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Proportion of adults aged 25 to 54 years who worked full year full time in 2015 - Canada
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- Table: 14-10-0331-01(formerly: CANSIM 281-8047)Geography: 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: 2019-12-09
- Table: 14-10-0332-01(formerly: CANSIM 281-8063)Geography: 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: 2019-12-09
- Table: 14-10-0357-01(formerly: CANSIM 281-8023)Geography: CanadaFrequency: MonthlyDescription:
Historical releases of employment by type of employee and North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), last 5 months.
Release date: 2019-12-09 - Stats in brief: 11-001-X20193403587Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2019-12-06
- Table: 71-001-XDescription:
This publication provides the most current monthly labour market statistics. Each month, this publication contains a brief commentary highlighting recent developments in the Canadian labour market. It also includes a series of charts and tables on a variety of labour force characteristics, such as employment and unemployment for Canada, the provinces, metropolitan areas and economic regions.
Release date: 2019-12-06 - 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: 2019-12-06 - 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: 2019-12-06 - 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: 2019-12-06 - 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: 2019-12-06 - 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.
This is a monthly file, and is available going back to 1976.
Release date: 2019-12-06
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- Table: 14-10-0331-01(formerly: CANSIM 281-8047)Geography: 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: 2019-12-09
- Table: 14-10-0332-01(formerly: CANSIM 281-8063)Geography: 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: 2019-12-09
- Table: 14-10-0357-01(formerly: CANSIM 281-8023)Geography: CanadaFrequency: MonthlyDescription:
Historical releases of employment by type of employee and North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), last 5 months.
Release date: 2019-12-09 - Table: 71-001-XDescription:
This publication provides the most current monthly labour market statistics. Each month, this publication contains a brief commentary highlighting recent developments in the Canadian labour market. It also includes a series of charts and tables on a variety of labour force characteristics, such as employment and unemployment for Canada, the provinces, metropolitan areas and economic regions.
Release date: 2019-12-06 - 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: 2019-12-06 - 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: 2019-12-06 - 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: 2019-12-06 - 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: 2019-12-06 - 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.
This is a monthly file, and is available going back to 1976.
Release date: 2019-12-06 - Table: 14-10-0017-01(formerly: CANSIM 282-0001)Geography: 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: 2019-12-06
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- Stats in brief: 11-001-X20193403587Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2019-12-06
- Stats in brief: 11-001-X201933819104Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2019-12-04
- Stats in brief: 11-627-M2019088Description:
This infographic provides the median employment income of postsecondary graduates aged 15 to 64 years in Canada two and five years after graduation.
Release date: 2019-12-04 - Stats in brief: 11-001-X201933721484Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2019-12-03
- Articles and reports: 11F0019M2019022Description:
Canada and the United States are two major immigrant destinations with distinct immigration policies. The two countries also differ in immigration level and economy size, but their government structures, economic systems and social environment have many similarities. These similarities and differences provide a useful setting for comparative immigration research. This study compares the differences in the mismatch between the education and occupations of immigrants in Canada and the United States, operationalized by over-education. It further explores how the cross-country differences may be related to the supply of and demand for university-educated immigrants and the way they are selected.
Release date: 2019-12-03 - Stats in brief: 11-001-X20193323555Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2019-11-28
- Articles and reports: 13-605-X201900100012Description:
The Activities of Multinational Enterprises in Canada program describes the characteristics, activity, financial position and performance of multinational and non-multinational enterprises in Canada. This paper focuses specifically on the characteristics of employment at foreign and Canadian multinational enterprises operating in Canada, by province and industry. This study focuses specifically on the employment characteristics in Canada, by province and industry, of foreign MNEs, Canadian MNEs and non-MNE corporations.
Release date: 2019-11-18 - Stats in brief: 11-001-X201932221603Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2019-11-18
- 9. Temporary Foreign Workers in the Canadian Labour Force: Open Versus Employer-specific Work PermitsArticles and reports: 11-626-X2019016Description:
This Economic Insights article compares the labour force participation of temporary foreign workers with open work permits and employer-specific work permits in terms of their level of labour market engagement in Canada, their distribution by province and industry, and the duration of temporary residence status and rate of transition to permanent residency.
Release date: 2019-11-18 - Articles and reports: 75-006-X201900100016Description:
Based on integrated data from the 2006 and 2016 censuses, this study examines the educational outcomes of a cohort of children with an immigrant background who were aged 13 to 17 in 2006, and the employment earnings of young adults who had immigrant parents. In this study, the outcomes of children of immigrant parents from different regions are compared with those of children of Canadian-born parents.
Release date: 2019-11-15
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- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 37-20-00012019002Description:
This technical reference guide is intended for users of the Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Platform (ELMLP). The data for the products associated with this issue are derived from integrating Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS) administrative data with other administrative data on earnings. Statistics Canada has derived a series of annual indicators on the labour market outcomes of public postsecondary graduates including median employment income by educational qualification, field of study, age group and sex for Canada, the provinces and the territories combined.
Release date: 2019-12-04 - Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 37-20-0001Description:
These reference guides are intended for users of the Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Platform (ELMLP). The guide provides an overview of the Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS) and the Registered Apprenticeship Information System (RAIS), the general methodology used to create longitudinal indicators, and important technical information for users.
Release date: 2019-12-04 - Classification: 12-583-XDescription:
This publication provides a systematic classification structure to identify and categorize the entire range of occupational activity in Canada. 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: 2018-12-19 - Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 37-20-00012018002Description:
This technical reference guide is intended for users of the Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Platform (ELMLP). The data for the products associated with this release are derived from integrating the Registered Apprenticeship Information System (RAIS) with other administrative data on earnings. Statistics Canada has derived a series of indicators on educational pathways and labour market outcomes for registered apprentices by select trades, cohorts of apprentices, by sex, for Canada, all provinces, the Atlantic region, and for grouped territories.
Release date: 2018-12-05 - Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 37-20-00012018001Description:
This technical reference guide is intended for users of the Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Platform (ELMLP). The data for the products associated with this issue are derived from integrating Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS) administrative data with other administrative data on earnings. Statistics Canada has derived a series of annual indicators on the labour market outcomes of public postsecondary graduates including median employment income by educational qualification, field of study, age group and sex for Canada, the provinces and the territories combined.
Release date: 2018-12-04 - Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 71F0031XDescription:
This paper introduces and explains modifications made to the Labour Force Survey estimates.
Release date: 2015-01-28 - 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).
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2606Description: The Help-wanted Index measures changes in the demand for labour relative to a base-year.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2612Description: 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.
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