase, as measured by the Consumer Price Index, compares with the deflation of 0.9% recorded in September, said Statistics Canada. Canada, which has yet to release its economic growth data for July to September, is still in recession. It continues...
Tags: Statistics Canada, tax evaders, Canada, Toronto, Macroeconomics, Deflation, Gasoline and diesel usage and pricing, Consumer Price Index, Disinflation, Inflation, Price indices, Recessions, Business Finance, Corporate finance, Onex Corporation, Loblaws, Amazon.com, Amazon Kindle, S&P/TSX Composite Index, Finance, Loblaw Companies Limited
Canada sees first inflation in five months
Ottawa :: Canada | 6 days ago
Credibility Canada experienced it first increase in the cost of living in five months in October compared with a year earlier, Statistics Canada reported Wednesday. "Consumer prices rose 0.1 percent in October compared with October 2008, following a 0.9 percent decline...
Tags: Statistics Canada, Food Banks Canada, inflation rate, Canada, Ottawa, Consumer Price Index, Peak oil, Inflation, Price of petroleum, Price indices, Commodities market, Gasoline and diesel usage and pricing, Business Finance, Core inflation, Disinflation, RPIX, Deflation, world food price crisis, United States dollar, Hyperinflation, Recession, Poverty, Food banks, Daily Bread Food Bank, Late 2000s recession in Europe, Food vs. fuel, Recessions, Food bank, Social Issues, Canadian Union of Public Employees, Federal Reserve System, Bank
Charities feeling the pinch of recession
Quebec :: Canada | 6 days ago
Credibility Scrooge should feel right at home this Christmas. The spirit of giving seems to be drying up as the economic downturn has Canadians pinching their pennies, StatsCan says. In the middle of this financial uncertainty, the Salvation Army launched its annual...
Tags: Statistics Canada, United Way Toronto, charitable donation, Canada, Quebec, The Salvation Army, Frances Lankin, Charitable organization, Business Finance, Social economy, Christianity in the United Kingdom, Protestantism, Social Issues
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