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20,514,000-0.0%(monthly change)
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$1,251.774.2%(12-month change)
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85.6%
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Percentage of immigrants in the labour force aged 25 to 54 years - Canada
(2021 Census of Population)27.7% -
11.7%
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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% -
99.2%
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15.4%
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- Table: 14-10-0292-01Geography: 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 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: 2024-08-09
- Table: 14-10-0292-02Geography: Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription: 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: 2024-08-09
- Table: 14-10-0310-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: MonthlyDescription: 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: 2024-08-09
- Table: 14-10-0310-02Geography: CanadaFrequency: MonthlyDescription: 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: 2024-08-09
- 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: 2024-08-09
- 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: 2024-08-09 - Table: 14-10-0354-01Frequency: MonthlyDescription:
Regional unemployment rates used by the Employment Insurance program, by effective date, current month.
Release date: 2024-08-09 - 48. 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: 2024-08-09 - 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: 2024-08-09 - 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: 2024-08-09
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- Table: 41-10-0062-01Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: OccasionalDescription: Disability status, global disability severity class and labour force status by First Nations people living off reserve, Métis and Inuit, age group and gender, population aged 15 years and over, Canada, provinces and territories.Release date: 2024-08-14
- Table: 14-10-0331-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: MonthlyDescription: 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: 2024-08-12
- Table: 14-10-0332-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription: 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: 2024-08-12
- 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: 2024-08-09 - Data Visualization: 71-607-X2017001Description: 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: 2024-08-09
- Data Visualization: 71-607-X2017002Description: 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: 2024-08-09
- Data Visualization: 14-20-0001Description:
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: 2024-08-09 - Public use microdata: 71M0001XDescription: 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: 2024-08-09 - Table: 14-10-0017-01Geography: 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 sex and detailed age group, last 5 months.Release date: 2024-08-09
- Table: 14-10-0017-02Geography: 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 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: 2024-08-09
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- Articles and reports: 75-006-X202300100012Description: This study uses data from the 2021 Census to report on postsecondary educational attainment and labour market outcomes among Indigenous adults aged 25 to 64 years. As First Nations people, Métis and Inuit are more likely to live in certain regions, which can impact their participation in both education and the labour market, the article pays particular attention to patterns in educational attainment and employment among those residing in remote areas, on reserve, and communities across Inuit Nunangat.Release date: 2023-10-27
- Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202301000003Description: As the role of temporary foreign workers in Canada’s labour market has grown in significance, it has become essential to accurately measure their numbers for informing policy decisions. Two data sources have often been used to determine the number of temporary foreign workers: data on work permit holders released by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and data based on tax administrative files that identify temporary residents with earnings. This article aims to evaluate the benefits and limitations of these two data sources and compare the trends in the number of temporary foreign workers derived from them.Release date: 2023-10-25
- 43. Foreign workers in Canada: Changing composition and employment incidences of work permit holdersArticles and reports: 36-28-0001202301000004Description: Canada has a long history of recruiting foreign nationals to address temporary labour shortages through a diverse range of work permit programs. Along with a significant increase in the number of work permit holders, there have been large changes in the composition of this population in terms of work permit programs and demographic characteristics. This article aims to examine recent changes in the composition of work permit programs and the proportion of work permit holders reporting employment income.Release date: 2023-10-25
- Stats in brief: 11-001-X202324237366Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2023-08-30
- Articles and reports: 75-006-X202300100009Description: Using data from the 2021 Census, this study examines educational attainment and earnings of the Canadian-born Black population, focusing on three groups: i) those with at least one African-born parent (African-origin); ii) those with at least one Caribbean-born parent (Caribbean-origin); and iii) those whose parents were both born in Canada (Canadian-origin).Release date: 2023-08-22
- Stats in brief: 11-627-M2023048Description: This infographic analyzes three different Canadian-born Black populations: those with at least one parent born in Africa, those with at least one parent born in the Caribbean, and those with both parents born in Canada. It looks at how educational attainment differs between the three different Canadian-born Black populations, and how education along with other factors contributes to earnings differences between the different Black populations and between Black and non-Indigenous non-racialized populations.Release date: 2023-08-22
- Stats in brief: 11-627-M2023046Description: Using data from the Labour Force Survey, this infographic examines the employment experiences of health care workers during the pandemic, including illness-related work absences and overtime. It also explore how these changing job characteristics affected health care workers and their likelihood to leave their current positions.Release date: 2023-08-10
- Articles and reports: 81-595-M2023004Description: This fact sheet provides metrics on how young Canadians move from largely compulsory secondary education, into and through their postsecondary experiences and finally onto the labour market. It brings together the latest indicators that can provide insight into these pathways.Release date: 2023-07-28
- Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202300700003Description: Before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, rapid advances in automation and artificial intelligence were often featured in discussions around the changing nature of work. The concern, which is still present today, centred around the possibility that machines and robots could perform certain tasks more efficiently than humans. The purpose of this study is to update the trends in the changing nature of work with new data covering the pandemic period (up to and including 2022).Release date: 2023-07-26
- Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202300700004Description: The Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) was introduced in all provinces, excluding Quebec, and most territories in Canada between 1998 and 2009. Its primary goal was to increase the settlement of economic immigrants outside major Canadian cities and to address the workforce needs of employers, as perceived by the province or territory. This article focuses on the expansion of the PNP in Canada and is part of a series that examines the characteristics and labour market outcomes of PNP immigrants.Release date: 2023-07-26
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- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4438Description: 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.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4449Description: 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.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4500Description: 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.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5076Description: The purpose of the Federal Jurisdiction Workplace Survey is to produce statistical information on the characteristics of workplaces under federal labour jurisdiction.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5083Description: 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.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5085Description: 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.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5086Description: 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.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5087Description: 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.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5134Description: 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).
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5139Description: 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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