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Selected geographical area: Canada

Employment - Canada
(July 2024)

20,514,000

-0.0%

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

6.4%

0.0 pts

(monthly change)

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Selected geographical area: Canada

Average weekly earnings - Canada
(May 2024)

$1,251.77

4.2%

(12-month change)
Jobs held by men, environmental and clean technology products sector - Canada
(2022)

233,296
Jobs held by women, environmental and clean technology products sector - Canada
(2022)

94,210
Average hourly wage, environmental and clean technology products sector—full-time jobs - Canada
(2022)

$54.12
Average hourly wage, environmental and clean technology products sector—part-time jobs - Canada
(2022)

$36.93
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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61. Paid worker jobs occupied by Indigenous people in the Canadian economy by employee characteristics and industry
Table: 36-10-0696-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Annual
Description: Data on paid workers jobs, hours worked and wages and salaries in the Canadian economy by Indigenous workers' characteristics. This includes sex, age, level of education, and work activity by industry and province or territory.
Release date: 2024-04-02
62. Employment by industry, annual
Table: 14-10-0202-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Annual
Description: Number of employees by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and type of employee, last 5 years.
Release date: 2024-03-28
63. Employment for all employees by enterprise size, annual
Table: 14-10-0215-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Annual
Description: Employment for all employees by enterprise size and North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), last 5 years.
Release date: 2024-03-28
64. Unemployment rates of 25- to 29-year-olds, by educational attainment, Canada and provinces
Table: 14-10-0362-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Occasional
Description: Unemployment rates of 25- to 29-year-olds, by educational attainment, Canada and jurisdictions. This table is included in Section E: Transitions and outcomes: Labour market outcomes of the Pan Canadian Education Indicators Program (PCEIP). PCEIP draws from a wide variety of data sources to provide information on the school-age population, elementary, secondary and postsecondary education, transitions, and labour market outcomes. The program presents indicators for all of Canada, the provinces, the territories, as well as selected international comparisons and comparisons over time. PCEIP is an ongoing initiative of the Canadian Education Statistics Council, a partnership between Statistics Canada and the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada that provides a set of statistical measures on education systems in Canada.
Release date: 2024-03-28
65. Employment in non-profit institutions by activity
Table: 36-10-0615-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Annual
Description:
Employment in non-profit institutions by activity, provinces and territories and Canada, annual.
Release date: 2024-03-28
66. Employment in non-profit institutions by sub-sector
Table: 36-10-0617-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Annual
Description:
Employment in non-profit institutions by sub-sector, provinces and territories and Canada, annual.
Release date: 2024-03-28
67. Percentage of 15-to 29-year-olds in education and not in education by labour force status, highest level of education attained, age group and sex
Table: 37-10-0196-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Occasional
Description: The share of young people who are not in employment, education, or training (NEET), as a percentage of the total number of young people in the corresponding age group, by gender.
Release date: 2024-03-28
68. Employment rates of 25-to 64-year-olds, by highest level of education attained, age group and sex
Table: 37-10-0197-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Occasional
Description: Data highlights the relationship between educational attainment and the labour market by examining employment rates by age group and sex for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Canada, provinces and territories. The data come from the Labour Force Survey.
Release date: 2024-03-28
69. Labour force status by visible minority, selected sociodemographic characteristics and the census year: Canada, geographical regions of Canada, provinces and territories and census metropolitan areas with parts
Table: 98-10-0643-01
Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
Frequency: Occasional
Universe: Persons in private households in occupied private dwellings, 2021 and 2016 censuses — 25% Sample data

Variable list: Highest certificate, diploma or degree (6A), Gender (3a), Age and first official language spoken (10), Immigrant and generation status (9), Visible minority (15), Labour force status (3A), Census year (2)

Description: Labour force status by visible minority and selected characteristics (age group, gender, first official language spoken, immigrant status, period of immigration, generation status and highest certificate, diploma or degree), for the population aged 15 years and over in private households in Canada, geographical regions of Canada, provinces and territories and census metropolitan areas with parts.
Release date: 2024-03-26
70. Legislative and senior management occupations by visible minority, selected sociodemographic characteristics and the census year: Canada, geographical regions of Canada, provinces and territories and census metropolitan areas with parts
Table: 98-10-0646-01
Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
Frequency: Occasional
Universe: Persons in private households in occupied private dwellings, 2021 and 2016 censuses — 25% Sample data

Variable list: Highest certificate, diploma or degree (6A), Gender (3a), Age and first official language spoken (10), Immigrant and generation status (9), Visible minority (15), Percent, Census year (2)

