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From youth in segregation to first-time home buyers: Six data gaps Globe readers have encountered

The Globe & Mail has released another article from its Data Gap series, this time on six data gaps readers have encountered.

"The Globe’s series identified key areas in Canada in which public data are lacking, such as children’s vaccination rates, eviction rates and measures of how far people drive. The country’s data regime is fragmented for a host of reasons, from outdated legislation to a lack of standardization among provinces, and an aversion to collecting some types of data, such as on race or ethnicity.

Statistics Canada: Measuring digital economic activities in Canada, 2010 to 2017

New statistical measures for the digital age

Advancements in technology and the Internet have fundamentally changed how people and businesses interact and how they produce, distribute and consume goods and services. As technological advancement continues and digitalization rapidly expands to more segments of the economy, there is an increasing need to accurately measure and assess its impacts.