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City Centres Fall Behind Outlying Regions in Returning to Office, Environics Data Shows

Sep 6, 2022, 08:56 AM by The Globe and Mail

Environics Analytics analyzes how downtown cores are faring with return-to-work by using anonymized, privacy-compliant data from mobile devices, as well as neighbourhood demographics and business data

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How will Highway 413 and the gas tax impact Ontario voters this election?

May 26, 2022, 12:59 PM by CTV News

According to a data analysis by Environics Analytics, it appears as though the ridings impacted by the highway consist primarily of voters who drive above the provincial average of 22,073 kilometers a year

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Half of Cannabis Purchases Are Made In-Store

May 18, 2022, 14:29 PM by Strategy Online

Data from Environics Analytics and Caddle go deep into the different groups buying cannabis and what drives their purchases

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Voter Segmentation: Who lives in Ontario and how do they vote

May 18, 2022, 08:38 AM by CTV News

Environics Analytics breaks down key voting groups by leveraging Elections Ontario data from 2018 election and a range of data points, including demographic, expenditure, psychographic, vaccination intention and movement data

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Who are the voters in Ontario? Here's the breakdown

May 18, 2022, 08:31 AM by CTV News

Environics Analytics data suggest that a shift in sentiment is unlikely for small-town and rural voters to change their PC preference

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Environics Analytics Aims to Modernize With New Data Lab

Nov 24, 2021, 13:32 PM by Media in Canada

EA FuturesLab is a cross-departmental group of team members dedicated to several new projects including harnessing more big data that’s updated more frequently, blending disparate data through cleanroom services and connecting EA data and workflows to tools that clients rely on

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Where in Canada could the People's Party play spoiler to the Conservatives?

Sep 20, 2021, 08:27 AM by CTV News

Environics Analysis data shows that in ridings where the People's Party of Canada could draw votes from the Conservatives, it would help entrench Liberal or NDP seats

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Will Pandemic Pocketbook Promises Swing Some Ridings?

Sep 20, 2021, 08:21 AM by CTV News

Data from Environics Analytics tell an interesting story of average household income across 15 voter segments, broken down to five types of ridings

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Child Care a Key Issue in a Large Number of Tight Ridings Across the Country

Sep 20, 2021, 08:15 AM by CTV News

Environics Analytics sought to understand child-care expenses for different segments of the Canadian population to sort out which races in the upcoming election could be most in play on this issue

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Strength of a Party’s Climate Change Plan Could Help Influence Results in at Least 9 Ridings

Sep 10, 2021, 12:15 PM by CTV News

Environics Analytics analyzed all 338 Canada’s federal electoral districts and found environmental issues are important to a wide swath of Canadians

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Parties' Pitches on Housing Affordability Unlikely to Influence Election Results

Sep 2, 2021, 12:43 PM by CTV News

Environics Analytics analyzed voter behaviours and socio-demographic characteristics in 15 voter segments to understand housing market purchase intention, as federal party leaders make their pitches on housing affordability

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Who Makes Up the Wide Mosaic of Our Federal Ridings, and How Do They Vote?

Aug 30, 2021, 08:51 AM by CTV News

Environics Analytics provides voter segment insights and riding reports using 2021 estimates to create an up-to-date overview of each of Canada’s 338 federal ridings

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How We Shop for Food Has Changed Dramatically

Aug 6, 2021, 09:27 AM by The Toronto Star

New data from Environics Analytics looking at Canadians’ mobile and home internet browsing patterns shows how our online habits have changed during the COVID-19 pandemic

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More Hamiltonians are staying home to fight COVID

May 5, 2021, 09:15 AM by The Toronto Star

Anonymized cellphone location data shows at least some Hamiltonians are abiding by the latest stay-at-home order

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Best communities in Canada 2021: Methodology

Apr 9, 2021, 12:10 PM by Maclean's

Here's how Maclean’s picked the best communities in Canada to live and work remotely

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Vaccine hesitancy higher among rural, low-income communities: study

Mar 31, 2021, 08:40 AM by CTV News

Environics Analytics found that around 69 per cent of Canadians over the age of 16 intend to take the vaccine, 18 per cent say they're "unsure", while 13 per cent said "no."

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Cellphone data shows people are on the move again

Mar 10, 2021, 09:00 AM by Toronto Star

What mobility patterns tell us about ‘leaky lockdowns’ and a possible third wave

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Inside the pandemic wealth boom – and why it’s not spread evenly

Mar 8, 2021, 09:00 AM by The Globe and Mail

WealthTrends data provides insights into Canadian households increasing their total wealth during the pandemic

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Statistics Canada considered delaying this year's census to 2022 due to pandemic

Mar 8, 2021, 07:00 AM by National Post

A behind-the-scenes look at how Statistics Canada rethought this year’s census operation

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B.C.'s Most Resilient Cities in 2021

Feb 18, 2021, 12:28 PM by Andrew Macaulay for BC Business

To assess the ability of B.C.’s largest cities to weather the economic storm, BCBusiness developed a new and expanded set of 12 indicators with help from research partner, Environics Analytics.

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