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- 1,761. Female lone parents in the labour market ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X199300163Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article outlines trends since the mid-1970s in the labour market activity of female lone parents. Comparisons are made with wives in two-parent families.
Release date: 1993-03-04 - 1,762. Women in academia - A growing minority ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X199300199Geography: CanadaDescription:
This study analyses growth in the number of women teaching full time at Canada's universities, from 1960 onwards.
Release date: 1993-03-04 - 1,763. The labour market: Year-end review [1992] ArchivedArticles and reports: 11-010-X19930021570Geography: CanadaDescription:
By the end of 1992, a recovery appeared to be increasing its hold on the Canadian economy. A firming of employment and a pick-up in real wages helped to fuel higher household spending in the second half of the year. However, these positive developments were not enough to prevent the annual average unemployment rate from rising to a nine-year high of 11.3%
Release date: 1993-02-18 - 1,764. 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 - 1,765. Staying put: Job tenure among paid workers ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X199200436Geography: CanadaDescription:
The author analyzes changes in the average tenure of paid workers between 1977 and 1991, and examines overall trends in various job categories, by sex and industry.
Release date: 1992-12-01 - 1,766. Workers on the move: Permanent layoffs ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X199200347Geography: CanadaDescription:
This paper identifies the characteristics of workers affected by permanent layoffs and the types of industries and firms in which they work.
Release date: 1992-09-01 - 1,767. A note on Canadian unemployment since 1921 ArchivedStats in brief: 75-001-X199200387Geography: CanadaDescription:
An examination of trends in unemployment rate data as far back as 1921.
Release date: 1992-09-01 - 1,768. Are single industry towns diversifying? A look at fishing, mining and wood-based communities ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X1992001150Geography: CanadaDescription:
For many towns, a single industry is the main employer. Labour force and industry changes that have been place in three types of resource-based communities since 1971 are examined
Release date: 1992-03-03 - 1,769. Literacy in the workplace [1989] ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X199200141Geography: CanadaDescription:
Employment growth in the 1980s strongly favoured workers with good literacy skills. Labour market opportunities may continue to diminish for workers with inadequate literacy skills.
Release date: 1992-03-03 - 1,770. Juggling school and work ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X19920017Geography: CanadaDescription:
An examination of student employment rates during the school year, the amount of time spent working, and the type of work that students do.
Release date: 1992-03-03
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- Data Visualization: 14-20-00012018001Description:
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: 2024-09-06 - 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: 2024-09-06 - 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: 2024-09-06 - 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: 2024-09-06 - 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: 2024-09-06
- 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: 2024-09-06
- 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: 2024-09-06
- Table: 14-10-0288-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Number of employees by class of worker and sex, 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: 2024-09-06
- Table: 14-10-0288-02Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Number of employees by class of worker 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: 2024-09-06
- Table: 14-10-0291-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: MonthlyDescription:
Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and unemployment rate by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), 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: 2024-09-06
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- Articles and reports: 75-001-X199000294Geography: CanadaDescription:
As more women have joined the work force over the last twenty years, they have been entering traditionally male occupations. And to a lesser degree, men have been choosing careers in female-dominated occupations. This study looks at the extent of these moves into non-traditional occupations.
Release date: 1990-05-29 - 832. The labour force: Into the '90s ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X19900012289Geography: CanadaDescription:
In 1980, few people expected the depth of the 1981-1982 recessions or the strength of the subsequent recovery. Still, as we started the new decade, the unemployment rate stood at 7.5% and regional job disparities remained one of the most critical problems facing Canada. We offer a look back at the trends and fundamental changes that occurred in the labour market during the '80s.
Release date: 1990-01-26 - 833. High technology at work ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X19900012290Geography: CanadaDescription:
Many analysts see high technology industries as the way to a healthy and wealthy economy. This article reviews some of the concepts and definitions of high technology, selects one definition and examines the 1977 to 1986 employment and earnings dynamics in these industries.
Release date: 1990-01-26 - 834. The graduates of '82: Where are they? ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X19900012293Geography: CanadaDescription:
This study of 1982 graduates from Canadian universities and community colleges follows their fortunes in the labour market up to 1987. It compares the earnings of graduates in various disciplines and looks at their patterns of inter-provincial mobility.
Release date: 1990-01-26 - 835. Time lost: An alternative view of unemployment ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X19900012295Geography: CanadaDescription:
Calculating an unemployment rate based on unutilized hours offers a more complete measure of unemployment. It also results in a higher rate of unemployment. This study provides a look at what else this measure can tell us.
Release date: 1990-01-26 - 836. Moonlighters ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X19890042285Geography: CanadaDescription:
In the average week of 1988, over a half a million people worked at two or more jobs. This study shows that some groups of workers - the young, the self-employed - are especially disposed to moonlighting. Family circumstances, hours of work and earnings between single and multiple jobholders are examined.
Release date: 1989-12-20 - 837. Disabled workers ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X19890042286Geography: CanadaDescription:
There were nearly 400,000 disabled workers in Canada in 1986 - less than a third of working age Canadians with a disability. What are the characteristics of disabled workers? This study compares disabled workers with the non-disabled in the work force and with disabled persons outside of the work force.
Release date: 1989-12-20 - 838. Immigrants in product fabricating ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X19890042287Geography: CanadaDescription:
Immigrant workers are over-represented in "product fabricating" occupations, which include, for example, garment workers and mechanics. This profile of immigrants in fabricating jobs looks at age, education, period of immigration and knowledge of English or French. It also compared the employment income of immigrant and non-immigrant workers in product fabricating occupations.
Release date: 1989-12-20 - 839. Unemployment: A tale of two sources ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X19890042288Geography: CanadaDescription:
Unemployment estimates from the Labour Force Survey, source of the official unemployment rate, are quite different from counts of the number of Unemployment Insurance beneficiaries. This piece reviews the conceptual differences between the two data sources and quantifies many of the factors that create the discrepancies.
Release date: 1989-12-20 - 840. 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
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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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