Employment and unemployment
Key indicators
Selected geographical area: Canada
-
20,516,000-0.0%(monthly change)
-
6.4%0.2 pts(monthly change)
More employment and unemployment indicators
Selected geographical area: Canada
-
$1,240.183.7%(12-month change)
-
85.6%
-
Percentage of immigrants in the labour force aged 25 to 54 years - Canada
(2021 Census of Population)27.7% -
11.7%
-
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
(2016 Census of Population)5.9% -
99.2%
-
15.4%
Filter results by
Search HelpKeyword(s)
Type
Geography
- Canada (679)
- Province or territory (365)
- Census metropolitan area (140)
- Census metropolitan area part (116)
- Census agglomeration (83)
- Census agglomeration part (74)
- Geographical region of Canada (35)
- Census division (31)
- Census subdivision (21)
- Economic region (21)
- Census tract (6)
- Federal electoral district (1)
- Health region (1)
- Local health integration network (1)
- Peer group (1)
Survey or statistical program
- Longitudinal Employment Analysis Program (1)
- General Social Survey Historical Database (2)
- United States Statistics (2)
- Labour Market and Socio-economic Indicators (1)
- Labour Market Indicators (1)
- Emergency and recovery benefits (2)
- Canadian System of Environmental-Economic Accounting - Ecosystem Accounting (3)
- Canadian Survey on Business Conditions (7)
- Survey on Quality of Employment (1)
- Canadian Perspectives Survey Series (CPSS) (1)
- Survey of Postsecondary Faculty and Researchers (1)
- Trade by Importer Characteristics - Goods (2)
- Activities of Foreign Majority-Owned Affiliates in Canada (1)
- Canadian Employer-Employee Dynamics Database (14)
- General Social Survey: Canadians at Work and Home (4)
- Job Vacancy and Wage Survey (16)
- Canadian Income Survey (2)
- National Household Survey (60)
- Survey of Innovation and Business Strategy (1)
- Access and Support to Education and Training Survey (1)
- Longitudinal and International Study of Adults (1)
- Population projections on immigration and diversity for Canada and its regions (1)
- Trade by Exporter Characteristics - Goods (2)
- Satellite Account of Non-profit Institutions and Volunteering (6)
- Labour Productivity Measures - Provinces and Territories (Annual) (6)
- Annual Head Office Survey (2)
- National Survey of the Work and Health of Nurses (2)
- Programme for International Student Assessment (2)
- Longitudinal Immigration Database (11)
- Information and Communications Technologies in Schools Survey (1)
- Labour Productivity Measures - National (Quarterly) (1)
- General Social Survey - Social Identity (3)
- Postsecondary Student Information System (19)
- National Graduates Survey (17)
- Time Use Survey (6)
- General Social Survey - Caregiving and Care Receiving (1)
- General Social Survey - Family (2)
- Public Service Employee Survey (1)
- Youth in Transition Survey (8)
- Employment Insurance Coverage Survey (6)
- Changes in Employment Survey (1)
- Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada (3)
- Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (9)
- Longitudinal Administrative Databank (6)
- Annual Income Estimates for Census Families and Individuals (T1 Family File) (12)
- Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (17)
- Adult Education and Training Survey (1)
- Labour Market Activity Survey (2)
- Survey of Self-employment (2)
- Survey of Union Membership (1)
- Current Population Profile (1)
- Survey of Work History (2)
- Labour Force Survey (375)
- Annual Demographic Estimates: Canada, Provinces and Territories (4)
- Survey of Household Spending (4)
- Survey of Consumer Finances (2)
- Courts Resources, Expenditures and Personnel Survey (1)
- Canadian Survey on Disability (29)
- Indigenous Peoples Survey (24)
- Vital Statistics - Birth Database (2)
- Canadian Community Health Survey - Annual Component (4)
- Private nursing and residential care facilities (1)
- National Apprenticeship Survey (2)
- Registered Apprenticeship Information System (5)
- International Travel Survey: Electronic questionnaires and Air Exit Survey (1)
- Survey of Earned Doctorates (1)
- Annual Survey of Service Industries: Heritage Institutions (1)
- University and College Academic Staff System - Full-time Staff (3)
- Survey on Financing and Growth of Small and Medium Enterprises (1)
- Stock and Consumption of Fixed Non-residential Capital (1)
- Annual Passenger Bus and Urban Transit Survey (1)
- Quarterly Trucking Survey (2)
- Annual Trucking Survey (1)
- Trucking Commodity Origin and Destination Survey (1)
- Annual Survey of Telecommunications (1)
- Annual Civil Aviation Survey (2)
- Survey of Financial Security (1)
- Workplace and Employee Survey (6)
- Help Wanted Index Survey (4)
- Employment Insurance Statistics - Monthly (5)
- Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Man-hours (1)
- Estimates of Labour Income (1)
- Financial and Taxation Statistics for Enterprises (1)
- Corporations Returns Act (7)
- Retail Trade Survey (Monthly) (1)
- Consumer Price Index (2)
- Annual Survey of Manufacturing and Logging Industries (1)
- National Tourism Indicators (1)
- Public Sector Employment (3)
- Business Register (1)
Results
All (1,812)
All (1,812) (0 to 10 of 1,812 results)
- Table: 14-10-0331-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Historical releases of employment and average weekly earnings (including overtime) for all employees by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), last 5 months.Release date: 2024-07-15
- Table: 14-10-0332-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Historical releases of employment and average weekly earnings (including overtime) for all employees by province, territory and North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), last 5 months.Release date: 2024-07-15
- Data Visualization: 14-20-0001Description:
The Canadian Labour Market Observatory consists of interactive data visualization applications showcasing the vast amount of publicly available labour market information. The fully interactive applications allow Canadians to quickly and easily personalize the information in a way that is relevant to them and their interests.
