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Are single people happier on their own?

A Statistics Canada survey says more and more people are remaining single across the country. Plus, pressure mounts on U.S. President Joe Biden as he's called to drop out of the presidential race.

A Statistics Canada survey says more and more people are remaining single across the country

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More Canadians than ever before are choosing the single life, a Statistics Canada survey found. Are single people happier in solitude? (Kuznetsov Dmitriy/Shutterstock)

Love is in the air… or maybe just self-love. 

A recent survey by Statistics Canada shows that there's a growing number of people who are remaining single in Canada.

The survey says there was a drop in people who are living together as couples between 1981 to 2021. 

That drop is most apparent in people in their 20s, the survey found.

As more people lean to the single life, Checkup is asking: are single people happier on their own? Or are they less happy?

And it's a crucial weekend in U.S. politics as President Joe Biden faces pressure to drop out of the U.S. presidential race. 

That comes shortly after Donald Trump spoke at the Republican National Convention, and a week after an assassination attempt on the former president. 

CBC News correspondent Paul Hunter will be there to take your questions. What's coming next in the U.S. political race?

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