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Percentage of immigrants in the labour force aged 25 to 54 years - Canada
(2021 Census of Population)27.7% -
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Proportion of adults aged 25 to 54 years who worked full year full time in 2015 - Canada
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- Table: 14-10-0320-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Average usual hours and wages of employees (full- and part-time) by age group, sex, union coverage, job permanency, and National Occupational Classification (NOC), last 5 months.Release date: 2024-06-07
- Table: 14-10-0342-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription:
Number of unemployed persons by duration of unemployment, sex and age group, last 5 months.
Release date: 2024-06-07 - Table: 14-10-0354-01Frequency: MonthlyDescription:
Regional unemployment rates used by the Employment Insurance program, by effective date, current month.
Release date: 2024-06-07 - 44. Employment by industry, monthly, seasonally adjusted and unadjusted, and trend-cycle, last 5 monthsTable: 14-10-0355-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription:
Number of employees by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and data type (seasonally adjusted, trend-cycle and unadjusted), 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: 2024-06-07 - Table: 14-10-0355-02Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription:
Number of employees by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 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: 2024-06-07 - Table: 14-10-0373-01Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription:
Labour force characteristic estimates by visible minority group, age group, and sex.
Release date: 2024-06-07 - Table: 14-10-0373-02Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription:
Labour force characteristic estimates by visible minority group, region, age group, and sex.
Release date: 2024-06-07 - Table: 14-10-0374-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Number of employees and unemployment rate by population centre and rural area, sex and age group, last 5 months.Release date: 2024-06-07
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Number of employees by class of worker, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), and population centre and rural area, last 5 months.
Release date: 2024-06-07 - Table: 14-10-0378-01Geography: Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area partFrequency: 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 census metropolitan area, sex and age group, last 5 months.Release date: 2024-06-07
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- Table: 14-10-0342-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription:
Number of unemployed persons by duration of unemployment, sex and age group, last 5 months.
Release date: 2024-06-07 - Table: 14-10-0354-01Frequency: MonthlyDescription:
Regional unemployment rates used by the Employment Insurance program, by effective date, current month.
Release date: 2024-06-07 - 43. Employment by industry, monthly, seasonally adjusted and unadjusted, and trend-cycle, last 5 monthsTable: 14-10-0355-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription:
Number of employees by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and data type (seasonally adjusted, trend-cycle and unadjusted), 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: 2024-06-07 - Table: 14-10-0355-02Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription:
Number of employees by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 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: 2024-06-07 - Table: 14-10-0373-01Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription:
Labour force characteristic estimates by visible minority group, age group, and sex.
Release date: 2024-06-07 - Table: 14-10-0373-02Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription:
Labour force characteristic estimates by visible minority group, region, age group, and sex.
Release date: 2024-06-07 - Table: 14-10-0374-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Number of employees and unemployment rate by population centre and rural area, sex and age group, last 5 months.Release date: 2024-06-07
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Number of employees by class of worker, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), and population centre and rural area, last 5 months.
Release date: 2024-06-07 - Table: 14-10-0378-01Geography: Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area partFrequency: 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 census metropolitan area, sex and age group, last 5 months.Release date: 2024-06-07
- Table: 14-10-0379-01Geography: Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area partFrequency: MonthlyDescription:
Number of employees by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and census metropolitan area, last 5 months.
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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 - 612. More than Just Farming: Employment in Agriculture and Agri-food in Rural and Urban Canada ArchivedArticles and reports: 21-006-X2002008Geography: CanadaDescription:
While the number of census-farms and farm operators is shrinking, the number of jobs in the agriculture and agri-food industry is growing. During the 15-year period from 1981 to 1996, the industry employed 15% of Canada's workforce.
Employment in the agri-food sector has grown faster than the overall Canadian economy and this has offset the decline in employment on farms. In 1981, more people worked on farms than worked in restaurants, bars and taverns. By 1996, this trend had reversed and employment in the food and beverage services sector far outstripped the number of workers on farms.
Food processing is often promoted as part of agricultural policy (to provide a local market for Canadian farmers) and as part of rural development policy (to create jobs in rural areas). However, in 1996, fewer people were working in Canada's food processing sector than in 1981. More food was processed (there was growth in the gross domestic product (GDP) of this sector), but fewer workers were involved. Rural regions adjacent to urban areas gained a greater share of food processing employment, making these regions relatively competitive in keeping food processing workforces.
