Employment and unemployment

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Selected geographical area: Canada

Employment - Canada
(May 2024)

20,518,000

0.1%

(monthly change)
Unemployment rate - Canada
(May 2024)

6.2%

0.1 pts

(monthly change)

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Average weekly earnings - Canada
(March 2024)

$1,235.68

4.2%

(12-month change)
Jobs held by men, environmental and clean technology products sector - Canada
(2022)

233,296
Jobs held by women, environmental and clean technology products sector - Canada
(2022)

94,210
Average hourly wage, environmental and clean technology products sector—full-time jobs - Canada
(2022)

$54.12
Average hourly wage, environmental and clean technology products sector—part-time jobs - Canada
(2022)

$36.93
Participation rate for the population aged 25 to 54 years - Canada
(2021 Census of Population)

85.6%
Percentage of immigrants in the labour force aged 25 to 54 years - Canada
(2021 Census of Population)

27.7%
Workers using more than one language regularly at work - Canada
(2021 Census of Population)

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%
% of workers using English or French at work - Canada
(2016 Census of Population)

99.2%
% of workers using more than one language at work - Canada
(2016 Census of Population)

15.4%

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1. Foreign workers in Canada: Differences in the transition to permanent residency across work permit programs
Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202400600001
Description: Obtaining a work permit enables foreign nationals to work in Canada temporarily, and for many individuals, this serves as a stepping stone toward obtaining permanent residency (PR). This article examines the recent changes in the transition to PR across work permit programs and immigration pathways for individuals who have made the transition. The analysis focuses on work permit holders who are in Canada for work purposes under either the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) or the International Mobility Program (IMP).
Release date: 2024-06-26
2. Retention and recruitment of young skilled minority official language speakers in Canadian provinces
Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202400600002
Description: Retaining and recruiting young skilled workers are important for any community, but perhaps even more so for communities where the main language spoken is a minority official language. This article informs the issue by calculating the share of youth who grew up in a province and eventually obtained a postsecondary education, but who left to work in another part of the country (termed “skill loss”). Likewise, the article also looks at young postsecondary graduates who entered a province to work, as a share of that province’s initial population of homegrown young postsecondary graduates (termed “skill gain”).
Release date: 2024-06-26
3. Socioeconomic profile of working-age immigrants in same-sex couples in Canada from 2000 to 2020
Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202400600005
Description: Approximately one in four individuals in Canada is currently or has been a landed immigrant or permanent resident. From 2016 to 2021, about 1.3 million new immigrants arrived in Canada and accounted for 80% of the growth in the labour force. Alongside increases in immigrants, there has been a rise in same-sex couples within Canada. This study explores select sociodemographic and economic characteristics of immigrants in same-sex couples compared with their counterparts in opposite-sex couples from 2000 to 2020.
Release date: 2024-06-26
4. Employment generated by tourism
Table: 36-10-0232-01
Geography: Canada
Frequency: Quarterly
Description: Number of jobs generated through tourism activities in tourism related industries, by seasonal adjustment.
Release date: 2024-06-26
5. Quality of early-career employment for Indigenous graduates with a bachelor’s degree
Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024029
Description: The infographic uses data from the integrated file of the Postsecondary Student Information System, the 2016 Census, the 2021 Census and the T1 Family File to compare the job quality of Indigenous graduates with a bachelor's degree with that of non-racialized and non-Indigenous graduates two years after graduation. Job quality indicators include employment income, unionization rate, and employer pension plan coverage rate.
Release date: 2024-06-24
6. International postsecondary students in Canada: 2020 graduates
Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024027
Description: This infographic provides details about the number of graduates and median employment income two years after graduation for international postsecondary students, by educational qualification and field of study.
Release date: 2024-06-20
7. Historical (real-time) releases of employment and average weekly earnings (including overtime) for all employees by industry, monthly, seasonally adjusted
Table: 14-10-0331-01
Geography: Canada
Frequency: Monthly
Description: 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: 2024-06-18
8. Historical (real-time) releases of employment and average weekly earnings (including overtime) for all employees by province and territory, monthly, seasonally adjusted
Table: 14-10-0332-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Monthly
Description: 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: 2024-06-18
9. Labour market characteristics of persons with and without disabilities, 2023
Articles and reports: 71-222-X2024002
Description: This article examines trends in rates of employment and unemployment, as well as hourly wages and work hours, for the year 2023, and explores how disability intersects with age, sex, educational attainment, and racialized groups to influence labour market outcomes.
Release date: 2024-06-13
10. Labour Statistics at a Glance
Journals and periodicals: 71-222-X
Description: Labour Statistics at a Glance features short analytical articles on specific topics of interest related to Canada's labour market. The studies examine recent or historical trends using data produced by the Centre for Labour Market Information, i.e., the Labour Force Survey, the Survey of Employment Payrolls and Hours, the Job Vacancy and Wage Survey, the Employment Insurance Coverage Survey and the Employment Insurance Statistics Program.
Release date: 2024-06-13

