Featured publications 2023

From September 18 to 24, 2023, let’s celebrate the Science Literacy Week under the theme of energy. Each year, this week allows children and families to discover and appreciate Canadian science in all its diversity. Consult our publications to learn about Canada’s energy future and the science and engineering promotion initiative.

• Ocean Decade focus group for educators: August 18, 2021, 1:30 to 3:00pm EDT: summary report
• Exploring Canada's energy future: a lesson plan for Canadian geography and science classes, grades 9 through 11
• Evaluation of the science and engineering promotion initiative: PromoScience

• Single-Use Plastics Prohibition Regulations: technical guidelines
• Future lives: basic needs at risk
• The future of generative AI: what could we see five years following the launch of ChatGPT?

• The importance of disconnecting from work
• Modernizing the Copyright Board: status update
• Canada needs more grocery competition: Competition Bureau retail grocery market study report

On September 8th, let’s celebrate Linguistic Duality Day. In 2009, former Clerk of the Privy Council Wayne G. Wouters announced that the second Thursday in September would be designated as Linguistic Duality Day in the public service. To learn more about substantive equality of official languages, the Official Languages Act and action plans, we invite you to consult these publications.

• Action plan for official languages 2023-2028: protection, promotion, collaboration
• English and French: towards a substantive equality of official languages in Canada
• Summary document: engaging Canadians as a step towards modernizing the Official Languages Act

• Report summary: empowering youth for post-secondary education preparedness
• 2022-23 newcomer services campaign advertising campaign evaluation tool (ACET): methodological report
• Firearms safety public awareness campaign: final integrated report

• Food and beverage advertising to children and teens in Canada
• Education and earnings of Canadian-born Black populations
• Let's go for a swim!: aquatic species at risk in Ontario, Prairies and Arctic

• Underground economy in Canada in today's post-pandemic environment: final report
• Helping Canadians deal with drug shortages
• Gender-based analysis plus exploratory evaluation study on selected labour market programs: final report

On August 15, let’s celebrate National Acadian Day. To learn more about the historical presence of this people and their cultural specificity, which contributes to Canada's diversity, we invite you to consult these publications.

• An Act respecting a National Acadian Day
• The French presence in New Brunswick
• White paper: enhanced prosperity for the economic development of Francophone and Acadian minority communities

• Registered Education Savings Plan provider user guide: Canada Education Savings Program
• Forest carbon 101
• Lyme disease surveillance in Canada: highlights 2009-2019

• Canada's national adaptation strategy: building resilient communities and a strong economy
• International child abductions: a guide for affected parents
• Cybervictimization among young adults in Canada

• Are you First Nations, Inuit, or Métis?: doing your taxes has benefits
• Operational alert - updated indicators: laundering the proceeds of crime through underground banking schemes
• Switching stores to cope with high inflation: food sales at food and beverage stores and general merchandise stores

In Canada, Emancipation Day is celebrated on August 1. To learn more about the resilience and history of Black Canadians, we invite you to consult the following publications:

• An Act proclaiming Emancipation Day
• Slavery in Canada
• Canada's black population: education, labour and resilience

• Bank on cyber security: how to easily secure your financial data
• Financial industry forum on artificial intelligence: a Canadian perspective on responsible AI
• Honouring the children who never came home: truth, education and reconciliation: interim report of the Standing Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples

• Buy local, burn local: don't move firewood
• Toward a 2030 Biodiversity Strategy for Canada: halting and reversing nature loss
• COVID-19 tracking survey and focus groups on Canadians’ views 2022-23: report

• What we did and what we learned: monitoring disability rights – full outcome report from the national monitoring mechanism's public engagement process
• Evaluation of Computers for Schools Plus (CFS+) and Computers for Schools Intern (CFSI) programs: report
• On the outside looking in: the implementation of the Cannabis Act and its effects on Indigenous peoples