Employment in the agricultural and agri-food sectors is growing, but the nature of the work and where it is being done is changing.
Release date: 2003-12-11 - 613. Precarious jobs: A new typology of employment ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X200311013101Geography: CanadaDescription:
This paper looks at 'non-standard,' 'contingent' and 'precarious' employment situations, which differ from the traditional model of a stable, full-time job.
Release date: 2003-12-08 - 614. High-tech: Two years after the boom ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X200311113104Geography: CanadaDescription:
This paper looks at the high-tech sector in 2002, a year after high-profile layoffs were made in response to the collapse in demand for its products and services.
Release date: 2003-12-08 - Articles and reports: 11-622-M2003004Geography: CanadaDescription:
This paper examines the increasing importance of high-knowledge occupations over the period 1971 to 1996. It also examines changes that have occurred for different knowledge professions, including managers, professionals and technical occupations, by industry and by geographic area.
Release date: 2003-10-30 - 616. Knowledge Workers in Canada's Economy, 1971 to 2001 ArchivedArticles and reports: 11-624-M2003004Geography: CanadaDescription:
This paper examines the emergence of the knowledge economy by studying the increasing importance of high-knowledge occupations from 1971 to 2001.
Release date: 2003-10-30 - 617. From Labrador City to Toronto: The Industrial Diversity of Canadian Cities, 1992 to 2002 ArchivedArticles and reports: 11-624-M2003003Geography: Canada, Census metropolitan areaDescription:
This paper provides an empirical analysis of the levels and trends in the industrial diversity of Canadian cities over the past 10 years (1992 to 2002). Diverse cities are thought to be more stable and provide better environments that lead to stronger economic growth.
Release date: 2003-10-27 - Articles and reports: 81-595-M2003008Geography: CanadaDescription:
This report estimates the impact of participating in adult education and training on the employment and earnings of Canadians, using the data from the 1998 Adult Education and Training Survey (AETS).
Release date: 2003-10-15 - 619. Information technology workers ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X200310713095Geography: CanadaDescription:
This paper looks at the surge in demand for people skilled in computer specialties after the rapid growth of the information, communication and technology (ICT) industry in the 1990s. It uses data from the 2001 Census.
Release date: 2003-09-18 - 620. Model-based unemployment rate estimation for the Canadian Labour Force Survey: A hierarchical Bayes approach ArchivedArticles and reports: 12-001-X20030016602Description:
The Canadian Labour Force Survey (LFS) produces monthly direct estimates of the unemployment rate at national and provincial levels. The LFS also releases unemployment estimates for subprovincial areas such as census metropolitan areas (CMAs) and census agglomerations (CAs). However, for some subprovincial areas, the direct estimates are not very reliable since the sample size in some areas is quite small. In this paper, a cross-sectional and time-series model is used to borrow strength across areas and time periods to produce model-based unemployment rate estimates for CMAs and CAs. This model is a generalization of a widely used cross-sectional model in small area estimation and includes a random walk or AR(1) model for the random time component. Monthly Employment Insurance (EI) beneficiary data at the CMA or CA level are used as auxiliary covariates in the model. A hierarchical Bayes (HB) approach is employed and the Gibbs sampler is used to generate samples from the joint posterior distribution. Rao-Blackwellized estimators are obtained for the posterior means and posterior variances of the CMA/CA-level unemployment rates. The HB method smoothes the survey estimates and leads to a substantial reduction in standard errors. Base on posterior distributions, bayesian model fitting is also investigated in this paper.
Release date: 2003-07-31
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- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 92-389-XDescription:
This report contains basic conceptual and data quality information intended to facilitate the use and interpretation of census industry data. It provides an overview of the industry processing cycle, including elements such as regional processing, edit and imputation, and the tabulation of error rates. Notable changes in the industrial classification structure are discussed as well as differences in the coding procedures from the previous census (1996). The report concludes with summary tables that indicate the level of data quality in the 2001 Census industry data.
Release date: 2004-05-04 - 22. Youth in Transition Survey - Project Overview ArchivedSurveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 81-588-XDescription:
The Youth in Transition Survey (YITS) is a longitudinal survey designed to provide policy-relevant information about school-work transitions and factors influencing pathways. YITS will provide vehicle for future research and analysis of major transitions in young people's lives, particularly those between education, training and work. Information obtained from, and research based on, the survey will help clarify the nature and causes of short and long-term challenges young people face in school-work transitions and support policy planning and decision making to help prevent or remedy these problems.
