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  • 1. Labour Force Survey in brief: Interactive app
    Data Visualization: 14-20-00012018001
    Description: This interactive visualization application provides a comprehensive picture of the Canadian labour market using the most recent Labour Force Survey data available. The estimates are seasonally adjusted and available by province, gender, age group and industry. Historical estimates, going back 5 years, are also included for monthly employment changes and unemployment rates. The interactive application allows users to quickly and easily explore and personalize the information presented. Combine multiple provinces, genders and age groups to create your own labour market domains of interest.
    Release date: 2026-01-09
  • 2. Labour Force Survey December 2025
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20260093587
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2026-01-09
  • 3. Labour force characteristics by gender and detailed age group, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality
    Table: 14-10-0017-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and not in the labour force, unemployment rate, participation rate, and employment rate, by gender and detailed age group.
    Release date: 2026-01-09
  • 4. Labour force characteristics by province, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality
    Table: 14-10-0017-02
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and not in the labour force, unemployment rate, participation rate, and employment rate, by gender and detailed age group. Data are presented for 24 months earlier, 12 months earlier and current month, as well as 24-month and year-over-year level change and percentage change.
    Release date: 2026-01-09
  • 5. Labour force characteristics of immigrants by educational attainment, three-month moving average, unadjusted for seasonality
    Table: 14-10-0086-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Number of immigrants in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and not in the labour force, unemployment rate, participation rate, and employment rate, by educational attainment, immigrant status, gender, and age group.
    Release date: 2026-01-09
  • 6. Labour force characteristics of immigrants by educational attainment, annual
    Table: 14-10-0087-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Number of immigrants in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and not in the labour force, unemployment rate, participation rate, and employment rate, by educational attainment, immigrant status, gender, and age group.
    Release date: 2026-01-09
  • 7. Labour force characteristics, monthly, seasonally adjusted and trend-cycle
    Table: 14-10-0287-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment), unemployment rate, participation rate and employment rate by data type (seasonally adjusted and trend-cycle), gender and age group. Data are also available for the standard error of the estimate, the standard error of the month-to-month change and the standard error of the year-over-year change.
    Release date: 2026-01-09
  • 8. Labour force characteristics by age group, monthly, seasonally adjusted
    Table: 14-10-0287-02
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment), unemployment rate, participation rate and employment rate by age group and gender. Data are presented for 12 months earlier, previous month and current month, as well as year-over-year and month-to-month level change and percentage change. Data are also available for the standard error of the estimate, the standard error of the month-to-month change and the standard error of the year-over-year change.
    Release date: 2026-01-09
  • 9. Labour force characteristics by province, monthly, seasonally adjusted
    Table: 14-10-0287-03
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment), unemployment rate, participation rate and employment rate by province, gender and age group. Data are presented for 12 months earlier, previous month and current month, as well as year-over-year and month-to-month level change and percentage change. Data are also available for the standard error of the estimate, the standard error of the month-to-month change and the standard error of the year-over-year change.
    Release date: 2026-01-09
  • 10. Labour force characteristics by territory, three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted and unadjusted
    Table: 14-10-0292-01
    Geography: Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and not in the labour force, unemployment rate, participation rate and employment rate by territory, gender and age group. Data are also available for the standard error of the estimate, the standard error of the month-to-month change and the standard error of the year-over-year change.
    Release date: 2026-01-09
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  • 1. Labour Force Survey in brief: Interactive app
    Data Visualization: 14-20-00012018001
    Description: This interactive visualization application provides a comprehensive picture of the Canadian labour market using the most recent Labour Force Survey data available. The estimates are seasonally adjusted and available by province, gender, age group and industry. Historical estimates, going back 5 years, are also included for monthly employment changes and unemployment rates. The interactive application allows users to quickly and easily explore and personalize the information presented. Combine multiple provinces, genders and age groups to create your own labour market domains of interest.
    Release date: 2026-01-09
  • 2. Labour force characteristics by gender and detailed age group, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality
    Table: 14-10-0017-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and not in the labour force, unemployment rate, participation rate, and employment rate, by gender and detailed age group.
    Release date: 2026-01-09
  • 3. Labour force characteristics by province, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality
    Table: 14-10-0017-02
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and not in the labour force, unemployment rate, participation rate, and employment rate, by gender and detailed age group. Data are presented for 24 months earlier, 12 months earlier and current month, as well as 24-month and year-over-year level change and percentage change.
    Release date: 2026-01-09
  • 4. Labour force characteristics of immigrants by educational attainment, three-month moving average, unadjusted for seasonality
    Table: 14-10-0086-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Number of immigrants in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and not in the labour force, unemployment rate, participation rate, and employment rate, by educational attainment, immigrant status, gender, and age group.
    Release date: 2026-01-09
  • 5. Labour force characteristics of immigrants by educational attainment, annual
    Table: 14-10-0087-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Number of immigrants in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and not in the labour force, unemployment rate, participation rate, and employment rate, by educational attainment, immigrant status, gender, and age group.
    Release date: 2026-01-09
  • 6. Labour force characteristics, monthly, seasonally adjusted and trend-cycle
    Table: 14-10-0287-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment), unemployment rate, participation rate and employment rate by data type (seasonally adjusted and trend-cycle), gender and age group. Data are also available for the standard error of the estimate, the standard error of the month-to-month change and the standard error of the year-over-year change.
    Release date: 2026-01-09
  • 7. Labour force characteristics by age group, monthly, seasonally adjusted
    Table: 14-10-0287-02
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment), unemployment rate, participation rate and employment rate by age group and gender. Data are presented for 12 months earlier, previous month and current month, as well as year-over-year and month-to-month level change and percentage change. Data are also available for the standard error of the estimate, the standard error of the month-to-month change and the standard error of the year-over-year change.
    Release date: 2026-01-09
  • 8. Labour force characteristics by province, monthly, seasonally adjusted
    Table: 14-10-0287-03
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment), unemployment rate, participation rate and employment rate by province, gender and age group. Data are presented for 12 months earlier, previous month and current month, as well as year-over-year and month-to-month level change and percentage change. Data are also available for the standard error of the estimate, the standard error of the month-to-month change and the standard error of the year-over-year change.
    Release date: 2026-01-09
  • 9. Labour force characteristics by territory, three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted and unadjusted
    Table: 14-10-0292-01
    Geography: Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and not in the labour force, unemployment rate, participation rate and employment rate by territory, gender and age group. Data are also available for the standard error of the estimate, the standard error of the month-to-month change and the standard error of the year-over-year change.
    Release date: 2026-01-09
  • 10. Labour force characteristics by territory, three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted
    Table: 14-10-0292-02
    Geography: Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment), unemployment rate, participation rate and employment rate by territory, gender and age group. Data are presented for 12 months earlier, previous month and current month, as well as year-over-year and month-to-month level change and percentage change. Data are also available for the standard error of the estimate, the standard error of the month-to-month change and the standard error of the year-over-year change.
    Release date: 2026-01-09
Analysis (54)

