About 72 per cent of Canadians say they're holding some form of debt, according to a new poll by CIBC. The bank found that of those debt-holders, four in 10 say their current debt level is an obstacle to reaching future financial goals. Broken down by age, the survey found that 35- to 44-year-old Canadians are... Read more

About 72 per cent of Canadians say they're holding some form of debt, according to a new poll by CIBC. The bank found that of those debt-holders, four in 10 say their current debt level is an obstacle to reaching future financial goals. Broken down by age, the survey found that 35- to 44-year-old Canadians are... Read more

The Canadian economy added 7,100 jobs in July, about half of what economists had expected, but the scant gain was enough to build on three consecutive months of growth. Statistics Canada said Friday the country's unemployment rate fell last month to 7.2 per cent as fewer people entered the workforce. There were... Read more

Statistics Canada says the police-reported crime rate continued a long-term decline last year, dropping five per cent from 2009. The agency also says the index which measures the severity of crime fell six per cent in 2010. It says the national crime rate has been falling steadily for the last 20 years and is now at... Read more

Statistics Canada says the police-reported crime rate continued a long-term decline last year, dropping five per cent from 2009. The agency also says the index which measures the severity of crime fell six per cent in 2010. It says the national crime rate has been falling steadily for the last 20 years and is now at... Read more

Statistics Canada says the police-reported crime rate continued a long-term decline last year, dropping five per cent from 2009. The agency also says the index which measures the severity of crime fell six per cent in 2010. It says the national crime rate has been falling steadily for the last 20 years and is now at... Read more

A new study suggests more than a quarter of the 7.5 million eligible voters who did not cast a ballot in the May 2 federal election said they did not do so because they were not interested in voting. Statistics Canada found another 23 per cent of the non-voters it surveyed said they were too busy to vote. The most... Read more

A new study suggests more than a quarter of the 7.5 million eligible voters who did not cast a ballot in the May 2 federal election said they did not do so because they were not interested in voting. Statistics Canada found another 23 per cent of the non-voters it surveyed said they were too busy to vote. The most... Read more

A new study suggests more than a quarter of the 7.5 million eligible voters who did not cast a ballot in the May 2 federal election said they did not do so because they were not interested in voting. Statistics Canada found another 23 per cent of the non-voters it surveyed said they were too busy to vote. The most... Read more

Canadians are not as active as they should be, Statistics Canada warns in a new study. According to results of the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) just released by Statistics Canada only 15 per cent of adults achieve the minimum amount of daily recommended exercise. Young people fare even worse, with just 7... Read more