Release date: 2024-07-05 - Public use microdata: 71M0001XDescription: This public use microdata file (PUMF) contains non-aggregated data for a wide variety of variables collected from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). The LFS collects monthly information on the labour market activities of Canada's working age population. This product is for users who prefer to do their own analysis by focusing on specific subgroups in the population or by cross-classifying variables that are not in our catalogued products.
Monthly files are available back to 2006 and can be directly downloaded. For reference periods prior to 2006, files are available by request through Statistics Canada's Electronic File Transfer (EFT) service and date back to 1976.
Release date: 2024-07-05 - Table: 14-10-0017-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and not in the labour force, unemployment rate, participation rate, and employment rate, by sex and detailed age group, last 5 months.Release date: 2024-07-05
- Table: 14-10-0017-02Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and not in the labour force, unemployment rate, participation rate, and employment rate, by sex 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: 2024-07-05
- Table: 14-10-0019-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and not in the labour force, unemployment rate, participation rate, and employment rate, by educational attainment, sex and age group, last 5 months.Release date: 2024-07-05
- Table: 14-10-0021-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Unemployment rate, participation rate, and employment rate by type of student during school months, sex and age group, last 5 months.Release date: 2024-07-05
- Table: 14-10-0022-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and unemployment rate, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), sex and age group, last 5 months.Release date: 2024-07-05
- Table: 14-10-0026-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Number of employees by class of worker, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and sex, last 5 months.Release date: 2024-07-05
- Previous Go to previous page of All results
- 1 (current) Go to page 1 of All results
- 2 Go to page 2 of All results
- 3 Go to page 3 of All results
- 4 Go to page 4 of All results
- 5 Go to page 5 of All results
- 6 Go to page 6 of All results
- 7 Go to page 7 of All results
- ...
- 182 Go to page 182 of All results
- Next Go to next page of All results
Data (916)
Data (916) (20 to 30 of 916 results)
- Table: 14-10-0117-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and not in the labour force, unemployment rate, participation rate, and employment rate, by educational degree, sex and age group, last 5 months.Release date: 2024-07-05
- Table: 14-10-0123-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Number of unemployed persons by activity prior to unemployment, sex and age group, last 5 months.Release date: 2024-07-05
- Table: 14-10-0125-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Number of unemployed persons and persons not in the labour force by reason for leaving job during previous year, sex and age group, last 5 months.Release date: 2024-07-05
- Table: 14-10-0127-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Number of persons not in the labour force by reason for not looking for work, sex and age group, last 5 months.Release date: 2024-07-05
- Table: 14-10-0286-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription:
Unemployment rate and employment rate by type of student during summer months, sex and age group, last 5 months. 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: 14-10-0286-02Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription:
Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and not in the labour force, unemployment rate, participation rate and employment rate by type of student during summer months, sex and 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: 2024-07-05 - Table: 14-10-0286-03Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription:
Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and not in the labour force, unemployment rate, participation rate and employment rate by province, type of student during summer months, sex, and 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: 2024-07-05 - Table: 14-10-0287-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription: 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), sex and age group, last 5 months. 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: 2024-07-05
- Table: 14-10-0287-02Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment), unemployment rate, participation rate and employment rate by age group and sex. 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: 2024-07-05
- Table: 14-10-0287-03Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment), unemployment rate, participation rate and employment rate by province, sex 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: 2024-07-05
- Previous Go to previous page of Data results
- 1 Go to page 1 of Data results
- 2 Go to page 2 of Data results
- 3 (current) Go to page 3 of Data results
- 4 Go to page 4 of Data results
- 5 Go to page 5 of Data results
- 6 Go to page 6 of Data results
- 7 Go to page 7 of Data results
- ...
