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$1,240.183.7%
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85.6%
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Percentage of immigrants in the labour force aged 25 to 54 years - Canada
(2021 Census of Population)27.7% -
11.7%
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Proportion of adults aged 25 to 54 years who worked full year full time in 2015 - Canada
(2016 Census of Population)49.8% -
Proportion of adults aged 65 years and over who worked full year full time in 2015 - Canada
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99.2%
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- Articles and reports: 87-004-X20020036754Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article examines some of the many factors that influence the well-being of Canada's culture sector and its workforce: the country's general economic conditions; government programs and policies; and consumer demand, of both domestic and imported culture goods and services.
The forces of economic, social, political and technological change are radically transforming the world of culture and its labour force. The 1980s saw a rapid expansion of the culture workforce to meet increased demand for culture goods and services. This period of growth paused with the 1990/91 recession: jobs, earnings and revenues all fell off. With the end of the recession, the labour market rebounded and culture workers rode this high employment wave throughout the remainder of the decade.
Countries have become more conscious of the role that culture plays in their development, their identity and the sustenance of their value systems. In many countries culture sectors are now targets of international economic development policies. Global trade and the continued high demand in Canada for imported culture goods and services make the culture economy in this country (and, in turn, employment in the culture sector) variable and highly competitive.
Release date: 2004-01-13 - Articles and reports: 56F0004M2003009Geography: CanadaDescription:
This paper provides a profile of employment in computer and telecommunications (CT) industries, a subset of the information and communications technology (ICT) sector. It analyses the composition and growth of employment in CT industries over the 1990 to 2002 period, and contrasts them with the rest of the economy.
Release date: 2003-03-13 - 373. Coverage issues in the Canadian Labour Force Survey ArchivedArticles and reports: 11-522-X20010016296Description:
This paper discusses in detail issues dealing with the technical aspects of designing and conducting surveys. It is intended for an audience of survey methodologists.
The Canadian Labour Force Survey (LFS) is one of Statistics Canada's most important surveys. It is a monthly survey that collects data concerning the person's labour force status, the nature of the person's work or reason for not working, and the person's demographics. The survey sample consists of approximately 52,000 households. Coverage error is a measure of data quality that is important to any survey. One of the key measures of coverage error in the LFS is the percentage difference between the Census of Population estimates and the LFS population counts; this error is called slippage. A negative value indicates that the LFS has a problem of overcoverage, while a positive value indicates the LFS has an undercoverage problem. In general, slippage is positive, thus meaning that the LFS consistently misses people who should be enumerated.
The purpose of this study was to determine why slippage is increasing and what can be done to remedy it. The study was conducted in two stages. The first stage was a historical review of the projects that have studied and tried to control slippage in the LFS, as well as the operational changes that have been implemented over time. The second stage was an analysis of factors such as vacancy rates, non-response, demographics, urban and rural status and the impact of these factors on the slippage rate.
Release date: 2002-09-12 - 374. Labour Force Information ArchivedTable: 71-001-PDescription:
This publication provides the most current monthly labour market statistics. Each month, this publication contains a brief commentary highlighting recent developments in the Canadian labour market. It also includes a series of charts and tables on a variety of labour force characteristics, such as employment and unemployment for Canada, the provinces, metropolitan areas and economic regions.
Release date: 2002-08-09 - Journals and periodicals: 72F0020XGeography: CanadaDescription:
This research paper summarizes the approach, methodology and results of a study of the labour market behaviour of persons in various categories of attachment to the labour market. The analysis focuses on the transition probabilities for various categories of labour market attachment. Specifically, the study will include a discussion of the behavioural differences of the following groups:
a) a comparison of transitions from U (unemployed), M (marginally attached - wants work) and N (not attached - does not want work); b) a further breakdown of the transitions from U by active searchers, passive searchers, those on temporary layoff and short-term future starts; c) a further breakdown of transitions for M by reason for not searching; and d) a further breakdown of transitions from N by long-term future starts and other.
The study will be based on 1997-1999 Labour Force Survey data.
