Employment and unemployment

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Selected geographical area: Canada

Employment - Canada
(April 2024)

20,491,000

0.4%

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

6.1%

0.0 pts

(monthly change)

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Average weekly earnings - Canada
(February 2024)

$1,232.44

4.5%

(12-month change)
Jobs held by males, environmental and clean technology products sector - Canada
(2021)

224,328 jobs
Jobs held by females, environmental and clean technology products sector - Canada
(2021)

89,929 jobs
Average hourly wage, environmental and clean technology products sector—full-time jobs - Canada
(2021)

51.47 dollars
Average hourly wage, environmental and clean technology products sector—part-time jobs - Canada
(2021)

33.97 dollars
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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1,751. Are single industry towns diversifying? A look at fishing, mining and wood-based communities Archived
Articles and reports: 75-001-X1992001150
Geography: Canada
Description:
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
1,752. Literacy in the workplace [1989] Archived
Articles and reports: 75-001-X199200141
Geography: Canada
Description:
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
1,753. Juggling school and work Archived
Articles and reports: 75-001-X19920017
Geography: Canada
Description:
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
1,754. Unemployment -- Occupation makes a difference Archived
Articles and reports: 75-001-X199100486
Geography: Canada
Description:
Throughout the boom years of the late 1980s and the recession of 1990-91, certain occupations maintained high levels of unemployment. This article examines how labour market indicators vary according to occupation.
Release date: 1991-12-02
1,755. Women approaching retirement Archived
Articles and reports: 75-001-X1991003114
Geography: Canada
Description:
Statistics show that upon retirement women now participating in the labour market might not face the same economic hardships that many female seniors previously had.
Release date: 1991-09-05
1,756. The labour market: Mid year review Archived
Articles and reports: 75-001-X19910032426
Geography: Canada
Description:
Has recovery begun? An up-to-date look at labour market developments in the first six months of 1991.
Release date: 1991-09-05
1,757. Visible minorities in the Canadian labour force Archived
Articles and reports: 75-001-X1991002158
Geography: Canada
Description:
In 1986, visible minorities accounted for 6% of the Canadian labour force. Since then, visible minorities have accounted for an increasing share of immigration. This article profiles visible minorities in the labour market using the 1986 Census.
Release date: 1991-05-15
1,758. Then and now: The changing face of unemployment Archived
Articles and reports: 75-001-X1991001152
Geography: Canada
Description:
In 1989, unemployed persons differed greatly from the unemployed in 1980. Not only were they older and better educated, but they were also more apt to be from Western Canada.
Release date: 1991-03-05
1,759. Labour force participation: An international comparison Archived
Articles and reports: 75-001-X1990004146
Geography: Canada
Description:
From 1965 to 1987, in most of the seven major OECD countries, women increased their labour force participation. This and other changes over the past two decades are covered in this article.
Release date: 1990-11-27
1,760. Shifting patterns of unemployment distribution since the 1960s Archived
Articles and reports: 75-001-X199000384
Geography: Canada
Description:
Are areas of high unemployment worse off in good times than in bad times? This study compares unemployment rates of the most and least prosperous areas during the various economic cycles over the past 25 years.
Release date: 1990-08-24

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41. Labour force characteristics by industry, monthly, seasonally adjusted, last 5 months
Table: 14-10-0291-01
Geography: Canada
Frequency: Monthly
Description:
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: 2024-05-10
42. Labour force characteristics by industry, monthly, seasonally adjusted
Table: 14-10-0291-02
Geography: Canada
Frequency: Monthly
Description:
Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and unemployment rate 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: 2024-05-10
43. Labour force characteristics by territory, three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted and unadjusted, last 5 months
Table: 14-10-0292-01
Geography: 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 territory, 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: 2024-05-10
44. Labour force characteristics by territory, three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted
Table: 14-10-0292-02
Geography: Province or territory
Frequency: Monthly
Description: Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment), unemployment rate, participation rate and employment rate by territory, 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: 2024-05-10
45. Employment by occupation, monthly, seasonally adjusted, last 5 months
Table: 14-10-0310-01
Geography: Canada
Frequency: Monthly
Description: Number of employees by National Occupational Classification (NOC), 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: 2024-05-10
46. Employment by occupation, monthly, seasonally adjusted
Table: 14-10-0310-02
Geography: Canada
Frequency: Monthly
Description: Number of employees by National Occupational Classification (NOC). 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: 2024-05-10
47. Average usual hours and wages by selected characteristics, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality, last 5 months
Table: 14-10-0320-01
Geography: Canada
Frequency: Monthly
Description: 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: 2024-05-10
48. Duration of unemployment, monthly, seasonally adjusted
Table: 14-10-0342-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Monthly
Description:
Number of unemployed persons by duration of unemployment, sex and age group, last 5 months.

