Featured publications 2025

Each year, from November 5 to 11, we reflect upon our proud military legacy and express our gratitude to those who have defended our values and freedoms. Take a moment to browse this selection of publications from our collection:

Our collection features a wide range of publications that highlight the achievements and challenges of women in Canada, reflecting strength, resilience, and impact. Browse the titles below—and take a moment to explore even more!

Across Canada, libraries play a vital role in connecting people with essential resources, trusted information and lifelong learning. From coast to coast to coast, they support communities, foster inclusion, and empower individuals. Explore these featured titles from our collection and search for more!

Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is September 30, it is also known as Orange Shirt Day, a time to reflect on the lasting impacts of residential schools. To learn more, you are invited to explore this selection of publications from our collection:

• Confidence in the Canadian youth criminal justice system, 2023: key findings from the 2023 National Justice Survey
• Canada's Fentanyl Czar interim report
• Assault-Style Firearms Compensation Program public awareness campaign 2025: final report

• Guide to meaningful engagement and integrating a human rights-based approach into encampment responses
• Toward transformative change: an implementation plan for Canada's Black justice strategy
• Powering Canada's future: a clean electricity strategy

The second Thursday in September is Official Languages Day. Linguistic Duality is an important part of our Canadian society, and an important part of our social, economic and cultural identity. Consult these titles from our collection to learn more.

• Action plan for official languages 2023-2028: protection, promotion, collaboration
• Cultivate a shared future: a closer look at our official language minority communities
• Official language minority enterprises in 2021: regional infographics

• Study on disability inclusion in sport: findings report
• Secure innovation: security advice for emerging technology companies and researchers
• Email security best practices

• Got food? : Limits apply
• The future of CBC/Radio-Canada
• What we learned: discussions with four First Nations about the administration and enforcement of their laws and by-laws

• Seabirds – sentinel species for the Gulf
• The impact of the COVID-19 crisis on business startups and entrepreneurial activities in Canada
• Firearms and public safety: addressing risk

Late summer is here, and there’s still time to enjoy Canada’s natural landscapes and outdoor activities before the season changes! Whether you’re planning a weekend getaway or looking to learn more about historic sites and iconic destinations, these featured publications offer inspiration for making the most of the season.

• Understanding Canadians' and Americans' views on key issues of interest to Canada: final report
• Canadians' use of personal care products in children 0-36 months: findings report
• The health of young people in Canada: focus on mental health

• Attitudes to the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS): final report
• Key recommendations: protecting against threats to the electoral process
• A better world

• Guide on best practices for seaweed harvesting in Quebec
• Homelessness data snapshot: analysis of the inflow of shelter users in Canada 2018-2022
• Purchasing power parities for consumption and household income across the Canadian provinces and territories

• Canadian environmental sustainability indicators: trends in Canada's bird populations
• Homelessness data snapshot: homelessness and immigration in Canada from 2020-2023
• Recent trends in immigration from Canada to the United States

• Views of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) - 2024-2025 tracking study: final report
• Implementation framework for the right to a healthy environment under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999
• Understanding the second-generation cut-off

Canada’s parks and historic sites are full of amazing things to discover. Check out these publications from our collection to explore and learn great things about the nature and history that shape our country.

• Horizontal evaluation of the youth employment and skills strategy: report
• Estimated direct and indirect costs of recent extreme wildfires in western Canada
• AI strategy for the federal public service 2025-2027

• Hot weather, safe travel: preventing heat stress in animals
• Science advice for harmful algal events in Canadian marine ecosystems: current status, impacts, consequences and knowledge gaps
• Flood risk resilience and seismic awareness and mitigation study (2025): findings report

• Indigenous justice strategy
• Estimates of gross domestic product in wildfire-affected areas during the 2023 and 2024 wildfire seasons
• A call to action: Canada must strengthen the human right to housing

This Canada Day, let's come together to celebrate the remarkable qualities that make Canada a symbol of pride and unity! Join us in exploring these publications that showcase our nation’s linguistic diversity, cultural landscapes, and the principles of citizenship that unite us all.

• Introducing GST rebates for first-time home buyers
• Understanding firearms owners: methodological report
• Smoking, smoking cessation and heart disease risk: a 16-year follow-up study

On June 21, we celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day. We honour the history, cultures, and contributions of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples in Canada. Check out these titles from our collection.

• Kinship & prosperity: proven solutions for a clean energy landscape
• Welcome to Canada: Indigenous peoples in Canada
• Indigenous mobility and Canada's international borders: reflecting back and looking forward

• Report of the Industrial Inquiry Commission appointed under section 108 of the Canada Labour Code
• Delivering Canada's future fighter jet capability: independent auditor's report
• Impact of tariffs on businesses in Canada: expectations and strategic responses, second quarter of 2025

• Public opinion research on future weather services and weather alerting: final report
• Home labelling: informing Canadians on home energy performance: discussion paper
• The cancer survival index: measuring progress in cancer survival to help evaluate cancer control efforts in Canada

Every June, we kick off Pride Season in Canada—a time to celebrate the 2SLGBTQI+ community and support equality for all. Across the country, communities come together to honour diversity, share stories, and promote inclusion. Explore these titles in our collection to learn more.

• Family and household characteristics of 2SLGBTQ+ people in Canada
• Mental health and access to support among 2SLGBTQ+ youth
• Collecting inclusive gender data: promising practices

• Public opinion research on the National Adaptation Strategy : final report, March 2025
• Speech from the throne to open the first session of the 45th Parliament of Canada
• Unity in Canada : experimental measures of feelings towards people with similar or different views

Join us in celebrating the incredible contributions of Canadians with disabilities during this National AccessAbility Week! Together, we can build a better, more inclusive and accessible Canada. Together, let’s empower change and help break down barriers with these resources.