Release date: 2000-01-14
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- Table: 14-10-0424-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Number of multiple jobholders by National Occupational Classification (NOC), sex and age group, last 5 months.Release date: 2024-07-05
- Table: 14-10-0430-01Geography: Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area partFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Number of employees by census metropolitan areas and National Occupational Classification (NOC), three-month moving average, unadjusted for seasonality.Release date: 2024-07-05
- 63. Employment by occupation, economic regions, three-month moving average, unadjusted for seasonalityTable: 14-10-0431-01Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Economic regionFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Number of employees by province, economic region and National Occupational Classification (NOC), last 5 months.Release date: 2024-07-05
- Table: 14-10-0445-01Geography: Census subdivisionFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and not in the labour force, unemployment rate, participation rate and employment rate for selected census subdivisions. Data are also available for the standard error of the estimate and the standard error of the year-over-year change.Release date: 2024-07-05
- Table: 14-10-0446-01Geography: Geographical region of CanadaFrequency: AnnualDescription: Labour force characteristics by First Nations, Métis, and Inuit, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, age group, and sex, annual.Release date: 2024-06-07
- Table: 14-10-0361-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: OccasionalDescription: Unemployment rates of population aged 15 and over, by educational attainment, Canada. This table is included in Section E: Transitions and outcomes: Labour market outcomes of the Pan Canadian Education Indicators Program (PCEIP). PCEIP draws from a wide variety of data sources to provide information on the school-age population, elementary, secondary and postsecondary education, transitions, and labour market outcomes. The program presents indicators for all of Canada, the provinces, the territories, as well as selected international comparisons and comparisons over time. PCEIP is an ongoing initiative of the Canadian Education Statistics Council, a partnership between Statistics Canada and the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada that provides a set of statistical measures on education systems in Canada.Release date: 2024-03-28
- Table: 14-10-0362-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: OccasionalDescription: Unemployment rates of 25- to 29-year-olds, by educational attainment, Canada and jurisdictions. This table is included in Section E: Transitions and outcomes: Labour market outcomes of the Pan Canadian Education Indicators Program (PCEIP). PCEIP draws from a wide variety of data sources to provide information on the school-age population, elementary, secondary and postsecondary education, transitions, and labour market outcomes. The program presents indicators for all of Canada, the provinces, the territories, as well as selected international comparisons and comparisons over time. PCEIP is an ongoing initiative of the Canadian Education Statistics Council, a partnership between Statistics Canada and the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada that provides a set of statistical measures on education systems in Canada.Release date: 2024-03-28
- Table: 37-10-0196-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: OccasionalDescription: The share of young people who are not in employment, education, or training (NEET), as a percentage of the total number of young people in the corresponding age group, by gender.Release date: 2024-03-28
- 69. Employment rates of 25-to 64-year-olds, by highest level of education attained, age group and sexTable: 37-10-0197-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: OccasionalDescription: Data highlights the relationship between educational attainment and the labour market by examining employment rates by age group and sex for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Canada, provinces and territories. The data come from the Labour Force Survey.Release date: 2024-03-28
- Table: 14-10-0416-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: AnnualDescription: Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment), unemployment rate and employment rate, by National Occupational Classification (NOC) and sex, last 5 years.Release date: 2024-01-05
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- Articles and reports: 75-004-M2020002Description:
Among the employed population, women are generally younger than men. Furthermore, there are notable differences for particular occupations, which is even more pronounced for certain groups of women. This study uses data primarily from the 2016 Census of Population to examine the prevalence and age composition of three groups of women-South Asian, Chinese and Black-across occupations of various skill levels.
Release date: 2020-10-22 - Articles and reports: 81-599-X2020001Description:
This fact sheet examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the NEET indicator by exploring monthly Labour Force Survey data, from January 2020 to April 2020, for young Canadians aged 15 to 29. It explores the impact by age group, sex, province, educational attainment, and other characteristics.
Release date: 2020-09-24 - Stats in brief: 11-627-M2020063Description:
This infographic looks at women's labour mobility and job stability from 1980 to 2018. Data from the Labour Force Survey covering the period from 1980 to 2018 is used to report on trends in labour mobility-the likelihood of starting a new job-and job stability-the likelihood that a job will continue for a prescribed length of time-of men and women aged 20 to 54.
Release date: 2020-08-28 - 44. COVID-19 and the labour market in June 2020 ArchivedStats in brief: 11-627-M2020047Description:
This infographic presents the impact of COVID-19 on the Canadian labour market in June 2020, with a focus on changes in employment compared with February 2020 for selected industries and men and women.
Release date: 2020-07-10 - 45. COVID-19 and the employment of health care workers ArchivedStats in brief: 89-28-0001201800100019Description:
A broad overview of employment change and the characteristics of health care workers during the COVID-19 crisis.
Release date: 2020-06-19 - 46. COVID-19 and the labour market in May 2020 ArchivedStats in brief: 11-627-M2020038Description:
This infographic presents the impact of COVID-19 on the Canadian labour market in May 2020, with a focus on changes in employment in the provinces, among men and women and different age groups since April 2020.
Release date: 2020-06-05 - 47. COVID-19 and the labour market in April 2020 ArchivedStats in brief: 11-627-M2020034Description:
This infographic presents the impact of COVID-19 on the Canadian labour market in April 2020.
Release date: 2020-05-08 - 48. The impact of COVID-19 on the Canadian labour market ArchivedStats in brief: 11-627-M2020028Description:
This infographic presents new measures of labour market participation developed to help measure the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Canadian labour market.
Release date: 2020-04-09 - 49. Study: Multiple jobholders in Canada 2018 ArchivedStats in brief: 11-001-X201930121027Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2019-10-28
- Articles and reports: 71-222-X2019003Description:
This article uses data from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) to highlight selected characteristics of multiple jobholders in 2018 and discuss notable shifts over the past few decades.
Release date: 2019-10-28
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- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 71F0031XDescription:
This paper introduces and explains modifications made to the Labour Force Survey estimates.
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