Videos

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the lives of Canadians in many ways. Tracking the impact of the pandemic on health requires short and long-term thinking. In this presentation, you will learn about how Statistics Canada has been responsive to evolving health data needs through the identification of research priorities, development of new survey content, making projections into the future and producing new dissemination products to reach more Canadians.

• Video: Structural Economic and Lasting Social Changes: Enduring Impact of COVID-19 on the Health of Canadians

Sylvia Ostry was Canada's first (and only) female chief statistician, the first woman appointed as a deputy minister in Canadian history, and the first female chief economist at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

• Video: Sylvia Ostry: Lessons from A Legend

A video about the time that former chief statistician, Sylvia Ostry, was told to enter through the side door to get to her meeting because that was the women's entrance

• Video: That time when Sylvia Ostry was told she had to enter through the side door of a private club

The Data Science and Modern Methods Forum is a virtual event series created to inform Statistics Canada employees of the department's ongoing data science projects. This presentation by Andres Solis Montero, Lead Data Scientist and Saeid Molladavoudi, Senior Data Science Advisor, from the June 2021 forum event features the ways in which they identified pandemic hubs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Video: Identifying pandemic hubs (health regions)

This presentation by Data Science Division data scientists, Nicholas Denis and Blair Drummond from the June 2021 forum event, features optimal intervention strategies through agent-based reinforcement learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Video: Learning optimal intervention strategies through agent-based reinforcement learning

The Data Science and Modern Methods Forum is a virtual event series created to inform Statistics Canada employees of the department's ongoing data science projects. This highlight reel from the June 2021 forum event features some of the innovative data science projects our agency has been working on.

• Video: Data Science and Modern Methods Forum – June 23, 2021

There are many challenges facing Canadians today: income inequality, an aging population, urbanization, technological change, globalization, a shift to more renewable energy sources, and even emerging issues like the COVID-19 pandemic. To be able to respond, Canadians need data they can trust.

• Video: Data Governance – Responsible privacy

To mark the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics(FPOS) by the UNECE, Statistics Canada and some of its partners reflect on Principle 1: the need for data to be relevant, ​impartial and accessible to all.

• Video: 30th Anniversary of the Fundamental Principles of Statistics

StatsCAN app has been launched! Check out our video for a sneak peek!

Statistics Canada's Women's Subcommittee recognizes International Women's Day with the theme #ChooseToChallenge.

• Video: Happy International Women's Day 2021!

Statistics Canada's Women's Subcommittee recognizes Canada's National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women.

• Video: Canada's National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women

At Statistics Canada, we have been collecting data for over a century, and our methods are always evolving. In this digital age, the need for information is growing.

• Video: Connecting the world with data we can trust

Statistics Canada supports, encourages and promotes diversity in the workplace.

• Video: Diversity at the Heart of Statistics Canada

Find out how the 10 fundamental principles of official statistics guide Statistics Canada.

• Video: Fundamental Principles

We invite selected participants to share their experiences in the Parental Experiences Survey, running from October 29, 2024 to January 31, 2025. Your insights will help us better understand the needs of parents and improve support for families across Canada. Together, we can make a meaningful impact on maternal and newborn care!

• Video: Parental Experiences Survey

This video invites all selected participants to complete the Canadian Health Survey on Children and Youth, taking place from October 1, 2024, to February 2, 2025. Participation is vital in helping us understand and improve the health of children and youth!

• Video: 2024 Canadian Health Survey on Children and Youth (CHSCY)

Using data from the 2022 Canadian Survey on Disability, this American Sign Language video examines disability characteristics among Canadians aged 15 years of age and older, as well as their employment experiences and information on income and poverty, and unmet needs for disability supports because of cost.

• Video: Accessibility In Canada: Results from the 2022 Canadian Survey on Disability

This American Sign Language video highlights disability and accessibility data from the 2022 Canadian Survey on Disability included in The Daily.

• Video: Canadian Survey on Disability: From 2017 to 2022, American Sign Language

This American Sign Language video provides an introduction to the Survey on Early Learning and Child Care Arrangements – Children with Long-term Conditions & Disabilities. Specifically, it includes a brief description of what participating in the survey involves, the benefits of participating in the survey, and information on privacy and confidentiality.

• Video: Early Learning and Child Care Arrangements – Children with Long-term Conditions and Disabilities, American Sign Language

This American Sign Language video provides an introduction to the Survey on Accessible Print Materials. Specifically, it includes a brief description of the benefits of participating in the survey, what participating in the survey involves, how respondents were selected to participate, and information on privacy and confidentiality.

• Video: Introduction to the Survey on Accessible Print Materials, American Sign Language

Statistics Canada, in partnership with Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada, conducts the Canadian Health Measures Survey. This video encourages participation from all who have been selected for the survey. Participation in the Canadian Health Measures survey provides valuable health data not typically obtained during a routine visit to a doctor or another health professional.