• Accessible and equitable artificial intelligence systems: technical guide
• The right to housing for people with disabilities: monitoring framework
• How to open a Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP) for yourself or a loved one with a disability

• Cannabis health warning messages: feedback from Canadians on testing new messages: final report
• Canadian hydrogen codes and standards roadmap
• Progress in net cancer survival in Canada over 20 years

• Unions power prosperity: a report from the union-led Advisory Table 2025
• Interprovincial trade in Canada, 2023 to 2024
• Attitudes towards remembrance and Veterans' Week 2024: final report

• Standing together: ensuring fair treatment for Canadian language and cultural advisors who served in Afghanistan
• Flammability and labelling requirements for tents
• Report of the Auditor General of Canada to the board of directors of the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority: special examination: independent auditor's report

• How your love language can help you get cyber safe
• Supporting Indigenous reconciliation in the workplace: employer-driven initiatives
• Perceptions of drinking water quality in First Nations communities and general population 2024: final report

• Safe sleep for your baby
• How tariffs are conceptually reflected in key economic statistics
• Kinship & prosperity: proven solutions for a clean energy landscape

• Stop the spread of invasive species: check and inspect your gardening tools and patio furniture
• Future lives: social mobility in question
• Labour market outcome indicators of postsecondary graduates, 2010 to 2021

• 9 ways to spot content created with artificial intelligence (AI)
• Canadian wildland fire prevention and mitigation strategy: taking action together
• Closing the housing gap: understanding housing disparities between the off-reserve Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations in Canada

• Protecting against threats to the electoral process
• Solving the housing crisis: Canada's housing plan
• Taxology—episode 4: how to be scam smart – part 1

• Empowering futures: boosting girls' financial confidence through gamified learning—a gender equality research brief
• Familial support in entering the Canadian housing market
• Horizontal audit in the public service: the employment of racialized people in management and executive positions—sector-wide report

• In the public interest: my life in public service
• Traffic-related air pollution: a systematic review-based human health risk assessment of mortality
• Collision with terrain during landing, Endeavor Air (dba Delta Connection), MHI RJ Aviation Group CL-600-2D24 (Regional Jet Series 900), N932XJ, Toronto/Lester B. Pearson International Airport (CYYZ) (Ontario), 17 February 2025

• Canadian indicators for the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
• Resisting disinformation during an election
• Who is cyberbullying? : victim and perpetrator characteristics as reported by victims

The month of March is Mois de la Francophonie, and March 20th is the International Day of La Francophonie! Join us in celebrating and learn more about the French language, Francophone culture, and linguistic diversity in Canada by exploring these key items from our collection.

• Rendez-vous de la Francophonie: free NFB screenings, March 1 to 31, 2025
• Some facts on the Canadian Francophonie
• French-language publishing in Canada: main economic impact factors since 2005

• GST/HST filing compliance study (2024): final report
• Tourism 2030: a world of opportunity
• What you need to know about antimicrobial medications like antibiotics

• Perceptions of Canadian programming and news: final report
• Canada Disability Benefit report to the House of Commons: engagement with the disability community
• The changing nature of work in Canada: 1987 to 2024

• Bridging the gap: report on disability inclusion in Canadian workplaces
• Quit with confidence: guide to a smoke-free life
• Consultation on copyright in the age of generative artificial intelligence: what we heard report

• Caring for Canadians: Canada's future health workforce: the Canadian health workforce education, training and distribution study
• Guidance on the use of COVID-19 vaccines for 2025 to summer 2026
• Exiting homelessness: an examination of factors contributing to regaining and maintaining housing

• International student graduates' labour market early outcomes: results from the National Graduates Survey
• Deep income poverty: exploring dimensions of poverty in Canada
• Canadian environmental sustainability indicators: land-based greenhouse gas emissions and removals

In February, each year, Black History Month allows us to celebrate the achievements of Black communities in Canada, to hear their stories and to better understand their contribution to Canadian society.

• A bank note-able Canadian woman
• Commemorating the underground railroad in Canada: the system of National Historic Sites of Canada
• Supporting Black Canadian Communities Initiative: report of the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities

• Public inquiry into foreign interference in federal electoral processes and democratic institutions: final report
• Canadian environmental sustainability indicators: invasive alien species in Canada
• Canada's Arctic foreign policy

• Federal spending on housing affordability in 2024
• A distributional analysis of the purchasing power of Canadian households since 2019
• Canadian environmental sustainability indicators: solid waste diversion and disposal

Everyone’s mental health is important. Good mental health allows you to enjoy life and deal with its challenges. Young people and adults across Canada are struggling with their mental health and it’s crucial that they have timely access to resources and support.

To learn more about mental health, check out these publications from our collection:

• The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on mental health
• Mental disorders in Canada, 2022
• Addressing return anxiety

• Evaluation of Arctic operations
• Canada's autism strategy
• Canadians' knowledge and attitudes around drug decriminalization: results from a 2024 public opinion research survey

Alzheimer disease is the most common form of dementia in Canada, and its impact on Canadians is growing as the population aged 65 and older increases.

As we strive for a Canada in which all people living with dementia and caregivers are valued and supported, and quality of life is optimized, you can explore these publications to learn more about the efforts underway to prevent and treat dementia, including Alzheimer disease:

• Dementia in Canada, including Alzheimer disease
• A dementia strategy for Canada: together we aspire: … annual report to Parliament
• Tip sheet: how to communicate with a person living with dementia

• Canada's action plan on combatting hate
• Reducing electric heating costs with radiant floors
• Special actuarial report 2024 on the financial position of the Public Service Pension Fund as at 31 March 2024

• Using your mobile device securely
• The national shelter study: emergency shelter use in Canada 2005 to 2021
• Seeing disabilities, 2022