Analysis (54) (0 to 10 of 54 results)

  • 1. Labour Force Survey December 2025
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20260093587
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2026-01-09
  • 2. Adapting to change: Online first collection initiatives to improve the Labour Force Survey response rate
    Articles and reports: 75-005-M2025001
    Description: Since 2010, engaging Canadians to participate in the LFS has become more challenging due to a variety of social and technological changes. The decline in the LFS response rate accelerated in 2020, exacerbated by public health measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. This technical paper presents preliminary results of two collection initiatives implemented using an online first strategy to improve the LFS response rates by confirming respondent contact information and expanding the availability of online response. Through these and other planned initiatives, Statistics Canada is working to ensure that the LFS estimates continue to provide an accurate and representative portrait of the Canadian labour market.
    Release date: 2025-10-21
  • 3. Tracking yearly shifts in residency status among Canada’s work and study permit holders
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202500900005
    Description: This article examines how the stock of work and study permit holders in a given year changed their residency status over the following three years. Specifically, it calculates the share of work and study permit holders in each subsequent year who (1) obtained permanent residency, (2) held valid current permits, (3) received a new temporary residency permit, (4) claimed asylum or (5) did not have a valid residency permit.
    Release date: 2025-09-24
  • 4. Study: Food services and drinking places subsector 2017 to 2023
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202526640509
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2025-09-23
  • 5. Workforce insights: Demographics in the food services and drinking places subsector, 2017 to 2023
    Articles and reports: 11-621-M2025013
    Description: This paper explores the demographic differences among employees in the food services and drinking places subsector by leveraging administrative data to examine the workforce distribution by gender, age, full-time work status and residency status from 2017 to 2023.
    Release date: 2025-09-23
  • 6. Quality of Employment in Canada
    Journals and periodicals: 14-28-0001
    Description: Statistics Canada's Quality of Employment in Canada publication is intended to provide Canadians and Canadian organizations with a better understanding of quality of employment using an internationally-supported statistical framework. Quality of employment is approached as a multidimensional concept, characterized by different elements, which relate to human needs in various ways. To cover all relevant aspects, the framework identified seven dimensions and twelve sub-dimensions of quality of employment.
    Release date: 2025-08-18
  • 7. Socioeconomic characteristics of workers in industries dependent on United States demand for Canadian exports
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202500700005
    Description: Recent trade tensions between the United States (U.S.) and Canada have raised questions around the impact of potential job losses related to tariffs. A recent article revealed that, in general, jobs in industries dependent on U.S. demand for Canadian exports (IDUSCEXs) are well-paying and have many favourable non-wage job characteristics, but not all industries within the broader IDUSCEX grouping ranked relatively high in these measures. The current article follows up this work by investigating the socioeconomic characteristics of workers employed in IDUSCEXs, which could play a key role in how affected workers might adapt to potential job losses.
    Release date: 2025-07-23
  • 8. Workforce insights: Demographics in the travel arrangement, reservation and accommodation services industries, 2017 to 2023
    Articles and reports: 11-621-M2025009
    Description: This paper explores the demographic differences among employees in the travel arrangement, reservation and accommodation services industries by leveraging administrative data to examine the workforce distribution by gender, age, full-time work status and residency status from 2017 to 2023.
    Release date: 2025-06-20
  • 9. Analysis of labour challenges in Canada, fourth quarter of 2024
    Articles and reports: 11-621-M2024017
    Description: This article explores the difficulties businesses in Canada are facing when it comes to labour, based on data from the Canadian Survey on Business Conditions. The article examines businesses expectations regarding labour-related obstacles such as recruitment of skilled employees, retaining skilled employees, and shortage of labour force. The article also looks at expectations regarding wages and businesses' experiences with internal labour disputes.
    Release date: 2024-12-12
  • 10. Study: Arts, Entertainment and Recreation Industries 2023
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202433339163
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-11-28
Reference (2)

Reference (2) ((2 results))

  • 1. The 2025 Revisions of the Labour Force Survey (LFS)
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 71F0031X2025001
    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).
    Release date: 2025-01-24
  • 2. Labour Market and Socio-economic Indicators
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5377
    Description: The purpose of this survey is to identify changing dynamics within the Canadian labour market and measure important socio-economic indicators.

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