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1. Employment generated by tourism
Table: 36-10-0232-01
Geography: Canada
Frequency: Quarterly
Description: Number of jobs generated through tourism activities in tourism related industries, by seasonal adjustment.
Release date: 2024-06-26
2. Historical (real-time) releases of employment and average weekly earnings (including overtime) for all employees by industry, monthly, seasonally adjusted
Table: 14-10-0331-01
Geography: Canada
Frequency: Monthly
Description: 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: 2024-06-18
3. Historical (real-time) releases of employment and average weekly earnings (including overtime) for all employees by province and territory, monthly, seasonally adjusted
Table: 14-10-0332-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Monthly
Description: 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: 2024-06-18
4. Labour Force Survey in brief: Interactive app
Data Visualization: 14-20-00012018001
Description:
This interactive visualization application provides a comprehensive picture of the Canadian labour market using the most recent Labour Force Survey data available. The estimates are seasonally adjusted and available by province, sex, age group and industry. Historical estimates, going back 5 years, are also included for monthly employment changes and unemployment rates. The interactive application allows users to quickly and easily explore and personalize the information presented. Combine multiple provinces, sexes and age groups to create your own labour market domains of interest.

Release date: 2024-06-07
5. Labour Market Indicators, by province and census metropolitan area, seasonally adjusted
Data Visualization: 71-607-X2017001
Description: This web application provides access to Statistics Canada’s Labour Market Indicators for Canada, by province and by census metropolitan area. This dynamic application allows users to view geographical rankings for each labour market indicator and to create quick and easy reports with interactive maps and charts that can be easily copied into other programs. All provincial and CMA estimates used in this application are seasonally adjusted, 3-month moving averages. Labour Force Survey data at the provincial level published each month in The Daily are seasonally adjusted monthly estimates.
Release date: 2024-06-07
6. Labour Market Indicators, by province, territory and economic region, unadjusted for seasonality
Data Visualization: 71-607-X2017002
Description: This web application provides access to Statistics Canada’s Labour Market Indicators for Canada, by province, territory and economic region (ER). This dynamic application allows users to view a snapshot of key labour market indicators, observe geographical rankings for each indicator using an interactive map and table, and easily copy data into other programs. The provincial and ER estimates used in this application from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) are three-month moving averages, unadjusted for seasonality. The provincial, territorial and ER estimates used in this application from the Job Vacancy and Wage Survey (JVWS) are quarterly data, unadjusted for seasonality. Historical estimates are available in this application, with data going back 10 years for the LFS and from the first quarter of 2016 for JVWS.
Release date: 2024-06-07
7. Canadian Labour Market Observatory
Data Visualization: 14-20-0001
Description:
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: 2024-06-07
8. Labour Force Survey: Public Use Microdata File
Public use microdata: 71M0001X
Description: 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: 2024-06-07
9. Labour force characteristics by sex 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 sex and detailed age group, last 5 months.
Release date: 2024-06-07
10. 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 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: 2024-06-07

