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After a period of decline from the late 1980s to mid-1990s, the youth employment rate (aged 15 to 24) rebounded between 1997 and 2004. Most of the jobs were in industries that traditionally hire large numbers of young people, including food services. The article documents the growth in youth employment by age, sex, industry and province.

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Changes in hours worked normally track employment changes very closely. Recently, however, employment has increased more than hours, resulting in an unprecedented gap. In effect, the average annual hours worked have decreased by the equivalent of two weeks. Many factors can affect the hours worked. Some are structural or cyclical - population aging, industrial shifts, the business cycle, natural disasters, legislative changes or personal preferences. Others are a result of the survey methodology. How have the various factors contributed to the recent drop in hours of work?

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This article investigates gender dynamics in employment in Canada's culture sector. It explores various questions such as changes in female employment and characteristics of female participation in the workforce by various culture sub-sectors and activities.

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Since the 1980s, the proportion of Canadian workers belonging to labour unions has declined considerably. Some workers have been more affected than others - particularly men, younger workers, and those in goods-producing industries. The article focuses on the extent to which the trends reflect changes in the distribution of employment by occupation, industry, or other characteristics.

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Call centres are believed to be largely responsible for the phenomenal growth of the business support services industry over the past two decades. The Labour Force Survey is used to profile call-centre workers and to substantiate or disprove some commonly held perceptions.

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This paper provides information on Aboriginal employment and unemployment, Aboriginal youths and the impact of education on labour market performance in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. Annual average data from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) on off-reserve Aboriginal peoples from April 2004 to March 2005 are used.

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This study looks at the wage gap between temporary and permanent employees over the 1997 to 2003 period. The comparison is made according to type of temporary employment, since the characteristics of employees vary greatly according to whether they are term or contract, seasonal, casual, or from a temporary agency. Also addressed is the economic vulnerability of temporary workers: Does the wage gap persist when hours worked, earnings of other household members, and number of dependants are considered?

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Nurses make up the largest proportion of health workers in Canada. However, these days they are under increasing pressure. Their average age has increased, enrolment in nursing programs declined during the 1990s, and employment of lower-paid unregulated workers has increased. A look at employment trends between 1987 and 2003 for registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and nurse aides and orderlies.

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This article discusses recent trends in the union movement, including numbers of members, the proportion of women, the transition from goods-producing to service industries, the shift in share from private- to public-sector unions, and in-roads among part-time workers and in smaller workplaces.

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Although minimum wage workers are often young people living with their parents, other workers in this category are trying to support families. To evaluate the effects of a change in the minimum wage, it is essential to know who work for minimum wage and the types of jobs they hold.

Description: Unemployment rate, participation rate, and employment rate by type of student during school months, gender and age group, monthly.

Description: Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and unemployment rate, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), gender and age group.

Description: Number of employees by class of worker, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and gender.

Description: Number of persons working part-time, by reason for part-time work, gender and age group, monthly.

Description: Number of employed persons by usual hours worked, job type (main or all jobs), gender, and age group, monthly.

Description: Number of employed persons by actual hours worked, job type (main or all jobs), gender, and age group, monthly.

Description: Number of employed persons by usual hours worked, class of worker, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), and gender.

Description: Number of employed persons by actual hours worked, class of worker, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), and gender.

Description: Number of average usual hours and average actual hours worked in a reference week by type of work (full- and part-time employment), job type (main or all jobs), gender, and age group, monthly.

Description: Number of multiple jobholders by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), gender and age group, monthly.

Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin

Description: This article draws on data from the Census of Population for May 2016 and May 2021 and from supplements to the Labour Force Survey for May 2022 and May 2023 to provide an updated picture of commuting in Canada.

Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin

Description: Using new data from the Labour Force Survey, this article explores how the COVID-19 pandemic and increasing levels of unmet labour demand in the health care industry have affected the health care labour force. Specifically, this article looks at various aspects of employment quality among health care workers, including absences, overtime and wages, and changes in work quality over the course of the pandemic. The article proceeds to explore how these changing job characteristics affected health care workers and their likelihood to leave their current positions.