Release date: 2024-05-10
49. Regional unemployment rates used by the Employment Insurance program, three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted
Table: 14-10-0354-01
Frequency: Monthly
Description:
Regional unemployment rates used by the Employment Insurance program, by effective date, current month.
Release date: 2024-05-10
50. Employment by industry, monthly, seasonally adjusted and unadjusted, and trend-cycle, last 5 months
Table: 14-10-0355-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Monthly
Description:
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: 2024-05-10

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11. The socioeconomic portrait of the Indigenous farm population in Canada, 2021
Articles and reports: 96-325-X202100100020
Description: Indigenous Peoples are an integral part of the farm population and have been contributing to the agricultural landscape of what is now Canada for many centuries before the arrival of settlers. This article provides a socioeconomic portrait of the Indigenous farm population, touching on population changes, gender, age, education, type of farming activity and income.
Release date: 2024-03-07
12. The improvement in the labour market outcomes of recent immigrants since the mid-2010s
Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202400200004
Description: Several factors may have contributed to the improved labour market outcomes for recent immigrants since the mid-2010s, such as the expansion of the two-step immigration selection process and the introduction of the Express Entry system in 2015. This article presents updated analyses regarding the employment and earnings outcomes of recent immigrants. It also discusses factors that might influence these outcomes in the near term.
Release date: 2024-02-28
13. Early career quality of employment of Indigenous graduates with a bachelor’s degree, 2010 to 2018 cohorts
Articles and reports: 81-595-M2023005
Description: Using a database that integrates anonymized data from the Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS) with data from the 2016 Census, the 2021 Census and the T1 Family File (T1FF), this article will examine demographic characteristics of Indigenous graduates at the bachelor level, as well as certain job quality indicators, such as annual employment income level, unionization rate and pension plan coverage rate, at the beginning of their career, that is two years after graduating.
Release date: 2024-02-21
14. Ensuring that the Labour Force Survey Remains the Cornerstone of Canada’s Labour Market Information Ecosystem
Articles and reports: 75-005-M2024001
Description: From 2010 to 2019, the Labour Force Survey (LFS) response rate – or the proportion of selected households who complete an LFS interview – had been on a slow downward trend, due to a range of social and technological changes which have made it more challenging to contact selected households and to persuade Canadians to participate when they are contacted. These factors were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which resulted in the suspension of face-to-face interviewing between April 2020 and fall 2022. Statistics Canada is committed to restoring LFS response rates to the greatest extent possible. This technical paper discusses two initiatives that are underway to ensure that the LFS estimates continue to provide an accurate and representative portrait of the Canadian labour market.
Release date: 2024-02-16
15. Temporary foreign workers with lower-skill occupations in the accommodation and food services industry: Transition to permanent residency and industrial retention after transition
Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202400100001
Description: In recent years, foreign workers have become an important source of labour in the accommodation and food services industry in Canada. This study examines the characteristics of temporary foreign workers with lower-skill occupations who had their first Canadian employment in the accommodation and food services industry from 2000 to 2020, as well as their cumulative rates of transition to permanent residency and retention in that industry. This study also compares these outcomes with those of temporary foreign workers with higher-skill occupations and study permit holders employed in the industry.
Release date: 2024-01-24
16. The short-term labour market outcomes of blended visa office-referred refugees
Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202400100003
Description: In 2013, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada introduced a new refugee resettlement category called the Blended Visa Office-Referred Program. This admission stream combined the core principles of IRCC’s Government-Assisted Refugees program and the Private Sponsorship of Refugees program. This study asks two questions. First, what are the economic outcomes of BVOR refugees who have been admitted to Canada since 2013? Second, how do these outcomes compare with those of other resettled refugees who were admitted through the GAR and Private Sponsorship of Refugees programs?
Release date: 2024-01-24
17. Temporary foreign workers with lower-skill occupations in the food manufacturing industry: Transition to permanent residency and industrial retention after transition
Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202400100004
Description: The COVID-19 pandemic has put a spotlight on the roles played by temporary foreign workers with lower-skill occupations in the food manufacturing sector, and concerns have been raised about whether they have sufficient pathways to become permanent residents and whether they stay in the sector after obtaining their permanent residency. This study focuses on these workers and examines their transition to permanent residency and their industrial retention after immigration.
Release date: 2024-01-24
18. Most prevalent jobs of young bachelor’s degree graduates by detailed field of study
Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202301200002
Description: Investing in a postsecondary education is one of the most important decisions made by people over their lifetime. Understanding the potential outcomes associated with specific postsecondary academic programs may help inform young people, but most of the available information focuses on earnings. While important, earnings say little about what postsecondary graduates are likely to do in their career, which may factor heavily in their decision-making process. This article presents the most prevalent jobs held by graduates of Canadian bachelor’s degree programs aged 25 to 34 using the 2021 Census of Population.
Release date: 2023-12-21
19. Foreign workers in Canada: Distribution of paid employment by industry
Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202301200005
Description: Different industrial sectors depend on temporary foreign workers (TFWs) to varying degrees because of unique levels of labour shortages and specific skill requirements. Analyzing the role of TFWs across industrial sectors in Canada provides empirical evidence to inform the formulation of policies and strategies that support the needs of Canadian businesses and the well-being of TFWs. This article uses linked administrative data to analyze the distribution of TFWs across industries and their proportion in the workforce within each industry from 2010 to 2020.
Release date: 2023-12-21
20. The rise in self-employment among women in Canada
Stats in brief: 11-627-M2023069
Description: This infographic looks at trends in women's self-employment in Canada, as well as the occupational and demographic characteristics of self-employment among women.
Release date: 2023-12-19

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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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