- 92 Go to page 92 of Data results
- Next Go to next page of Data results
Analysis (836)
Analysis (836) (830 to 840 of 836 results)
- 831. The labour market: Mid-year report [1989] ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X19890032279Geography: CanadaDescription:
Employment growth moderated considerably this year, and shifted its focus westward: more than half the growth occurred in British Columbia. An up-to-date look at labour market developments in the first six months of 1989.
Release date: 1989-09-30 - 832. Unionization and women in the service sector ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X19890032280Geography: CanadaDescription:
Trade unionism is adapting, as the service sector and women's share of employment expand. This study looks at unionization among women in the service sector during the 1980s. Trends by occupation and industry are examined for full-time and part-time workers, as are the earnings of unionized and non-unionized workers.
Release date: 1989-09-30 - 833. Job ads: A leading indicator? ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X19890032282Geography: CanadaDescription:
The Help-wanted Index measures job ads as an indicator of labour demand. The index is considered a leading indicator of labour market conditions and of general economic activity. This study looks at the performance of the index during the last three business cycles.
Release date: 1989-09-30 - 834. Youth for hire ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X19890022273Geography: CanadaDescription:
A comparison of youth labour market conditions in 1977 and 1987 shows several important changes. Demographic shifts and rising school attendance rates are among the influences examined. The diverse experiences of students and out-of-school youths, of teenagers and young adults, are highlighted.
Release date: 1989-06-30 - 835. Canada's unemployment mosaic ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X19890022274Geography: CanadaDescription:
From 1985 to 1988, the national unemployment rate declined sharply but regional patterns varied considerably. The unemployment rate and other labour market measures for 40 sub-provincial areas are used in this study of the increase in regional unemployment disparities observed in recent years.
Release date: 1989-06-30 - 836. On maternity leave ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X19890022275Geography: CanadaDescription:
The fertility rate continues to decline but interest in maternity leave is growing as more women of child bearing age join the labour force. This article looks at maternity absences among working women by age, education and province. It also explores the links between the fertility rate and maternity absences and between compensation and length of absence.
Release date: 1989-06-30
- Previous Go to previous page of Analysis results
- 1 Go to page 1 of Analysis results
- ...
- 78 Go to page 78 of Analysis results
- 79 Go to page 79 of Analysis results
- 80 Go to page 80 of Analysis results
- 81 Go to page 81 of Analysis results
- 82 Go to page 82 of Analysis results
- 83 Go to page 83 of Analysis results
- 84 (current) Go to page 84 of Analysis results
- Next Go to next page of Analysis results
Reference (57)
Reference (57) (40 to 50 of 57 results)
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4438Description: The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat and Statistics Canada are partnering to administer the 2022/2023 Public Service Employee Survey (PSES). This public service-wide survey is designed to provide information to support the continuous improvement of people management practices in the federal public service.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4449Description: The purpose of the survey is to obtain a profile of members of the compensation community in the Human Resources community of the federal public service.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4500Description: 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.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5076Description: The purpose of the Federal Jurisdiction Workplace Survey is to produce statistical information on the characteristics of workplaces under federal labour jurisdiction.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5083Description: The primary objective of the survey is to obtain the views of all Security Intelligence Review Committee (SIRC) employees about their workplace. The information will allow managers and employees to initiate concrete actions in the agency, and compare their results with the rest of the Public Service.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5085Description: The primary objective of the survey is to obtain the views of all National Energy Board (NEB) employees about their workplace. The information will allow managers and employees to initiate concrete actions in the agency, and compare their results with the rest of the Public Service.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5086Description: The primary objective of the survey is to obtain the views of all Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) employees about their workplace. The information will allow managers and employees to initiate concrete actions in the agency, and compare their results with the rest of the Public Service.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5087Description: The primary objective of the survey is to obtain the views of all Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) employees about their workplace. The information will allow managers and employees to initiate concrete actions in the agency, and compare their results with the rest of the Public Service.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5134Description: The survey is sponsored by the Office of the Official Language Commissioner (OCOL). As part of its mandate, the OCOL reviews the use of both official languages in federal institutions. The evaluation is done for employees in a minority situation (i.e., English in Quebec and French in New Brunswick and in bilingual areas of Ontario).
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5139Description: The primary objective of the survey is to obtain the views of all Indian Claims Commission (ICC) employees about their workplace.
- Previous Go to previous page of Reference results
- 1 Go to page 1 of Reference results
- 2 Go to page 2 of Reference results
- 3 Go to page 3 of Reference results
- 4 Go to page 4 of Reference results
- 5 (current) Go to page 5 of Reference results
- 6 Go to page 6 of Reference results
- Next Go to next page of Reference results
- Date modified: