Nearly 3.8 million little ghosts and goblins will be trick-or-treating across Canada on Halloween in their annual hunt for candy.
The number of trick-or-treaters will be up by eight per cent this year, says Statistics Canada as it busted out its sense of humour Monday with a spooky release using data dug up from its 鈥渃rypt.鈥�
Federal number crunchers are in the Halloween mood, listing all sorts of related data.
鈥� Number of homes where kids might find treats: 13.3 million.
鈥� Number of farms with pumpkin patches: 2,239.
鈥� Pumpkin production last year: 51,634 tonnes.
鈥� Farm gate value of pumpkins: $18 million.
鈥� Value of monthly sales of candy, confectionery and snack foods in October 2013 at larger retailers: $381.2 million.
鈥� Number of businesses with formal wear and costumes for rent: 182.
鈥� Value of 鈥渧estments and costumes鈥� made in Canada in 2012: $47.8 million.
鈥� Value of wood burial caskets and coffins in 2012: $67.7 million.
鈥� Number of employees in the funeral services industry last year: 13,961.
鈥� The percentage increase in the number of criminal incidents reported to police during Halloween 2013 compared with a week earlier: 10.8 per cent.
鈥� The proportion of all criminal incidents reported Halloween 2013 that were violations against property: 54.1 per cent.
