The intent of Learning Literacy in Canada, based on an assessment of 2,000 adult Canadians from all literacy levels, is to understand “the nature of [Canada’s] adult literacy challenges and the appropriate ways in which these could be addressed”. Ove… View this resource

The key finding of Statistics Canada’s report on the relationship between reading ability and educational outcomes is that “students with lower levels of reading at age 15 face challenges in graduating from high school by age 19: they are more likely… View this resource

This report provides a detailed examination of the performance of Canadian 15-year olds in science, reading and mathematics in 2006. As noted in Statistics Canada’s Daily article highlighting the report’s findings, “Canadian 15-year-old students stil… View this resource

This report examines demographic and other factors involved in book reading (as well as three other cultural activities), based on data from Statistics Canada’s General Social Survey of 2005, an in-depth telephone survey of about 10,000 Canadians 15… View this resource

This report provides a profile of the retail book market in Canada. A key argument in the report, prepared for the Department of Canadian Heritage by Turner-Riggs, is that “the supply of books in the Canadian market is growing much more quickly than… View this resource