# Canada in Data > Citation-ready answers about Canada, its provinces, and its territories, built from exact prepared Statistics Canada series. Canada in Data is an independent public-interest project, not Statistics Canada. The human answer page is canonical. Machine-readable resources expose only prepared answers whose exact source slice is checked into the project; broad discovery questions are not presented as verified answers. Current evidence snapshot: 2026-08-30, SHA-256 0e4c0c4aa4a18362e2d93bff9e378b9d9f059bfb6b1883a2146092543caca061. ## Start here - [Prepared answer index](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/prepared-answers.json): Build-generated JSON inventory with every exact observation, evidence revision, source, answer URL, and available comparison URL. - [Evidence changelog](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/data-changelog.json): Revision-by-revision JSON record of additions, updates, corrections, and removals to the prepared evidence corpus. - [Data updates](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/updates): Human-readable evidence release history and current official source-table inventory. - [Question catalog](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/question-catalog.json): Broader Statistics Canada question discovery inventory; inclusion does not mean an answer is prepared. - [XML sitemap](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/sitemap.xml): Canonical human-readable pages available to search engines. - [Home](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/): Visual search, explanations, comparisons, and exact-value tables. - [Canadian charity finder](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/charities): Human guide to the official CRA registry and annual public T3010 research data; listings are not endorsements. - [CRA List of Charities](https://apps.cra-arc.gc.ca/ebci/hacc/srch/pub/dsplyBscSrch?request_locale=en): Authoritative check for current charity registration status. - [Annual public charity dataset](https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/80c00cdb-1358-415c-bb8b-0de7f12675b8): Government of Canada T3010 research files; annual data can lag current status. ## Prepared answers - [How did provincial, territorial and local government spending on defence change over time? — Canada](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/answers/statcan-10100005-government-spending-on-defence-0uwn3gi-trend/ca.md): Exact observations from Statistics Canada table 10100005. - [How did provincial, territorial and local government spending on economic affairs change over time? — Canada](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/answers/statcan-10100005-government-spending-on-economic-affairs-0c2fb91-trend/ca.md): Exact observations from Statistics Canada table 10100005. - [How did provincial, territorial and local government spending on education change over time? — Canada](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/answers/statcan-10100005-government-spending-on-education-12k35vz-trend/ca.md): Exact observations from Statistics Canada table 10100005. - [How did provincial, territorial and local government spending on environmental protection change over time? — Canada](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/answers/statcan-10100005-government-spending-on-environmental-protection-1eyiyg2-trend/ca.md): Exact observations from Statistics Canada table 10100005. - [How did provincial, territorial and local government spending on health change over time? — Canada](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/answers/statcan-10100005-government-spending-on-health-004xk3r-trend/ca.md): Exact observations from Statistics Canada table 10100005. - [How did provincial, territorial and local government spending on housing and community amenities change over time? — Canada](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/answers/statcan-10100005-government-spending-on-housing-and-community-amenities-1pvzmj2-trend/ca.md): Exact observations from Statistics Canada table 10100005. - [How did provincial, territorial and local government spending on public order and safety change over time? — Canada](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/answers/statcan-10100005-government-spending-on-public-order-and-safety-0tru6dd-trend/ca.md): Exact observations from Statistics Canada table 10100005. - [How did provincial, territorial and local government spending on recreation, culture and religion change over time? — Canada](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/answers/statcan-10100005-government-spending-on-recreation-culture-and-religion-0ldx2sm-trend/ca.md): Exact observations from Statistics Canada table 10100005. - [How did provincial, territorial and local government spending on social protection change over time? — Canada](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/answers/statcan-10100005-government-spending-on-social-protection-0jr7b2v-trend/ca.md): Exact observations from Statistics Canada table 10100005. - [How did provincial, territorial and local government spending on general public services change over time? — Canada](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/answers/statcan-10100005-trend/ca.md): Exact observations from Statistics Canada table 10100005. - [How did the employment rate for people aged 15 and over change over time? — Canada](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/answers/statcan-14100020-employment-rate-trend/ca.md): Exact observations from Statistics Canada table 14100020. - [How did the participation rate for people aged 15 and over change over time? — Canada](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/answers/statcan-14100020-participation-rate-trend/ca.md): Exact observations from Statistics Canada table 14100020. - [How did the unemployment rate for people aged 15 and over change over time? — Canada](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/answers/statcan-14100020-trend/ca.md): Exact observations from Statistics Canada table 14100020. - [How did the number of people reporting English at home change over time? — Canada](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/answers/statcan-15100009-trend/ca.md): Exact observations from Statistics Canada table 15100009. - [How did the Consumer Price Index for items excluding food and energy change over time? — Canada](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/answers/statcan-18100004-consumer-price-index-for-items-excluding-food-and-energy-1ofkgvm-trend/ca.md): Exact observations from Statistics Canada table 18100004. - [How did the Consumer Price Index change over time? — Canada](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/answers/statcan-18100004-trend/ca.md): Exact observations from Statistics Canada table 18100004. - [How did the share of people with access to the Internet at home change over time? — Canada](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/answers/statcan-22100134-trend/ca.md): Exact observations from Statistics Canada table 22100134. - [How did the number of international travellers recorded at ports of entry change over time? — Canada](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/answers/statcan-24100053-trend/ca.md): Exact observations from Statistics Canada table 24100053. - [How did the share of people in core housing need change over time? — Newfoundland and Labrador](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/answers/statcan-46100073-percentage-trend/nl.md): Exact observations from Statistics Canada table 46100073. - [How did the number of persons in core housing need change over time? — Newfoundland