Description: Legislative and senior management occupations by visible minority and selected characteristics (age group, gender, first official language spoken, immigrant status, period of immigration, generation status, highest certificate, diploma or degree), for the population aged 15 years and over in private households in Canada, geographical regions of Canada, provinces and territories and census metropolitan areas with parts.
Release date: 2024-03-26

Data (348)

Data (348) (50 to 60 of 348 results)

51. Job vacancies, payroll employees, and job vacancy rate by provinces and territories, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality
Table: 14-10-0371-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Monthly
Description:
Number of job vacancies and payroll employees, and job vacancy rate by province and territory, last 5 months.
Release date: 2024-07-25
52. Employment for all employees by enterprise size, quarterly, unadjusted for seasonality
Table: 14-10-0214-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Quarterly
Description: Employment for all employees by enterprise size and North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), last 5 quarters.
Release date: 2024-06-27
53. Culture and sport indicators by domain and sub-domain, by province and territory, product perspective
Table: 36-10-0452-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Annual
Description:
Gross domestic product, output and jobs for sport and culture, product perspective, annual.
Release date: 2024-06-03
54. Culture and sport indicators by domain and sub-domain, by province and territory, industry perspective
Table: 36-10-0453-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Annual
Description:
Gross domestic product, output and jobs for sport and culture, industry perspective, annual.
Release date: 2024-06-03
55. Labour statistics consistent with the System of National Accounts (SNA), by job category and industry
Table: 36-10-0489-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Annual
Description: Labour statistics by job category, for Canada, the provinces and territories, annual.
Release date: 2024-05-21
56. Labour statistics consistent with the System of Provincial and Territorial Economic Accounts, by economic regions, job category and work schedule
Table: 36-10-0675-01
Geography: Province or territory, Economic region
Frequency: Annual
Description:
Labour statistics consistent with the System of National Accounts (SNA), by economic regions, job category and work schedule.

Release date: 2024-05-21
57. Labour statistics consistent with the System of Provincial and Territorial Economic Accounts, by industry, job category and work schedule (full-time or part-time)
Table: 36-10-0676-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Annual
Description: Labour statistics consistent with the System of National Accounts (SNA), by industry, job category and work schedule.
Release date: 2024-05-21
58. Financial and employment statistics for enterprises, by province, territory and region
Table: 33-10-0551-01
Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Annual
Description: Selected financial and employment variables for enterprises presented in millions of dollars at the industry and industry aggregation level, as well as at the provincial, territorial and regional level.
Release date: 2024-05-13
59. Measures taken to overcome skill shortages, by industry and enterprise size
Table: 33-10-0301-01
Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Occasional
Description: Percentage of enterprises that took measures to overcome skill shortages, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and enterprise size, based on a one-year observation period. Measures include outsourcing work in Canada, offshoring of labour, targeted recruitment process, student hiring, training staff, retention strategy, acquisition of external businesses, global talent attraction, other government programs, and other measures.
Release date: 2024-04-30
60. Gross domestic income attributable to Indigenous people by industry
Table: 36-10-0695-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Annual
Description: Data on gross domestic income and output attributable to Indigenous paid workers and businesses owned by Indigenous people. Also includes total jobs occupied by Indigenous workers. Data is available by province and territory as well as industry.
Release date: 2024-04-02

Analysis (18)

Analysis (18) (10 to 20 of 18 results)