• Helping you and your family save on healthy food and other essentials
• Inflationary pressures, wages and profits
• Attitudes and awareness of menstrual equity and period poverty among Canadians

Every year, on July 1st, Canadians come together to celebrate Canada Day. To find out more about Canada's rich heritage and history, we invite you to consult the following publications:

• Maple syrup: nature's gold
• Canada—excellence at your tables
• Canada's history

• United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act action plan
• Canada's approach to sexual and reproductive health and rights
• Report into allegations of inappropriate conversations with veterans about medical assistance in dying (MAiD)

June is National Indigenous History Month in Canada. To learn more about the resilience and diversity of First Nations, Inuit and Métis, here are some publications from our collection.

• How did we get here?: a concise, unvarnished account of the history of the relationship between Indigenous Peoples and Canada
• Reconciliation with indigenous peoples: a holistic approach: toolkit for inclusive municipalities in Canada and beyond
• Technologies for Indigenous languages in Canada

• Healthy homes adequacy standard
• Grocery affordability: examining rising food costs in Canada
• Time to listen to survivors: taking action towards creating a safe sport environment for all athletes in Canada

To learn more about some of the important initiatives regarding wildland fire management and associated risks, you can consult these publications.

• Canadian Council of Forest Ministers wildland fire management working group action plan 2021-2026: a roadmap for implementing the Canadian wildland fire strategy using a whole-of-government approach
• Expected increased risks of wildfires in Canadian wildland-human interface areas
• Climate change, wildfires and Canadians' health

• Evaluation of travellers processing through a GBA+ lens: evaluation report
• Report on the Roundtable of Indigenous Leaders and representatives and federal-provincial-territorial Ministers on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQI+ People
• Attitudes towards remembrance and Veterans' Week 2022: survey of Canadians: final report

This year, Canadian Environment Week will take place from June 5 to June 11, 2023. To learn more about Canada's environmental achievements and strategies you can consult these publications.

• Developing rules for recyclability and compostability labelling and a federal plastics registry: what we heard report
• Canadian environmental sustainability indicators: population exposure to outdoor air pollutants
• Single-Use Plastics Prohibition Regulations: technical guidelines

• Universal design: a guide for designers, builders and developers of multi-unit residential buildings
• Homebuying step by step: your guide to buying a home in Canada
• Preparing for weather-related emergencies in Canada

This year, National AccessAbility Week will take place from May 28 to June 3, 2023. To learn more about some of the important initiatives aimed at creating a more accessible Canada, you can consult these publications.

• An Act respecting the development of a national employment strategy for persons with disabilities
• Action plan to monitor the rights of people with disabilities: a plan for monitoring the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Canada
• Canada's disability inclusion action plan

• Frozen rates of pay: interpretations, policies and guidelines
• Unemployment and job vacancies by education, 2016 to 2022
• The right to counsel for tenants facing eviction: security of tenure in Canada

• Device security for travel and telework abroad
• Canada's anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing regime strategy 2023-2026
• Asylum-seekers at Canada's border

• Income of Canadians, 2021
• Audit of the ECCC application and implementation of the Policy on COVID-19 Vaccination for the Core Public Administration—administration of accommodation requests
• Hydrogen: a viable option for a net-zero Canada in 2050?: report of the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources

• Budget 2023: issues for parliamentarians
• The wake-up call: the world after February 24th 2022
• Your guide to postpartum health and caring for your baby

• Childhood vaccination marketing campaign survey 2022: report
• Emerging technology snapshot: military women's health research
• Emerging technology snapshot: directed energy weapons

• Statement and impacts report on gender, diversity, and quality of life
• Security of Canada Information Disclosure Act (SCIDA): a step-by-step guide to responsible information sharing
• Support for international recruitment: public employment services abroad

• How to improve workplace equity: evidence-based actions for employers
• Learning together for responsible artificial intelligence: report of the public awareness working group
• A teen's guide to vaccination

