Employment and unemployment

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.

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 educational attainment, sex and age group, last 5 months.

Description: Unemployment rate, participation rate, and employment rate by type of student during school months, sex and age group, last 5 months.

Description: 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.

Description: Number of employees by class of worker, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and sex, last 5 months.

Description: Number of multiple jobholders by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), sex and age group, last 5 months.

Description: Number of unemployed persons by type of work sought and seach method, sex and age group, last 5 months.

Description: Number of employees by establishment size, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), sex, and age group, last 5 months.

Description: Number of employees covered and not covered by a union, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), sex, and age group, last 5 months.

Description: Number of permanent and temporary employees by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), sex and age group, last 5 months.

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 census metropolitan area, sex and age group, last 5 months.

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Number of employees by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and census metropolitan area, last 5 months.

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Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment), unemployment rate, participation rate and employment rate by census metropolitan area. 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.

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Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment), unemployment rate, participation rate and employment rate by census metropolitan area. 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.

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Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment), unemployment rate, participation rate and employment rate by Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver census metropolitan areas. 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-tomonth change and the standard error of the year-over-year change.

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Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment), unemployment rate, participation rate and employment rate by Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver census metropolitan areas, 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.

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Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and not in the labour force, unemployment rate, participation rate and employment rate by economic region, last 5 months. Data are also available for the standard error of the estimate and the standard error of the year-over-year change.

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Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and not in the labour force, unemployment rate, participation rate and employment rate by economic region, last 5 months. Data are also available for the standard error of the estimate and the standard error of the year-over-year change.

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Number of employees by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), province and economic region, last 5 months.

Description: Labour force characteristic estimates by age group, sex, family age composition, province, and family type, last 5 months.

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The transition from school to work can be difficult, particularly for young people who leave high school without graduating. This study looks at the labour market and income situation of 18 to 20 year-old school leavers.

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Changing economic conditions affect some industries more than others.

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A note on changing employment patterns by industry sector over the last three decades in ten industrialized countries.

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The interview discusses Canada's transition from an industrial to an information economy.

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A note on anticipating employment trends in manufacturing

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Educators are concerned that student employment may be associated with an increased likelihood of dropping out of high school before a certificate or diploma is earned. This article analyses the effects of work during the school year on the risk of dropping out.

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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.

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This study analyses growth in the number of women teaching full time at Canada's universities, from 1960 onwards.

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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%

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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.

Description: The Help-wanted Index measures changes in the demand for labour relative to a base-year.

Description: The Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours provides a monthly portrait of the amount of earnings, as well as the number of jobs (i.e., occupied positions) and hours worked by detailed industry at the national, provincial and territorial levels.

Description: This survey is conducted to collect statistical information on employment trends in information technology (IT) occupations.

Description: The Employment Dynamics is a compilation of statistical tables on employment, payroll and the number of businesses with employees for Canada, the provinces and territories.

Description: The Labour Force Survey provides estimates of employment and unemployment. With the release of the survey results only 10 days after the completion of data collection, the LFS estimates are the first of the major monthly economic data series to be released. LFS data are used to produce the well-known unemployment rate as well as other standard labour market indicators such as the employment rate and the participation rate.

Description: The purpose of the Survey of Annual Work Patterns was to examine three important activities during the year, namely: working, looking for work and going to school.

Description: The purpose of the survey is to adequately assess the current state of both the labour force and the labour force market.

Description: At the heart of the survey's objectives is the understanding of the economic well-being of Canadians: what economic shifts do individuals and families live through, and how does it vary with changes in their paid work, family make-up, receipt of government transfers or other factors?

Description: The purpose of this survey was to find out more about the activities, previous work force attachment and future plans of persons not presently in the labour force; information was also collected on the plans of non-student youth and the retirement circumstances of retired people.

Description: The main purpose of this survey is to evaluate various programs run by Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), such as the Employment Insurance Program and job skills and training programs. HRDC needs to examine these programs to assess their accessibility and usefulness. Another use is to measure the impact of changes made to the Employment Insurance law in the last few years on their clientele.