Analysis (836)

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51. Paid Employment, Self-employment and Gig Work in Administrative and Survey Data
Articles and reports: 11F0019M2023003
Description: This study combines survey and administrative data to examine the correspondence between paid-employment and self-employment activities reported in each of these data sources by the same individuals. The study also looks at the role of self-employment as a supplemental income source for individuals whose self-declared main labour market activity is wage employment.
Release date: 2023-06-06
52. Unemployment and job vacancies by education, 2016 to 2022
Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202300500001
Description: The increase in the number of job vacancies observed in Canada over the last few years has attracted considerable attention. This article provides new insights on this issue by comparing the number of job vacancies requiring a given education level with the number of unemployed individuals with such education.
Release date: 2023-05-24
53. Do university-educated immigrants recover economically from a slow start?
Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202300500003
Description: The selection of highly educated immigrants is based in part on the premise that they can better adapt to the labour market and will have, on average, better economic outcomes than less-educated immigrants. Earlier research indicates that this is the case. However, some university-educated immigrants have a slow start in the initial years after immigration. Little Canadian research has considered whether these immigrants eventually catch up with similarly educated immigrants who have early economic success. Likewise, it is unknown whether they outperform less-educated immigrants. Using the Longitudinal Immigration Database, this study looks at the long-term economic outcomes of university-educated economic principal applicant immigrants who immigrated at the ages of 20 to 44 during the period from 1990 to 2014 by their earnings level in the initial years after immigration.
Release date: 2023-05-24
54. Canadian regional labour statistics and inter-regional movements of paid workers, 2001 to 2021
Articles and reports: 13-605-X202300100003
Description: This paper focuses on the new regional labour statistics built based on the economic regions where people work. It reviews the methodology in creating these new experimental regional labour statistics. The data allow us to analyse regional labour markets as well as to track the flows of workers from one economic region to other regions.
This paper is the first that compares such statistics over an entire a decade (2010 with 2021) and investigates the extent that the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions affected employment and labour movements among regional economies.
Release date: 2023-05-18
55. 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
56. Experimental Environmental, Social and Governance Dashboard
Stats in brief: 11-001-X202308734343
Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
Release date: 2023-03-28
57. Interjurisdictional employment in Canada, 2002 to 2019
Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202300300004
Description: This article presents an overview of interjurisdictional employment in Canada over the 2002-to-2019 period. Interjurisdictional employees are individuals who maintain their primary residence in their home province or territory while working outside this province or territory. The results are based on Statistics Canada’s Canadian Employer-Employee Dynamic Database and pertain to employees aged 18 or older earnings at least $1,000 in 2016 dollars within Canada.
Release date: 2023-03-22
58. 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
59. 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
60. Labour market outcomes of Indigenous journeypersons in Canada
Articles and reports: 81-595-M2022001
Description: This study analyses the representation of First Nations people, Métis and Inuit journeypersons in the skilled trades population and their labour market outcomes in term of earnings comparatively to the rest of journeyperson population.
Release date: 2023-03-13

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41. Public Service Employee Survey
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4438
Description: 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.
42. Compensation Sector Survey
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4449
Description: 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.
43. General Social Survey - Education, Work and Retirement
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4500
Description: 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.
44. Federal Jurisdiction Workplace Survey
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5076
Description: The purpose of the Federal Jurisdiction Workplace Survey is to produce statistical information on the characteristics of workplaces under federal labour jurisdiction.
45. Security Intelligence Review Committee Employee Survey
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5083
Description: 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.
46. National Energy Board Employee Survey
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5085
Description: 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.
47. Canadian Food Inspection Agency Employee Survey
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5086
Description: 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.
48. Canada Revenue Agency Employee Survey
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5087
Description: 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.
49. Language of Work Survey
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5134
Description: 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).
50. Indian Claims Commission Employee Survey
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5139
Description: The primary objective of the survey is to obtain the views of all Indian Claims Commission (ICC) employees about their workplace.

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