Canada has consistently ranked among the world’s top countries for its high quality of life. Abundant resources, a highly educated population and strong international ties have all contributed to Canada’s enviable living standards. However, progress has stalled.

This section discusses current evidence and analysis for a range of behavioural and contextual factors associated with obesity in Canada. Research suggests that, to be relevant to health in Aboriginal populations, frameworks of health determinants need to address the specificity of the experiences of those populations.

This paper discusses Canada’s size, location, topography as well as climate, and how these factors have governed the distribution of population.

The Health Inequalities Data Tool contains a large set of data on health inequalities in Canada by subgroups of the Canadian population, including by social, economic and demographic factors. For example, the size and impacts of health inequalities are available by Indigenous Peoples, Black Canadians, immigrants or Canadians living in rural ...

This statistic shows the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Canada in February 2024, distinguished by major industry. In February 2024, the construction industry of Canada contributed about 160.97...