• Video: Canadian Health Measures Survey

This video is a tool for respondents who have been selected for the Time Use Survey 2022, and explores how to complete the time diary.

• Video: Time Use Survey: How does the diary work and what questions are asked?

This video explores how to report simultaneous activities within the time diary of the Time Use Survey 2022.

• Video: Time Use Survey: What if I was doing more than one activity at the same time?

This video explores what to do if a travel edit is triggered while completing the time diary of the Time Use Survey 2022.

• Video: Time Use Survey: Reporting travel activities

This video encourages participation from all who have been selected for the Indigenous Peoples Survey, running from May to October, 2022.

• Video: 2022 Indigenous Peoples Survey

Statistics Canada, in partnership with Health Canada, the Public Health Agency of Canada and the COVID-19 Immunity Task Force, has created the Canadian COVID-19 Antibody and Health Survey (CCAHS). This video explains more about the survey, in both English and American Sign Language (ASL).

• Video: Canadian COVID-19 Antibody and Health Survey (CCAHS) - Introduction

This video will demonstrate how to provide your dried blood spot sample. Your sample will allow us to better understand the prevalence of COVID-19 antibodies among Canadians.

• Video: Canadian COVID-19 Antibody and Health Survey

This walkthrough has the viewer moving through each room and section of the Mobile Examination Clinic's three trailers.

• Video: Canadian Health Measures Survey: Mobile examination centre video tour

Using data from the Survey on Accessible Print Material (SAPM), this American Sign Language video examines access to alternate format material among Canadians who had difficulties with print material.

• Video: Results from the Survey on Accessible Print Materials, American Sign Language

Study these three financial documents. In the next 5 seconds, can you find and identify the name of store, telephone number and total price? Ready? GO!

• Video: Simplify Information Extraction with AI powered solutions

Using data from the Canadian Income Survey (CIS), this American Sign Language video examines the earnings pay gap among persons with and without disabilities.

• Video: What is the pay gap between persons with and without disabilities? American Sign Language

Hello Canada, your Chief Statistician here. I'm pleased to report that we are now 40 million Canadians What an exciting milestone for our country, we are now living through one of these moments of great change, and I for one can't wait to see what kind of future we will build.

• Video: Canada by the million

A presentation on the second set of results from the 2021 Census of Population. This presentation provides an overview of the age, sex and gender concepts and the type of dwelling concepts, as well as information on results, and how to access data products and resources and more.

• Video: 2021 Census of Population: Age, Sex at Birth and Gender, Type of Dwelling

A presentation on the third set of results from the 2021 Census of Population. This presentation provides an an overview of key results, including marital status and family structure, with data on the gender diversity of couples, a new question on current and past military service in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), income concepts and definitions, as well as information on results, and how to access data products and resources and more.

• Video: 2021 Census of Population: Families, households and marital status, Canadian military experience, and Income

With the release of Opportunity for All – Canada's First Poverty Reduction Strategy, by the Government of Canada, the Market Basket Measure (MBM) was established as Canada's Official Poverty Line. According to the MBM, a family lives in poverty if it does not have enough income to purchase a specific basket of goods and services in its community. In this short video, you will learn how the MBM basket is constructed and compared to a family's disposable income when measuring poverty statistics in Canada.

• Video: Market Basket Measure

This video provides a description of the objectives and purpose of the Canadian Health Survey on Children and Youth.

• Video: 2023 Canadian Health Survey on Children and Youth (CHSCY)

This American Sign Language video highlights commuting data from the seventh release of the 2021 Census of Population included in The Daily.

• Video: Education in Canada (American Sign Language)

This American Sign Language video highlights commuting data from the seventh release of the 2021 Census of Population included in The Daily.

• Video: How people get to work in Canada (American Sign Language)

This American Sign Language video highlights commuting data from the seventh release of the 2021 Census of Population included in The Daily.

• Video: The changing dynamics of the Canadian labour force (American Sign Language)

This American Sign Language video highlights commuting data from the seventh release of the 2021 Census of Population included in The Daily.

• Video: Instruction in the minority official language (American Sign Language)

This American Sign Language video examines how persons with disabilities spend their days on selected activities. Analysis of time use opens a window into the experiences of persons with disabilities, particularly their perceptions of time.

• Video: How do persons with disabilities spend their time?

This American Sign Language video highlights data on ethnocultural and religious diversity from the sixth release of the 2021 Census of Population included in The Daily.

• Video: Ethnocultural and religious composition of the population (American Sign Language)

This American Sign Language video highlights data on immigration, place of birth and citizenship from the sixth release of the 2021 Census of Population included in The Daily.

• Video: Portrait of citizenship and immigration in Canada (American Sign Language)

This event highlights results from the 2021 Census, including new information about sex at birth, gender and diversity of couples.