11. The west coast boom Archived
Articles and reports: 11-010-X20060059196
Geography: Province or territory, Census metropolitan area
Description:
This article looks at some of the reasons behind the recent rebound in the British Columbia economy from its doldrums in the 1990s. It also examines how the current boom in British Columbia differs from Alberta and what can be learned from Alberta's experience.
Release date: 2006-05-11
12. Who works in Canadian school libraries? Archived
Articles and reports: 87-004-X20030028448
Geography: Province or territory
Description:
This profile gives provincial level information on the presence of teacher-librarians, library technicians and other library staff in Canadian schools.
Release date: 2005-08-23
13. Aboriginal Peoples Living Off-reserve in Western Canada: Estimates from the Labour Force Survey Archived
Journals and periodicals: 71-587-X
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Description:
This paper provides information on Aboriginal employment and unemployment, Aboriginal youths and the impact of education on labour market performance in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. Annual average data from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) on off-reserve Aboriginal peoples from April 2004 to March 2005 are used.
Release date: 2005-06-13
14. Provincial economies and the culture sector Archived
Articles and reports: 87-004-X20030017815
Geography: Province or territory
Description:
This article estimates and analyses the economic impact of the culture sector on the economy of Canada's provinces. It measures the contribution of the culture sector to provincial employment and gross domestic product (GDP).
Release date: 2005-04-07
15. Differences in Interprovincial Productivity Levels Archived
Articles and reports: 11F0019M2001180
Geography: Province or territory
Description:
This study examines provincial differences in productivity (GDP per job) using decomposition and regression analysis. In the first stage of the study, the relative size of productivity differences across provinces is examined. Then, these differences are decomposed into two components - the first is the portion of the difference that arises from industry-mix, and the second is due to "real" productivity differences at the industry level. The paper also examines the contributions of the "new" and "old" economy sectors to differences in provincial productivity. Finally, regression analysis is performed in order to determine the statistical significance of interprovincial productivity differences. The paper finds that British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario and Quebec do not differ significantly from another in terms of GDP per job after differences in industry mix are considered. Manitoba and the Atlantic Provinces lag behind the others. Most of the difference in the latter two cases stems from "real" differences at the industry level rather than from the effect of differences in industry mix. The Natural Resources sector plays an important role in bolstering the performance of Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Release date: 2001-12-06
16. Job Turnover and Labour Market Adjustment in Ontario from 1978 to 1993 Archived
Articles and reports: 11F0019M1997106
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Description:
This paper documents job turnover and labour market adjustment activities in the Ontario economy from 1978 to 1993. The following highlights the major findings. Both the permanent layoff rate and the total permanent separation rate vary substantially from one industry to another. In 1992, the permanent layoff and total permanent separation rates ranged from 27.3% and 34.2% in construction to only 1.4% and 9.3% in public services, respectively. The permanent layoff rate and the total permanent separation rate also differ noticeably by gender, age and firm size - in most industries, the rates are higher among male workers than among females, higher among younger workers, and higher among smaller employers.
While the permanent layoff rate increases during business cycle downturns and decreases during business cycle upswings, the reverse trend is observed with the total permanent separation rate. This is because the quit rate and the other permanent separation rate both decline during downturns and rise during upswings, more than offsetting the opposite trend associated with the permanent layoff rate.
These univariate-tabulation findings are confirmed in the multi-variate logistic regression results on the statistical determinants of permanent layoffs and total permanent separations. In most industries, after controlling for gender, age, firm size and time periods, the estimated likelihood of permanent layoffs is lower among female workers, decreases significantly with age and firm size, increases during recessions and decreases during recovery and expansion in most industries. The patterns of estimated incidence of total permanent separations are very similar to those of permanent layoffs except that total permanent separations decline during business cycle downturns and climb during business cycle upswings.
Permanently separated workers have had a much more difficult time in finding employment during the most recent recession than any other time in the past 15 years. Almost 40% of those who lost or left a job in 1989 did not have a job in 1993. This is in marked contrast with the experience of the early 1980s, when 29% of permanently separated workers were jobless 3 years after the separation. A very similar trend is found when the analysis is applied to labour market transitions among permanently laid-off workers.
There is a great deal of out-of-province migration among permanently separated workers who did find a job. Nearly 45% of those who lost or left a job in 1989 and found a job in 1993 were employed outside of Ontario. An identical proportion of permanently laid-off workers is found to be employed in other provinces.
Release date: 1997-10-31
17. Employment and industrial development in the North Archived
Articles and reports: 75-001-X19970012990
Geography: Province or territory
Description:
The first of two features on the Northwest Territories and the Yukon, this article compares the North's economic and employment trends with those in the rest of the country. Occupation, industry and selected population characteristics are also studied.
Release date: 1997-03-14
18. Male registered nurses, 1995 Archived
Articles and reports: 82-003-X19960022828
Geography: Province or territory
Description:
Men constitute a small minority of registered nurses (RNs) in Canada, but their numbers have risen sharply in the last decade. In 1995, almost 4% of RNs were men, up from just over 2% in 1985. The proportion of male nurses is particularly high in Quebec, where the 1995 figure was 8%. Some areas of nursing are more likely than others to employ male nurses: psychiatry, critical care, emergency care, and administration. By contrast, relatively few male RNs have jobs in maternal/newborn care, pediatrics, or community care. Rising male enrollement in college and university nursing programs suggests that men's representation in nursing will continue to rise. The older age profile of male nurses may indicate that some men are choosing nursing as a second career. As well, a shift in the age distribution of male nurses would seem to suggest that those who enter the profession tend to stay. This analysis of the demographic and employment characteristics of male nurses is based on information compiled annually in the Registered Nurses Database maintained by Statistics Canada. Figures on enrolment and graduation in nursing are collected by Statistics Canada as part of annual surveys.
Release date: 1996-11-18

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