and Labrador](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/answers/statcan-46100073-trend/nl.md): Exact observations from Statistics Canada table 46100073. ## Cross-geography comparisons - [Compare provinces and territories: How did provincial, territorial and local government spending on defence change over time?](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/comparisons/statcan-10100005-government-spending-on-defence-0uwn3gi-trend): Same registered measure, shared periods, descending numeric ranks, and exact values. - [Compare provinces and territories: How did provincial, territorial and local government spending on economic affairs change over time?](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/comparisons/statcan-10100005-government-spending-on-economic-affairs-0c2fb91-trend): Same registered measure, shared periods, descending numeric ranks, and exact values. - [Compare provinces and territories: How did provincial, territorial and local government spending on education change over time?](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/comparisons/statcan-10100005-government-spending-on-education-12k35vz-trend): Same registered measure, shared periods, descending numeric ranks, and exact values. - [Compare provinces and territories: How did provincial, territorial and local government spending on environmental protection change over time?](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/comparisons/statcan-10100005-government-spending-on-environmental-protection-1eyiyg2-trend): Same registered measure, shared periods, descending numeric ranks, and exact values. - [Compare provinces and territories: How did provincial, territorial and local government spending on health change over time?](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/comparisons/statcan-10100005-government-spending-on-health-004xk3r-trend): Same registered measure, shared periods, descending numeric ranks, and exact values. - [Compare provinces and territories: How did provincial, territorial and local government spending on housing and community amenities change over time?](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/comparisons/statcan-10100005-government-spending-on-housing-and-community-amenities-1pvzmj2-trend): Same registered measure, shared periods, descending numeric ranks, and exact values. - [Compare provinces and territories: How did provincial, territorial and local government spending on public order and safety change over time?](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/comparisons/statcan-10100005-government-spending-on-public-order-and-safety-0tru6dd-trend): Same registered measure, shared periods, descending numeric ranks, and exact values. - [Compare provinces and territories: How did provincial, territorial and local government spending on recreation, culture and religion change over time?](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/comparisons/statcan-10100005-government-spending-on-recreation-culture-and-religion-0ldx2sm-trend): Same registered measure, shared periods, descending numeric ranks, and exact values. - [Compare provinces and territories: How did provincial, territorial and local government spending on social protection change over time?](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/comparisons/statcan-10100005-government-spending-on-social-protection-0jr7b2v-trend): Same registered measure, shared periods, descending numeric ranks, and exact values. - [Compare provinces and territories: How did provincial, territorial and local government spending on general public services change over time?](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/comparisons/statcan-10100005-trend): Same registered measure, shared periods, descending numeric ranks, and exact values. - [Compare provinces and territories: How did the employment rate for people aged 15 and over change over time?](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/comparisons/statcan-14100020-employment-rate-trend): Same registered measure, shared periods, descending numeric ranks, and exact values. - [Compare provinces and territories: How did the participation rate for people aged 15 and over change over time?](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/comparisons/statcan-14100020-participation-rate-trend): Same registered measure, shared periods, descending numeric ranks, and exact values. - [Compare provinces and territories: How did the unemployment rate for people aged 15 and over change over time?](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/comparisons/statcan-14100020-trend): Same registered measure, shared periods, descending numeric ranks, and exact values. - [Compare provinces and territories: How did the number of people reporting English at home change over time?](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/comparisons/statcan-15100009-trend): Same registered measure, shared periods, descending numeric ranks, and exact values. - [Compare provinces and territories: How did the Consumer Price Index for items excluding food and energy change over time?](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/comparisons/statcan-18100004-consumer-price-index-for-items-excluding-food-and-energy-1ofkgvm-trend): Same registered measure, shared periods, descending numeric ranks, and exact values. - [Compare provinces and territories: How did the Consumer Price Index change over time?](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/comparisons/statcan-18100004-trend): Same registered measure, shared periods, descending numeric ranks, and exact values. - [Compare provinces and territories: How did the share of people with access to the Internet at home change over time?](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/comparisons/statcan-22100134-trend): Same registered measure, shared periods, descending numeric ranks, and exact values. - [Compare provinces and territories: How did the number of international travellers recorded at ports of entry change over time?](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/comparisons/statcan-24100053-trend): Same registered measure, shared periods, descending numeric ranks, and exact values. - [Compare provinces and territories: How did the share of people in core housing need change over time?](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/comparisons/statcan-46100073-percentage-trend): Same registered measure, shared periods, descending numeric ranks, and exact values. - [Compare provinces and territories: How did the number of persons in core housing need change over time?](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/comparisons/statcan-46100073-trend): Same registered measure, shared periods, descending numeric ranks, and exact values. ## Interpretation and citation - [Prepared-answer contract](https://stats-canada-sigma.vercel.app/prepared-answers.json): Use the geography, period, unit, scalar, observations, source update date, dataset ID, vector ID, and evidence revision carried by each record. - [Statistics Canada open licence](https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/terms-conditions/open-licence): Official terms for source-data reuse; preserve each prepared record's source acknowledgement. Do not infer causation from a trend. Comparison rank 1 means highest numeric value, not best outcome. A changelog entry means the site's prepared evidence changed; it does not by itself mean an underlying indicator changed. Prefer the canonical URL when citing an explanation, record the evidence revision when reproducibility matters, and use the linked Statistics Canada table when citing the underlying official data.