In the 15 – 64 age group, for every 100 men, Canada has 102 women. The provinces where the imbalance is greatest are Newfoundland/Labrador, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia; all have more than 105 women for every 100 men.

In the more populated provinces, smoking rates are highest in Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. About one-quarter of adults smoke in these provinces. Smoking rates are lowest in Ontario (19.8%) and British Columbia (18.6%).

The USA was by far the number one choice of places for Canadians to visit, followed by the United Kingdom and Mexico.

Detached, standalone, houses are the most common type of property in Canada, followed by apartments. Over one-half of Canadian households live in detached houses while almost one-third of Canadian households live in an apartment.

Canada welcomed 247,202 new permanent residents in 2008. 193,061 temporary foreign workers and 79,459 foreign students also arrived. The combined total was 519,722 newcomers for the year.

Canadians born in 2005 will live for an average of 80.4 years. Life expectancy at birth in 2005 was 78.0 years for men and 82.7 years for women. People born in Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut had the lowest life expectancy, at 76.3 years. People born in British Columbia had the highest life expectancy, at 81.2 years.

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8.4 percent of Canadians suffer from asthma. Rates are highest in Manitoba (10.4 percent) and lowest in British Columbia (7.4 percent). Females throughout Canada suffer higher rates of asthma than males.

Ontario, with 13 million people, has the largest population of any of Canadian province. Quebec, with 7.8 million people is next most populous. Nanavut, Canada’s largest territory, has an average of just 17 people for every 1,000 square km of territory.

Of Canada’s 34 million people, over 6 million are immigrants. The largest numbers of immigrants arriving in Canada currently come from China, India and the Philippines. 18 percent of Canada’s population are immigrants. 3 million immigrants live in Ontario, 1 million in British Columbia and 700,000 in Quebec.