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  • 1. Employment characteristics for persons with and without disabilities, annual
    Table: 14-10-0479-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Employment estimates by class of worker, province, gender, age group and disability, annual.
    Release date: 2025-05-14
  • 2. Employment by industry for persons with and without disabilities, annual
    Table: 14-10-0479-02
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Employment estimates by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), province, gender, age group and disability, annual.
    Release date: 2025-05-14
  • 3. Employment by occupation for persons with and without disabilities, annual
    Table: 14-10-0479-03
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Employment estimates by National Occupational Classification (NOC), province, gender, age group and disability, annual.
    Release date: 2025-05-14
  • 4. Employment by job tenure for persons with and without disabilities, annual
    Table: 14-10-0479-04
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Employment estimates by job tenure, province, gender, age group and disability, annual.
    Release date: 2025-05-14
  • 5. 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: 2025-05-09
  • 6. 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: 2025-05-09
  • 7. 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: 2025-05-09
  • 8. 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: 2025-05-09
  • 9. 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: 2025-05-09
  • 10. 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: 2025-05-09
Data (195)

Data (195) (0 to 10 of 195 results)

  • 1. Employment characteristics for persons with and without disabilities, annual
    Table: 14-10-0479-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Employment estimates by class of worker, province, gender, age group and disability, annual.
    Release date: 2025-05-14
  • 2. Employment by industry for persons with and without disabilities, annual
    Table: 14-10-0479-02
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Employment estimates by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), province, gender, age group and disability, annual.
    Release date: 2025-05-14
  • 3. Employment by occupation for persons with and without disabilities, annual
    Table: 14-10-0479-03
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Employment estimates by National Occupational Classification (NOC), province, gender, age group and disability, annual.
    Release date: 2025-05-14
  • 4. Employment by job tenure for persons with and without disabilities, annual
    Table: 14-10-0479-04
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Employment estimates by job tenure, province, gender, age group and disability, annual.
    Release date: 2025-05-14
  • 5. 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: 2025-05-09
  • 6. 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: 2025-05-09
  • 7. 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: 2025-05-09
  • 8. 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: 2025-05-09
  • 9. 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: 2025-05-09
  • 10. 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: 2025-05-09
Analysis (48)

Analysis (48) (0 to 10 of 48 results)

  • 1. Labour Force Survey April 2025
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20251293587
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2025-05-09
  • 2. 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
  • 3. Workforce insights: Demographics in the arts, entertainment and recreation sector from 2015 to 2023
    Stats in brief: 11-621-M2024016
    Description: This paper leverages administrative data to examine the distribution of the workforce by gender, age, and full-time work status from 2015 to 2023 for the performing arts, spectator sports and related industries, and the amusement and recreation industries. 
    Release date: 2024-11-28
  • 4. 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
  • 5. Women middle and senior managers
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202401000005
    Description: Workforce diversity, particularly the inclusion of women in leadership roles, significantly enhances business performance by improving financial outcomes such as return on assets, equity and sales. Studies show that having a greater number of women in top management positions not only drives profitability but also contributes to a more innovative and resilient corporate culture. This study, primarily using data from the 2021 Census of Population, examines the representation of women in middle and senior management positions in Canada, comparing their characteristics with those of their men counterparts.
    Release date: 2024-10-23
  • 6. Employment rate of mothers and fathers, 2023
    Articles and reports: 14-28-0001202400100006
    Description: In the publication Quality of Employment in Canada, the Employment rate of mothers and fathers indicator is the percentage of mothers and fathers, living with at least one child aged 17 years or younger, who are employed.
    Release date: 2024-10-15
  • 7. 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: 2024-10-15
  • 8. Changes in the population of tradespeople between 2016 and 2021
    Articles and reports: 81-595-M2024002
    Description: There has been a growing concern about future labor supply in skilled trades in Canada. Using data from the Census of Population and the Job Vacancy and Wage Survey (JVWS), this article examines changes in the number and demographic composition of tradespeople from 2016 to 2021 in Canada. Specifically, the study focuses on those employed in Red Seal trades, analyzing variations in age, gender, citizenship, and trade selection.
    Release date: 2024-09-26
  • 9. Study: Changes in the population of tradespeople between 2016 and 2021 and labour market outcomes of apprenticeship discontinuers
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202427038994
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-09-26
  • 10. Interpreting population totals from the Labour Force Survey
    Articles and reports: 75-005-M2024004
    Description: This article provides information about population totals in the Labour Force Survey (LFS), including details on who is included in the survey target population, and a description of the methodology used to produce monthly population totals in the LFS. The note also provides guidance on how to interpret population statistics in the LFS, and discusses the extent to which the LFS can be used to examine disaggregated labour market indicators for new immigrants and non-permanent residents.
    Release date: 2024-09-20
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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