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  • 1. Average percentage of women and men in management positions, first quarter of 2024
    Table: 33-10-0791-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Average percentage of women and men in management positions, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), business employment size, type of business, business activity and majority ownership, first quarter of 2024.
    Release date: 2024-02-26
  • 2. Proportion of women and men employed in occupations, annual
    Table: 14-10-0416-02
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Proportion of women and men employed in the National Occupational Classification (NOC) broad occupational categories, current year.
    Release date: 2024-01-05
  • 3. Proportion of women and men employed in management positions, annual
    Table: 14-10-0416-03
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Proportion of women and men employed in management occupations by province, based on the National Occupational Classification (NOC) major groups, current year.
    Release date: 2024-01-05
  • 4. Unemployment rate, participation rate and employment rate by sex, annual
    Table: 14-10-0327-02
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    Unemployment rate, participation rate and employment rate for males and females, 15 years and over, by province, current year.

    Release date: 2024-01-05
  • 5. Proportion of workers in full-time and part-time jobs by sex, annual
    Table: 14-10-0327-03
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    Proportion of persons employed full-time and part-time by sex, province and detailed age group, current year.

    Release date: 2024-01-05
  • 6. The rise in self-employment among women in Canada
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2023069
    Description: This infographic looks at trends in women's self-employment in Canada, as well as the occupational and demographic characteristics of self-employment among women.
    Release date: 2023-12-19
  • 7. Number of children with employed mothers and with all parents employed
    Table: 42-10-0054-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Number of children 0 to 5 years and 6 to 12 years with employed mothers and with all parents employed, Canada, provinces.
    Release date: 2023-12-19
  • 8. Self-employment among women in Canada
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X202300100014
    Description: This study uses historical data from the Labour Force Survey, from 1976 to 2022, to provide a profile of self-employment among women in Canada; looking at changes in the self-employment rate, type of self-employment and the top occupations among the self-employed. It also uses data from the 2001 and 2021 Censuses of Population to profile self-employment among various population groups.
    Release date: 2023-12-04
  • 9. Study: Self-employment among women in Canada
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202333837705
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2023-12-04
  • 10. Employment situations and child care arrangements after mothers’ return to work following parental leave
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202301100005
    Description: Since the late 2000s, most Canadian mothers who were working before childbirth or adoption have intended to return to work after parental leave. Whether mothers return to the same employer after childbirth is important in understanding their wages and career trajectories. This article examines whether mothers’ employment situations and child care arrangements after returning to work differed between two cohorts of mothers from 2009 and 2019.
    Release date: 2023-11-22
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  • 1. The rise in self-employment among women in Canada
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2023069
    Description: This infographic looks at trends in women's self-employment in Canada, as well as the occupational and demographic characteristics of self-employment among women.
    Release date: 2023-12-19
  • 2. Self-employment among women in Canada
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X202300100014
    Description: This study uses historical data from the Labour Force Survey, from 1976 to 2022, to provide a profile of self-employment among women in Canada; looking at changes in the self-employment rate, type of self-employment and the top occupations among the self-employed. It also uses data from the 2001 and 2021 Censuses of Population to profile self-employment among various population groups.
    Release date: 2023-12-04
  • 3. Study: Self-employment among women in Canada
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202333837705
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2023-12-04
  • 4. Employment situations and child care arrangements after mothers’ return to work following parental leave
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202301100005
    Description: Since the late 2000s, most Canadian mothers who were working before childbirth or adoption have intended to return to work after parental leave. Whether mothers return to the same employer after childbirth is important in understanding their wages and career trajectories. This article examines whether mothers’ employment situations and child care arrangements after returning to work differed between two cohorts of mothers from 2009 and 2019.
    Release date: 2023-11-22
  • 5. Representation of persons with disabilities in executive positions 2016 to 2019
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202309436784
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2023-04-04
  • 6. Portrait of Women by the Relative Remoteness of their Communities, Series 4: Labour Characteristics
    Articles and reports: 45-20-00022023001
    Description: Using data from the 2016 Census of Population and the updated Remoteness Index Classification, this paper focuses on the employment and unemployment rates, full-time employment, representation in industries and occupations, and the employment income of women by the relative remoteness of their communities.
    Release date: 2023-03-20
  • 7. Analysis on businesses majority-owned by women, first quarter of 2023
    Stats in brief: 11-621-M2023005
    Description: Canadian businesses face many different obstacles in their day-to-day operations. Several factors such as size, industry of operation and region of operation can cause businesses to experience different obstacles affecting their ability to sell to their markets. The obstacles experienced by businesses owned by different segments of the population can also vary. The challenges of businesses majority-owned by women are illustrated within this article. It involves an examination of the data produced by the Canadian Survey on Business Conditions.
    Release date: 2023-03-16
  • 8. Measuring the value of women’s contribution to the Canadian economy: New insights based on recent work
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202300200001
    Description: Women play a key role in the Canadian economy as workers and entrepreneurs, and as providers of unpaid household work. Women are important contributors to the labour market. In this article, recent Statistics Canada research that focuses on improving our estimates of women’s contribution to the economy – through both paid and unpaid work – is summarized.
    Release date: 2023-02-22
  • 9. Patenting activity of women-owned businesses in Canada
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202300200003
    Description: This article examines the patenting activity of women-owned businesses and compares it to that of men- and equally-owned businesses, and businesses where gender of ownership cannot be determined. It adds to the literature on the gender gap in patenting, as most of it has focused on women as researchers or inventors, and not as business owners.
    Release date: 2023-02-22
  • 10. Immigrant women among board directors and officers: From admission in Canada to executive roles
    Articles and reports: 11-621-M2022017
    Description:

    This study provides the first socioeconomic profile of immigrant women board directors and officers in Canada from an intersectional lens. Linking data from the Corporations Returns Act with those from the Longitudinal Immigration database, exploratory estimates are presented. The study analyzes characteristics of immigrants at admission and disparities in family, work and income characteristics, mainly by gender and immigrant status. Further, it informs on the types of businesses in which diverse women executives contribute to corporate governance and strategic decision making.

    Release date: 2022-12-08
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