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Selected geographical area: Canada

Regular Employment Insurance beneficiaries - Canada
(February 2025)

494,130

2.5%

(monthly change)
Regular Employment Insurance beneficiaries (year-over-year change) - Canada
(February 2025)

5.9%

(12-month change)

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Selected geographical area: Canada

Number of head offices - Canada
(2023)

2,655

-0.3%

(annual change)
Percentage of workers working at home - Canada
(2021 Census of population)

24.3%
Average car commuting duration, in minutes - Canada
(2021 Census of population)

22.8
Public transit commuters, total - Canada
(2021 Census of Population)

1,000,505

-49.2%

(period-to-period change)
Commuters who walk or cycle, total - Canada
(2021 Census of Population)

811,430

-26.2%

(period-to-period change)
Proportion of adults aged 25 to 54 years who worked full year full time in 2015 - Canada
(2016 Census of Population)

49.8%
% working at home, 2016 - Canada
(2016 Census of Population)

7.4%
Proportion of adults aged 65 years and over who worked full year full time in 2015 - Canada
(2016 Census of Population)

5.9%
% no fixed workplace, 2016 - Canada
(2016 Census of Population)

11.5%
% of workers using English or French at work - Canada
(2016 Census of Population)

99.2%
% walking or cycling to work, 2016 - Canada
(2016 Census of Population)

6.9%
% of workers using more than one language at work - Canada
(2016 Census of Population)

15.4%
Average car commuting duration, in minutes, 2016 - Canada
(2016 Census of Population)

24.1
Average public transit commuting duration, in minutes, 2016 - Canada
(2016 Census of Population)

44.8

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1. Workplace and Employee Survey Compendium Archived
Table: 71-585-X
Description:
This compendium provides data from the new Workplace and Employee Survey (WES) conducted by Statistics Canada with the support of Human Resources Development Canada. The survey...
Description:
This compendium provides data from the new Workplace and Employee Survey (WES) conducted by Statistics Canada with the support of Human Resources Development Canada. The survey consists of two components: (1) a workplace survey on the adoption of technologies, organizational change, training and other human resource practices, business strategies, and labour turnover in workplaces; and (2) a survey of employees within these same workplaces covering wages, hours of work, job type, human capital, use of technologies and training. The result is a rich new source of linked information on workplaces and their employees.

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Release date: 2008-09-24
2. The Evolving Workplace Series Archived
Journals and periodicals: 71-584-M
Geography: Canada
Description:
Analysts from Statistics Canada and Human Resources Canada are collaborating on a series of studies addressing topics such as an overview on the changing nature of work and the terms...
Description:
Analysts from Statistics Canada and Human Resources Canada are collaborating on a series of studies addressing topics such as an overview on the changing nature of work and the terms of work; the link between the education level of the establishment's workforce and its technology adoption and innovation practices; the effect of foreign competition on the productivity-enhancing behaviour of companies; which firms have high vacancy rates in Canada; a profile of job vacancies in Canada: and the effect of employer characteristics on the gender gap. These reports will be released sequentially throughout 2001.
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Release date: 2003-09-04

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1. Workplace and Employee Survey Compendium Archived
Table: 71-585-X
Description:
This compendium provides data from the new Workplace and Employee Survey (WES) conducted by Statistics Canada with the support of Human Resources Development Canada. The survey...
Description:
This compendium provides data from the new Workplace and Employee Survey (WES) conducted by Statistics Canada with the support of Human Resources Development Canada. The survey consists of two components: (1) a workplace survey on the adoption of technologies, organizational change, training and other human resource practices, business strategies, and labour turnover in workplaces; and (2) a survey of employees within these same workplaces covering wages, hours of work, job type, human capital, use of technologies and training. The result is a rich new source of linked information on workplaces and their employees.

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Release date: 2008-09-24

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1. The Evolving Workplace Series Archived
Journals and periodicals: 71-584-M
Geography: Canada
Description:
Analysts from Statistics Canada and Human Resources Canada are collaborating on a series of studies addressing topics such as an overview on the changing nature of work and the terms...
Description:
Analysts from Statistics Canada and Human Resources Canada are collaborating on a series of studies addressing topics such as an overview on the changing nature of work and the terms of work; the link between the education level of the establishment's workforce and its technology adoption and innovation practices; the effect of foreign competition on the productivity-enhancing behaviour of companies; which firms have high vacancy rates in Canada; a profile of job vacancies in Canada: and the effect of employer characteristics on the gender gap. These reports will be released sequentially throughout 2001.
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Release date: 2003-09-04

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Date modified:: 2025-05-03