Infographic 6
Number of people on temporary layoff declines

Infographic description

The title of the infographic is "Number of people on temporary layoff declines"

This is a stacked vertical bar chart overlaid with a linear chart.

The left-hand vertical axis title is "number of people employed, thousands" and shows values from 0 to 20,000 by increments of 5,000.

The right-hand vertical axis title is "number of people on temporary layoff, thousands" and shows values from 0 to 2,000 by increments of 500.

The horizontal axis shows months from February 2020 to June 2020.

Each month has 3 stacked bars that represent three categories. The blue portion of the stacked bar represents "Employed – worked 0 hours", the orange portion of the bar represents "Employed – worked less than half of usual hours" and the grey portion of the bar represents "Employed – worked at least half of usual hours."

There is an overlaid red line chart across the 5 months that represents "Temporary layoff."

The stacked bar representing February 2020 shows: 566 thousand employed worked 0 hours, 242 thousand employed worked less than half of their usual hours and 18,382 thousand employed worked at least half of their usual hours. The overlaid line shows 99 thousand temporary layoffs.

The stacked bar representing March 2020 shows: 2,085 thousand employed worked 0 hours, 944 thousand employed worked less than half of their usual hours and 15,150 thousand employed worked at least half of their usual hours. The overlaid line shows 465 thousand temporary layoffs.

The stacked bar representing April 2020 shows: 2,810 thousand employed worked 0 hours, 505 thousand employed worked less than half of their usual hours and 12,870 thousand employed worked at least half of their usual hours. The overlaid line shows 1,198 thousand temporary layoffs.

The stacked bar representing May 2020 shows: 2,423 thousand employed worked 0 hours, 591 thousand employed worked less than half of their usual hours and 13,460 thousand employed worked at least half of their usual hours. The overlaid line shows 1,191 thousand temporary layoffs.

The stacked bar representing June 2020 shows: 1,668 thousand employed worked 0 hours, 523 thousand employed worked less than half of their usual hours and 15,236 thousand employed worked at least half of their usual hours. The overlaid line shows 844 thousand temporary layoffs.

Note(s): See the note to readers in the Daily for more information on concepts and definitions.

Source(s): Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey.