Statistics

Moving from Saskatchewan to Montreal, Quebec, has given me a bit of culture shock here and there. Today, I am going to explore some of these areas of culture shock via statistics, to amuse myself. Stats Canada, here I come!

Population:

Saskatchewan: 

Total (2011)	1,033,381 [2]
Density (2011)	1.75 /km2 (4.5 /sq mi)

Quebec: 

Total (2011)	7,903,001 [3]
Density (2011)	5.79 /km2 (15.0 /sq mi)

(bear in mind I am in Montreal, where: 

• City	1,649,519 (2nd)
• Density	4,517/km2 (11,700/sq mi)

That's right, the city I am in now has more people than my entire home province. How mind boggling is *that*?)

$$$$$

Saskatchewan: 

	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010p
	$ millions
Sask.
Operating revenue	228.4	243.6	264.2	303.3	334.9
Operating expenses	151.7	162.7	178.0	204.1	231.7
Salaries, wages and benefits	81.6	88.5	94.7	106.7	113.1
	%
Operating profit margin	33.6	33.2	32.6	32.7	30.8

Quebec: 

	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010p
	$ millions
Que.
Operating revenue	2,118.2	2,119.9	2,279.6	2,564.7	2,775.4
Operating expenses	1,480.5	1,506.3	1,596.2	1,761.2	1,917.9
Salaries, wages and benefits	766.7	773.9	860.6	947.6	1,035.5
	%
Operating profit margin	30.1	28.9	30.0	31.3	30.9

Interesting how close the operating profit margins are, despite the obvious differences in volume of money. Go saskatchewan? 

Crime

Saskatchewan: 

Incarceration rates per 100,000 adults2,3	179.37	178.40	185.68	190.45	188.17
	number of persons

Probation counts per 100,000 adults3

519.18

511.98

495.44

502.60

530.72

Quebec: 

Incarceration rates per 100,000 adults2,3	68.92	72.20	72.20	72.89	71.91
	number of persons

Probation counts per 100,000 adults3

152.57

176.48

174.55

178.10

174.97

lol, ooooh saskatchewan

Smoking and Drinking

** bear in mind the total populations on these ones**

Saskatchewan:

Heavy Drinking, By Sex

Saskatchewan	153,633	146,874	148,567	150,474	153,900
Males	110,152	99,561	96,975	106,231	106,350
Females	43,481	47,313	51,592	44,243	47,550

                      2005        2007         2008       2009       2010
Smoking, by sex

Saskatchewan	187,522	204,209	201,824	175,651	188,275
Males	96,579	103,414	112,615	94,834	101,778
Females	90,943	100,795	89,209	80,817	86,498

Quebec: 

Heavy drinking, by sex:

Quebec	1,072,661	1,125,948	1,134,567	1,231,436	1,181,758
Males	765,089	796,057	829,556	858,802	825,150
Females	307,572	329,891	305,010	372,633	356,607

                           2005         2007           2008             2009            2010

Smokers, by sex:

Quebec	1,577,008	1,650,863	1,542,295	1,499,501	1,570,677
Males	807,396	889,644	832,206	780,823	890,712
Females	769,611	761,219	710,090	718,678	679,965