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By 2008, Canada's poverty rate was among the highest of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member nations—the wealthiest countries in the world. [6] The number of people living below the official poverty line decreased substantially from 14.5% in 2015 to 10.1% in 2019, [7] and 6.4% in 2020.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by executive dysfunction occasioning symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity, impulsivity and emotional dysregulation that are excessive and pervasive, impairing in multiple contexts, and developmentally-inappropriate.
The Canada Line is a rapid transit line in Greater Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, that is part of the SkyTrain system. The line is owned by TransLink and InTransitBC and is operated by ProTrans BC. Coloured turquoise on route maps, it operates as an airport rail link between Vancouver, Richmond, and the Vancouver International Airport (YVR).
Canada's fertility rate hit a record low of 1.4 children born per woman in 2020, [32] below the population replacement level, which stands at 2.1 births per woman. In 2020, Canada also experienced the country's lowest number of births in 15 years, [32] also seeing the largest annual drop in childbirths (−3.6%) in a quarter of a century. [32]
Modafinil, sold under the brand name Provigil among others, is a wakefulness-promoting medication used primarily to treat narcolepsy, [3] [10] [15] a sleep disorder characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness and sudden sleep attacks. [16]
The economy of Canada is a highly developed mixed economy, [33] [34] [35] with the world's tenth-largest economy as of 2023, and a nominal GDP of approximately US$2.117 trillion. [6] Canada is one of the world's largest trading nations, with a highly globalized economy. [36] In 2021, Canadian trade in goods and services reached $2.016 trillion ...
Net gain of one person every 2 minutes; Canada's fertility rate from 1929 to 2019. The rate fell below two in the 1970s. In 2010, Canada's annual population growth rate was 1.238%, or a daily increase of 1,137 individuals. [41] Between 1867 and 2009 Canada's population grew by 979%. [41]
Subway IP LLC, [8] trading as Subway, is an American multinational fast food restaurant franchise that specializes in submarine sandwiches (subs) and wraps.It was founded by Fred DeLuca and financed by Peter Buck in 1965 as Pete's Super Submarines [9] in Bridgeport, Connecticut.