• Video: Seeing Everyone: Gender Diversity Data

This American Sign Language video highlights housing data from the fifth release of the 2021 Census of Population included in the Daily.

• Video: Canada's housing portrait

This American Sign Language video highlights data on First Nations, Métis and Inuit people from the fifth release of the 2021 Census of Population included in the Daily.

• Video: First Nations people, Métis and Inuit in Canada

This American Sign Language video provides an introduction to the Canadian Survey on Disability. Specifically, it includes a brief description of the benefits of participating in the survey, what participating in the survey involves, how respondents were selected to participate, and information on privacy and confidentiality.

• Video: Introduction to the Canadian Survey on Disability, American Sign Language

This descriptive video provides an American Sign Language translation of the Daily for the Survey on Savings for Persons with Disabilities.

• Video: Survey on Savings for Persons with Disabilities, 2020, American Sign Language

Using data from the Survey on Accessibility in Federal Sector Organizations (SAFSO), this American Sign Language video examines the accessibility barriers that persons with difficulties or long-term conditions encountered during their interactions with federally regulated organizations or businesses.

• Video: The accessibility experiences of Canadians with difficulties or long-term conditions within federal sector organizations, 2021

This American Sign Language video highlights data from the 2017 Canadian Survey on Disability to present certain characteristics of Canadians whose everyday activities are limited by a mobility difficulty. In addition, this video provides a look at the experiences of groups designated as visible minorities who have a disability.

• Video: Introduction to the Survey on Accessibility in Federal Sector Organizations, American Sign Language

This American Sign Language video highlights data from the 2017 Canadian Survey on Disability to present certain characteristics of Canadians whose everyday activities are limited by a mobility difficulty. In addition, this video provides a look at the experiences of groups designated as visible minorities who have a disability.

• Video: A profile of Canadians with a mobility disability and visible minorities with a disability, American Sign Language

From June 23 to July 6, 2020, approximately 13,000 Canadians with long-term conditions or disabilities participated in an online questionnaire "Impacts of COVID-19 on Canadians: Living with Long-Term Conditions and Disabilities."

• Video: Impact of COVID-19 on Canadians living with long-term conditions and disabilities, American Sign Language

An overview of Statistics Canada's Labour Force Survey, including key changes over time and examples of how the data are used.

• Video: What is the Labour Force Survey?

Seasonal adjustment is a statistical technique used to remove fluctuations in economic data that occur every year at the same time and in a similar fashion. This video provides an overview of seasonal adjustment, how it is used and how it affects the economy.

• Video: Statistics for all seasons: A two-minute primer on seasonal adjustment

This video takes the viewer on a journey across Canada, highlighting that behind every number, we're writing Canada's story together.

• Video: Behind every number: A portrait of Canada

This video explains how and why the price change reported by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) may vary from the prices Canadians see on the shelves. It tells the story of Joe and Izzy, and how they each perceive price change as compared with the CPI.

• Video: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Your Experience of Price Change

This video defines the value-added GDP (PIB valeur ajoutée) and details how it is measured.

• Video: What is Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?

A video that presents how national demographics can often mask major regional differences.

• Archived – Video: A Statistics Canada Minute - Regional Demography Archived

A look at immigration in Canada, based on the Demosim Population Projections Program.

• Archived – Video: A Statistics Canada Minute - Immigration and Diversity Archived

An animated video which illustrates the nature and breadth of the agricultural statistical data collected and disseminated by Statistics Canada.

• Video: Canadian Agriculture Statistics

This video provides an overview of the Consumer Price Index (CPI). It defines the CPI and looks at what it measures and how it is used.

• Video: An overview of Canada's Consumer Price Index (CPI)

The video summarizes and updates the analyses that Statistics Canada released in the Portraits of Official-Language Minorities in Canada (Catalogue number 89-642-X) series. These portraits are based on a wide range of statistics drawn from the censuses of population and the Survey on the Vitality of Official-Language Minorities.

• Archived – Video: Portrait of Official-Language Minorities in Canada Archived

Let's start making sense of census data. It's a powerful tool to make data-driven decisions, like market research for a small business or employment trends for post-secondary students.

• Video: Here's Why You Should Use Census Data

Our valued partners highlight how Census data is used by their organizations.

• Video: Census: Partners using our data, Part 4

Our valued partners highlight how Census data is used by their organizations.

• Video: Census: Partners using our data, Part 3

For the first time, the 2021 Census of Population included a question on Enrollment under an Inuit land claims agreement and one on membership in a Métis organization or Settlement. These questions will help to fill data gaps on Indigenous peoples.

• Video: 2021 Census: New Indigenous content

This American Sign Language video highlights language data from the fourth release of the 2021 Census of Population included in the Daily.

• Video: Linguistic diversity and use of English and French in Canada

This American Sign Language video highlights income data from the third release of the 2021 Census of Population included in the Daily.