• What we heard: developing greater labour protections for gig workers: final report
• Canadians' awareness, knowledge and attitudes related to zero emission vehicles (ZEVs) - 2022: final report
• Connectivity in rural and remote areas: independent auditor's report

• Guidelines for Canadian recreational water quality: understanding and managing risks in recreational waters: guideline technical document
• Addressing labour shortages in the Canadian transportation sector
• Characteristics of child care centres serving children aged 0 to 5 years in Canada, 2021 to 2022

Each year on March 20, Canadians join the global community in celebrating the International Day of La Francophonie. To learn more about the promotion of the French language as well as cultural and linguistic diversity, you can consult these publications.

• Francophone immigration strategy: meeting our objectives
• The French presence in Ontario
• The Official Languages Act: understanding its principles and implementation

• Responding to the challenges of our times
• How to support and include dads
• Indigenous insights: building relationships with First Nations, Inuit and Métis

• Renewal of the Canadian Museum Policy: discussion guide
• Harnessing change: financial model of the Canadian television sector
• Research to insights : a look at Canada's economy and society three years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic

• Use of personal social media in the workplace
• Experiences at men’s CSC-operated healing lodges: a qualitative examination
• Business conditions in Canada, first quarter of 2023

Each year on March 8, Canadians join the global community to commemorate International Women's Day. To learn more about the fight against sexism and continued efforts towards equal rights, check out these publications.

• An Act to amend the Department for Women and Gender Equality Act
• The achievements, experiences and labour market outcomes of First Nations, Métis and Inuit women with bachelor’s degrees or higher
• Women's unpaid work in Canada

• Report of the public inquiry into the 2022 public order emergency
• Empowering health care providers in the digital era: digital health care market study, part 3
• Black business owners in Canada

• The financialization of seniors' housing in Canada: a report for the Office of the Federal Housing Advocate
• Raising awareness: avoiding unauthorized health products online
• To have kids or not to have kids: that is the question!

• Exceptions for single-use plastic flexible straws
• Consumer vulnerability: evidence from the monthly COVID-19 Financial Well-being Survey
• Immigrants' perceptions of shared values in Canada, 2020

• Future of hybrid proceedings in the House of Commons
• Diversity and retention of early learning and child care workers in Canada
• Cyberbullying public awareness research: final report

February is Black History Month, where all Canadians recognize and honour the many contributions of Black Canadians to Canada’s life and culture. If you want to learn more, please check out these publications.

• A bank note-able Canadian woman
• Canada's Black population: growing in number and diversity
• Preserving and promoting: black cultural heritage in Canada

• Consultations on proposed changes for 2022 and 2023 reporting of greenhouse gases: response document
• Substance use and stigma during COVID-19: examining how changes in alcohol and cannabis consumption varied by experiences of stigma during the pandemic
• What do we know about physical and non-physical childhood maltreatment in Canada?

Below are some publications on mental health published by the Government of Canada.

• Having someone to count on
• What did Canadians do for their mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic?
• Encountering strong emotional reactions: be good to yourself

• Canada's breastfeeding progress report 2022
• Walk, pedal, ride: how children get to school in Canada
• Postsecondary students in Canada: 10 years after graduation

• Public attitudes towards tax avoidance and evasion conducted by High Net Worth Individuals (HNWI): final report
• Care at home: resource guide
• Family matters: disagreements within couples during the COVID-19 pandemic

With the start of the new year, Canadians are heading outside to enjoy fantastic winter activities across the country. Here are some publications showing off a little what’s available as well as tips to keep you safe.

• Lake Louise area in the winter
• My vessel, my responsibility - hypothermia and cold shock
• Winter driving: you, your vehicle and winter driving

• Clean fuel regulations: generic quantification method
• Access to cannabis for medical purposes in Canada: gathering information on views and practices of patients and health care practitioners - final report
• The Canadian critical minerals strategy, from exploration to recycling: powering the green and digital economy for Canada and the world