Objectives of the Youth in Transition Survey were developed after an extensive consultation with stakeholders with an interest in youth and school-work transitions. Content includes measurement of major transitions in young people's lives including virtually all formal educational experiences and most labour-market experiences. Factors influencing transitions are also included family background, school experiences, achievement, aspirations and expectations, and employment experiences.
The implementation plan encompasses a longitudinal survey for each of two age cohorts, to be surveyed every two years. Data from a cohort entering at age 15 will permit analysis of long-term school-work transition patterns. Data from a cohort entering at ages18-20 will provide more immediate, policy-relevant information on young adults in the labour market.
Cycle one for the cohort aged 15 will include information collected from youth, their parents, and school principals. The sample design is a school-based frame that allows the selection of schools, and then individuals within schools. This design will permit analysis of school effects, a research domain not currently addressed by other Statistics Canada surveys. Methods of data collection include a self-completed questionnaire for youth and school principals, a telephone interview with parents, and assessment of youth competency in reading, science and mathematics as using self-completed test booklets provided under the integration of YITS with the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). A pilot survey was conducted in April 1999 and the main survey took place in April-May 2000. Interviews were conducted with 30,000 students aged 15 from 1,000 schools in Canada. A telephone interview with parents of selected students took place in June 2000.
The sample design for the cohort aged 18-20 is similar to that of the Labour-Force survey. The method of data collection is computer-assisted telephone interviewing. The pilot survey was conducted in January 1999. In January-February 2000, 23, 000 youth participated in the main survey data collection.
Data from both cohorts is expected to be available in 2001. Following release of the first international report by the OECD/PISA project and the first national report, data will be publically available, permitting detailed exploration of content themes.
Release date: 2001-04-11 - Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 75F0002M1996005Description:
This paper examines a new variable which would show whether a person's job is related to his or her postsecondary education. This variable would help to explain other characteristics measured in the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID), such as wages, supervisory roles, and job stability.
Release date: 1997-12-31 - 24. Another measure of employment ArchivedSurveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 75-001-X19960042907Geography: CanadaDescription:
The employment/population ratio is a good barometer of the state of the economy and an important though little-used labour market indicator. This article takes a look at the ratio's strengths and limitations, as well as its variation since 1946. Provincial and international comparisons are included.
Release date: 1996-12-03 - Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 11F0019M1995083Geography: CanadaDescription:
This paper examines the robustness of a measure of the average complete duration of unemployment in Canada to a host of assumptions used in its derivation. In contrast to the average incomplete duration of unemployment, which is a lagging cyclical indicator, this statistic is a coincident indicator of the business cycle. The impact of using a steady state as opposed to a non steady state assumption, as well as the impact of various corrections for response bias are explored. It is concluded that a non steady state estimator would be a valuable compliment to the statistics on unemployment duration that are currently released by many statistical agencies, and particularly Statistics Canada.
Release date: 1995-12-30 - 26. The Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) Content Evaluation, the Authority Series: Supervision and Management ArchivedSurveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 75F0002M1993009Description:
This paper presents an analysis of the questions in the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) relating to supervision and management. It uses data collected in January 1993.
Release date: 1995-12-30 - 27. Standard Occupational Classification ArchivedClassification: 12-565-XDescription:
The Standard Occupational Classification provides a systematic classification structure to identify and categorize the entire range of occupational activity in Canada. This up-to-date classification is based upon, and easily related to, the National Occupational Classification. It consists of 10 broad occupational categories which are subdivided into major groups, minor groups and unit groups. Definitions and occupational titles are provided for each unit group. An alphabetical index of the occupational titles classified to the unit group level is also included.
Release date: 1993-08-23 - 28. Alternative measures of unemployment ArchivedSurveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 75-001-X1992004140Geography: CanadaDescription:
This study illustrates quarterly trends in unemployment rates based on alternative measures. By all of the indicators studies there was an overall increase in unemployment during the early 1990s.
Release date: 1992-12-01 - Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 1713Description: The objective of this program is to provide data on employment (number of employees, wages and salaries) in the public sector, i.e. the federal, provincial, territorial and local general governments, health and social service institutions, universities, colleges, vocational and trade institutions, school boards, and government business enterprises.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2603Description: This survey is an establishment census survey designed to gather data on employment, payrolls and paid-hours from larger employers (companies or establishments of 20 or more employees).
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