• Video: Income profile of Canadians

This American Sign Language video highlights military experience data from the third release of the 2021 Census of Population included in the Daily.

• Video: Canadian Military Experience

This American Sign Language video highlights families data from the third release of the 2021 Census of Population included in the Daily.

• Video: A portrait of Canada's families

Our valued partners highlight how Census data is used by their organizations.

• Video: Census: Partners using our data, Part 2

Goldy Hyder, President and CEO of the Business Council of Canada, explains the importance of the 2021 Census data to the business community.

• Video: Goldy Hyder: The Importance of the 2021 Census

The 2021 Census of Population included for the first time a question on gender and the precision of "at birth" on the sex question, allowing all cisgender, transgender and non-binary individuals to report their gender.

• Video: Canada's shifting demographic profile

Our valued partners highlight how Census data is used by their organizations.

• Video: Census: Partners using our data

This video presents information on the new gender question in the 2021 Census and the added precision of 'at birth' to the sex question. It highlights the importance of these modifications for greater data inclusivity and the benefits for all individuals in Canada.

• Video: 2021 Census: Sex at birth and gender - the whole picture

This American Sign Language video includes highlights from the first release of the 2021 Census of Population included in the Daily.

• Video: Canada tops G7 growth despite COVID, American Sign Language

Canada, thank you for participating in the 2021 Census.

• Video: 2021 Census: Thank you, Canada!

Message from Chief Statistician Anil Arora about the 2021 Census.

• Video: The 2021 Census is here!

This video describes a new health surveillance program at Statistics Canada: The Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort (CanCHEC).

• Video: Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohorts (CanCHECs):
  Creation of a new health surveillance program

Based on 2016 Census data, this video provides an overview of immigration in Canada over the past 150 years.

• Archived – Video: 2016 Census: Welcome to Canada: 150 years of immigration Archived

This video presents an overview of 2016 Census data on families, households and marital status.

• Archived – Video: 2016 Census: The Canadian families of today and yesteryear

This video takes a look at the population trends in Canada by age and sex.

• Archived – Video: 2016 Census: Population trends in Canada by age and sex Archived

This video takes a historical look at the population counts of Canada, from 1871 to 2016.

• Archived – Video: 2016 Census: 150 years of population growth in Canada Archived

This video presents the key results of the 2016 Census on population counts.

• Archived – Video: 2016 Census: 150 years of urbanization in Canada Archived

Annie Turner, Analyst, presents a national overview of the language data, 2011 Census.

• Archived – Video: Language Archived

Anne Milan, Sociologist, presents a national overview of the family, household and marital status data, 2011 Census.

• Archived – Video: Families, Households, and Marital Status Archived

Laurent Martel, Demography Expert, presents an overview of the age and sex data, 2011 Census, at the national level.

• Archived – Video: Age and Sex Archived

Laurent Martel, Demography Expert, presents the highlights of the 2011 Census Population and dwelling counts.

• Archived – Video: Population and Dwelling Counts Archived

Annie Turner, Analyst, presents a brief portrait of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada, 2011 National Household Survey.

• Archived – Video: Aboriginal Peoples Archived

Tina Chui, Sociologist, presents a brief overview of immigration and ethnocultural diversity in Canada, 2011 National Household Survey.

• Archived – Video: Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity Archived

Sarah Jane Ferguson, Analyst, presents a brief portrait of education in Canada, 2011 National Household Survey.

• Archived – Video: Education Archived

Vincent Ferrao, Analyst, presents a brief overview of labour in Canada, 2011 National Household Survey.

• Archived – Video: Labour Archived

Brian Murphy, Economist, presents a brief portrait of income in Canada, 2011 National Household Survey.

• Archived – Video: Income Archived

Jerry Situ, Senior analyst, presents a brief overview of housing in Canada, 2011 National Household Survey.

• Archived – Video: Housing Archived

Community Fire Risk Reduction Dashboard: A geospatial tool to identify at-risk neighbourhoods and to target fire prevention

• Video: Community Fire Risk Reduction

Discover this modern tool which will provide Statistics Canada's trade data users with a number of enhancements, including access to the full 8-digit (exports) and 10-digit (imports) Harmonized System product categories, as well as insights on CIMT in a more user-friendly, efficient and visually appealing manner.

• Video: New Canadian International Merchandise Trade (CIMT) Web Application

More user-friendly, efficient and visually appealing Canadian International Merchandise Trade tool coming this fall.

• Video: The upcoming Canadian International Merchandise Trade Web Application

Discover the new display and functionality of Statistics Canada data tables

• Video: How to use the data tables

Your work environment is what you make it, and we want the youth of today to shape the future of our organization. This video showcases various career paths one could take within Statistics Canada.

• Video: Statistics Canada Recruitment for Youth