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%).

Atlantic Canada has some of the worst Canadian obesity rates and contains the two cities which are home to Canada’s fattest people. In first place for fatties is St. John’s with a rate of 36.40 per cent obese. It is followed by the similarly named Saint John with similarly fatty statistics at 34.70 per cent obese.

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.