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  • 1. Labour market outcomes for college and university graduates, 2010 to 2020
    Articles and reports: 37-20-00012024001
    Description: This guide is for users of the Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Platform (ELMLP). The data for the products associated with this issue are derived from integrating Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS) administrative data with other administrative data on earnings. Statistics Canada has derived a series of annual indicators on the labour market outcomes of public postsecondary graduates including median employment income by educational qualification, field of study, age group, gender and status of student in Canada for Canada, the provinces and the territories combined.
    Release date: 2024-04-17
  • 2. The improvement in the labour market outcomes of recent immigrants since the mid-2010s
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202400200004
    Description: Several factors may have contributed to the improved labour market outcomes for recent immigrants since the mid-2010s, such as the expansion of the two-step immigration selection process and the introduction of the Express Entry system in 2015. This article presents updated analyses regarding the employment and earnings outcomes of recent immigrants. It also discusses factors that might influence these outcomes in the near term.
    Release date: 2024-02-28
  • 3. Study: Early career quality of employment of Indigenous graduates with a bachelor’s degree 2010 to 2018 cohorts
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202405237265
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-02-21
  • 4. Most prevalent jobs of young bachelor’s degree graduates by detailed field of study
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202301200002
    Description: Investing in a postsecondary education is one of the most important decisions made by people over their lifetime. Understanding the potential outcomes associated with specific postsecondary academic programs may help inform young people, but most of the available information focuses on earnings. While important, earnings say little about what postsecondary graduates are likely to do in their career, which may factor heavily in their decision-making process. This article presents the most prevalent jobs held by graduates of Canadian bachelor’s degree programs aged 25 to 34 using the 2021 Census of Population.
    Release date: 2023-12-21
  • 5. Canadian postsecondary education and labour market outcomes of 2010 economic immigrants to Canada
    Articles and reports: 81-595-M2023003
    Description: Using the Longitudinal Immigration Database (IMDB) integrated with the Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS) and the T1 Family File (T1FF), this study explores the Canadian postsecondary educational attainment and employment income of immigrants from the “economic immigrant” programs who were granted permanent residency based on their ability to contribute to the Canadian economy. The analysis compares the skilled immigrants who returned to postsecondary education after admission to Canada to those who did not return to postsecondary education and explores their potential difficulty to transfer their educational qualifications onto the Canadian labour market.
    Release date: 2023-08-15
  • 6. Study: Canadian postsecondary education and labour market outcomes of 2010 economic immigrants to Canada
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202322736666
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2023-08-15
  • 7. Study: Pathways from education to the labour market among Canadian youth
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20232094447
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2023-07-28
  • 8. High school academic performance and earnings by postsecondary field of study
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202300400001
    Description: Selecting a field of study is an important decision made by thousands of incoming postsecondary students each year. Numerous studies have shown that graduates from engineering, business and mathematics programs earn considerably more than their counterparts from arts and humanities. This article estimates the earnings differences across various fields of study after adjusting for differences in high school academic performance (course marks), neighbourhood factors (income and educational attainment) and postsecondary institution effects.
    Release date: 2023-05-08
  • 9. Labour market outcomes for college and university graduates, 2010 to 2019
    Articles and reports: 37-20-00012023002
    Description: This technical reference guide is intended for users of the Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Platform (ELMLP). The data for the products associated with this issue are derived from integrating Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS) administrative data with other administrative data on earnings. Statistics Canada has derived a series of annual indicators on the labour market outcomes of public postsecondary graduates including median employment income by educational qualification, field of study, age group and gender for Canada, the provinces and the territories combined. This document has been updated to reflect the 2023 methodology used to produce labour market outcomes indicators.
    Release date: 2023-04-18
  • 10. Job quality of racialized Canadians with a bachelor's degree
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2023013
    Description: The infographic uses data from the integrated file of the Postsecondary Student Information System, the 2016 Census and the T1 Family File to compare the job quality of racialized graduates with a bachelor's degree with that of non-racialized and non-Indigenous graduates two years after graduation. Job quality indicators include employment income, unionization rate, and employer pension plan coverage rate.
    Release date: 2023-02-27
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  • 1. Technical Reference Guides for the Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Platform (ELMLP)
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 37-20-0001
    Description: These reference guides are intended for users of the Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Platform (ELMLP). The guide provides an overview of the Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS) and the Registered Apprenticeship Information System (RAIS), the general methodology used to create longitudinal indicators, and important technical information for users.
    Release date: 2024-04-17
  • 2. Overview of the Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Platform and Associated Datasets, 2022
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 37-20-00012022004
    Description:

    This technical reference guide (updated to include the 2022 datasets) is intended for users of the Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Platform (ELMLP). The data for the products associated with this issue are derived from integrating Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS) administrative data with other administrative data on earnings. Statistics Canada has derived a series of annual indicators on the labour market outcomes of public postsecondary graduates including median employment income by educational qualification, field of study, age group and gender for Canada, the provinces and the territories combined.

    Release date: 2022-06-06
  • 3. Survey of Earned Doctorates
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3126
    Description: This survey is designed to determine such factors as: labour market and mobility plans after graduation, how graduates funded their doctoral studies and how much, if any, debt they accumulated during their studies and the time required to complete a doctoral degree. In addition, information on educational history and socio-economic background is collected.
  • 4. School Leavers Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3156
    Description: The two primary objectives of the School Leavers Survey were 1. To develop comparative profiles of three groups of secondary school attendees a) those who successfully completed secondary school (graduates), b) those still attending (continuers), c) those who left school before receiving a diploma or certificate (leavers); and 2. To establish rates of leaving school before graduation, in Canada and the Provinces.
  • 5. Youth in Transition Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4435
    Description: The Youth in Transition Survey (YITS) is a longitudinal survey undertaken jointly by Statistics Canada and Human Resources and Skills Development Canada. This survey is designed to examine the major transitions in the lives of youth, particularly between education, training and work.
  • 6. General Social Survey - Education, Work and Retirement
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4500
    Description: The two primary objectives of the General Social Survey (GSS) are: to gather data on social trends in order to monitor changes in the living conditions and well being of Canadians over time; and to provide information on specific social policy issues of current or emerging interest. This survey monitored changes in education, work and retirement, and examined the relationships between these three main activities.
  • 7. National Graduates Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5012
    Description: The National Graduates Survey collects information from persons who graduated from public postsecondary educational institutions in 2015. The questions focus on academic path, funding for postsecondary education, including government-sponsored student loans, and transition into the labour market.
  • 8. Youth in Transition Survey, 15 year-olds (Reading Cohort)
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5058
    Description: The Youth in Transition Survey (YITS) is undertaken jointly by Statistics Canada and Human Resources and Skills Development Canada. This survey is designed to examine the major transitions in the lives of youth, particularly between education, training and work.
  • 9. Youth in Transition Survey, 15 year-olds (Mathematics Cohort)
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5059
    Description: The Youth in Transition Survey (YITS) is undertaken jointly by Statistics Canada and Human Resources and Skills Development Canada. This survey is designed to examine the major transitions in the lives of youth, particularly between education, training and work.
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