Description: Using data from the Labour Force Survey, this infographic examines the employment experiences of health care workers during the pandemic, including illness-related work absences and overtime. It also explore how these changing job characteristics affected health care workers and their likelihood to leave their current positions.

Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin

Description: In the publication Quality of Employment in Canada, the Average weekly working hours indicator is the average hours usually worked per week by workers in their main job, not including overtime.

Description: In the publication Quality of Employment in Canada, the Involuntary part-time work rate indicator is the number of persons whose reason for working part-time in their main job is business conditions or could not find work with 30 or more hours, expressed as a percentage of the total number of persons working part-time at their main job.

Description: In the publication Quality of Employment in Canada, the Commuting time indicator refers to the average length of time, in minutes, usually required by a person to travel to their place of work in their main job (one way). The data are for all employed persons aged 15 and over who have a usual place of work located in Canada. Employed persons who worked from home or worked outside of Canada are excluded.

Description: In the publication Quality of Employment in Canada, the Distribution of weekly working hours indicator is the number of employed persons whose usual work hours in all jobs fall in the following standardized bands: (1) less than 15 hours, (2) from 15 to less than 30 hours, (3) from 30 to less than 35 hours, (4) from 35 to less than 40 hours, (5) from 40 to less than 45 hours, (6) from 45 to less than 50 hours and (7) more than 50 hours per week, expressed as a percentage of all employed persons.

Description: This handbook complements the tables of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program (PCEIP). It is a guide that provides general descriptions for each indicator and indicator component. PCEIP has five broad indicator sets: a portrait of the school-age population; financing education systems; elementary and secondary education; postsecondary education; and transitions and outcomes.

The Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program (PCEIP) is a joint venture of Statistics Canada and the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada.

Description: The Guide to the Labour Force Survey contains a dictionary of concepts and definitions and covers topics such as survey methodology, data collection, data processing and data quality. It also contains information on products and services, sub-provincial geography descriptions as well as the survey questionnaire.

Description: This paper introduces and explains modifications made to the Labour Force Survey estimates in January 2025. Some of these modifications include the adjustment of all LFS estimates to reflect population counts based on the 2021 Census and updates to the 2021 Standard Geographical Classification (SGC).

Description: This paper introduces and explains modifications made to the Labour Force Survey estimates.

Description: This document provides information on the evolution of response rates for the Labour Force Survey (LFS) and a discussion of the evaluation of two aspects of data quality that ensure the LFS estimates continue providing an accurate portrait of the Canadian labour market.

Description: This document introduces and describes updates to the Labour Force Survey estimates in January 2023. These updates include the transition to National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2021 as well as enhancements to the LFS data processing system.

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This paper introduces and explains modifications made to the Labour Force Survey estimates in January 2021. Some of these modifications include the adjustment of all LFS estimates to reflect population counts based on the 2016 Census and includes updates to 2016 Geography classification system.

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The production of statistics from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) involves many activities, one of which is data processing. This step involves the verification and correction of survey data when required in order to produce microdata files. Beginning in January 2019, LFS processing will be transitioned to a new system, the Social Survey Processing Environment. This document describes the development and testing that preceded the implementation of the new system, and demonstrates that the transition is expected to have minimal impact on LFS estimates and be transparent to users of LFS data.

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The Canadian Labour Force Survey (LFS) is the official source of monthly estimates of total employment and unemployment. Following the 2011 census, the LFS underwent a sample redesign to account for the evolution of the population and labour market characteristics, to adjust to changes in the information needs and to update the geographical information used to carry out the survey. The redesign program following the 2011 census culminated with the introduction of a new sample at the beginning of 2015. This report is a reference on the methodological aspects of the LFS, covering stratification, sampling, collection, processing, weighting, estimation, variance estimation and data quality.

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In over 70 years, the methodology and questionnaire, as well as the collection and processing techniques of the Canadian Labour Force Survey have undergone major changes. This document summarizes these changes chronologically and provides references to more detailed information sources. Among the most significant changes were two questionnaire redesigns, which occurred approximately 20 years apart, in 1976 and 1997.