The Daily Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Press Release
Mental health among health care workers in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic
Seven in ten health care workers who participated in a recent crowdsourcing initiative reported worsening mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to results released today by Statistics Canada.
Impact of COVID-19 on merchandise imports: Evidence based on end-use goods, 2020
The study Impact of COVID-19 on merchandise imports: evidence based on end-use goods, released today, analyzes the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on international merchandise imports using monthly Broad Economic Categories, Rev.5 (BEC5) data to compare the first half of 2019 with the first half of 2020. In absolute terms, intermediate goods were the most negatively affected, with a decline of $21.6 billion, followed by capital goods and consumption goods, with a decline of $18.5 billion and $10.4 billion, respectively. However, in relative terms (percentage), capital goods were the most adversely affected of the three end-use categories, with a decline of 24.4%.
Study: Misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic
Since the beginning of the pandemic, a lot of COVID-19 information has circulated online and on social media, and many Canadians have turned to online resources as a source of information.
Data table: New motor vehicle registrations, 2019 (revised data)
Revised 2019 data on new motor vehicle registrations are now available.
Longitudinal Immigration Database: Birth area and income table, 2018
A table with citizenship intake rates and income by birth area, sex, pre-admission experience and admission category is being released today. This table includes income measures up to 2018 for immigrants admitted to Canada since 2008.
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