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Selected geographical area: Canada

Employment - Canada
(June 2024)

20,516,000

-0.0%

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

6.4%

0.2 pts

(monthly change)

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Selected geographical area: Canada

Average weekly earnings - Canada
(April 2024)

$1,240.18

3.7%

(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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81. Overqualification among 2012 and 2013 bachelor's graduates
Articles and reports: 81-595-M2021004
Description:
Using a new database created by integrating information from the Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS) with 2016 Census data, this article examines the extent to which 2012 and 2013 graduates with a bachelor's degree who did not go back to school full time after graduating held a job requiring a high school diploma at most when they entered the labour market in 2016. The overqualification rate is examined according to several characteristics, such as sex, field of study, province, graduation year, belonging to a group designated as a visible minority and immigration status.

Release date: 2021-09-21
82. Impact of COVID-19 on businesses majority-owned by various sub-population groups and visible minorities, third quarter of 2021
Articles and reports: 45-28-0001202100100036
Description:
While all businesses in Canada have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, different types of businesses have been impacted in different ways. This is also true for different communities that operate businesses in Canada. This article explores results from the Canadian Survey on Business Conditions by looking at the businesses majority-owned by women, First Nations, Métis or Inuit persons, immigrants to Canada and visible minorities.

Release date: 2021-09-16
83. Examining the Labour-productivity Gap Between Women-owned and Men-owned Enterprises: The Influence of Prior Industry Experience
Articles and reports: 11F0019M2021007
Description:
An increase in the economic participation of women has been identified as a major driver of economic growth, leading to increased interest in supporting the entrepreneurial activities of women. This paper uses newly developed data on the gender of business owners to investigate differences in labour productivity between men-owned, women-owned and equally owned enterprises. This paper uses the Canadian Employer–Employee Dynamics Database (CEEDD).

Release date: 2021-08-30
84. International students as a source of labour supply: The growing number of international students and their changing sociodemographic characteristics
Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202100700005
Description:
The number of new international students (first-time study permit holders) in Canada has increased steadily since the mid-2000s, and reached 250,020 in 2019. Alongside this trend are increased efforts in attracting international students as a potential pool of candidates for permanent immigration and the Canadian labour force. To understand the nature of this potential pool of labour, this article provides a comprehensive analysis of who is coming to Canada as an international student.

Release date: 2021-07-28
85. Chapter 2: Youth employment in Canada
Articles and reports: 42-28-0001202100100002
Description:
This chapter examines, using key indicators, how young Canadians are faring in the labour market. It examines the types of jobs they hold and the pay they receive, and provides information about which groups were doing well in 2019 before the pandemic. The chapter also makes comparisons with older Canadians, provides trends over the last four decades, and highlights some of the short-term consequences that COVID-19 has had on youth employment. When possible, labour market indicators are examined by sex, education and immigrant status.

Release date: 2021-07-26
86. Child care workers in Canada
Articles and reports: 75-006-X202100100005
Description:
This study uses data from the Census of Population and the Labour Force Survey (LFS) to examine the personal and job characteristics of child care workers and how some of these characteristics have changed over time. It also studies the changes in employment among child care workers since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Release date: 2021-06-25
87. International students as a source of labour supply: Transition to permanent residency
Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202100600002
Description:
International students are increasingly viewed as a promising pool of skilled individuals who can be tapped for participation in the Canadian labour market. This is a key motivating factor for providing international students with pathways to obtain permanent residency. This article documents the share of international students who became landed immigrants across various sociodemographic characteristics.
Release date: 2021-06-23
88. International students as a source of labour supply: Retention in their province of study
Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202100600003
Description:
The retention of international students in their province of study is increasingly being regarded as a potential source of skilled labour by regions seeking labour force growth. This article examines the retention of international students who completed their studies between 2010 and 2016 in their province of study after graduation.
Release date: 2021-06-23
89. Gender differences in employment one year into the COVID-19 pandemic: An analysis by industrial sector and firm size
Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202100500005
Description:
An important aspect of the impact of COVID-19 is its disproportional impact across gender. This Insights article proposes a year-over-year approach that compares employment from March 2020 to February 2021 to their March-2019-to-February-2020 counterparts. It uses the Labour Force Survey to study gender gaps patterns in employment by industrial sector (goods or services) and firm size.

Release date: 2021-05-26
90. Gendered impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the proportion of youth neither in employment nor education at the start of the school year
Articles and reports: 75-006-X202100100003
Description:
This article examines the period of September to October 2020, which signalled the beginning of new school year and also the start of the second wave of COVID-19 in Canada. It illuminates the decisions that youth (and, in the case of secondary students, their parents) made about their schooling, and how the combination of these possibly difficult decisions, with the unprecedented drops in youth employment, affected the proportion of youth who were that youth not in employment, education or training - NEET.

Release date: 2021-05-25

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621. The graduates of '82: Where are they? Archived
Articles and reports: 75-001-X19900012293
Geography: Canada
Description:
This study of 1982 graduates from Canadian universities and community colleges follows their fortunes in the labour market up to 1987. It compares the earnings of graduates in various disciplines and looks at their patterns of inter-provincial mobility.
Release date: 1990-01-26
622. Time lost: An alternative view of unemployment Archived
Articles and reports: 75-001-X19900012295
Geography: Canada
Description:
Calculating an unemployment rate based on unutilized hours offers a more complete measure of unemployment. It also results in a higher rate of unemployment. This study provides a look at what else this measure can tell us.
Release date: 1990-01-26
623. Moonlighters Archived
Articles and reports: 75-001-X19890042285
Geography: Canada
Description:
In the average week of 1988, over a half a million people worked at two or more jobs. This study shows that some groups of workers - the young, the self-employed - are especially disposed to moonlighting. Family circumstances, hours of work and earnings between single and multiple jobholders are examined.
Release date: 1989-12-20
624. Disabled workers Archived
Articles and reports: 75-001-X19890042286
Geography: Canada
Description:
There were nearly 400,000 disabled workers in Canada in 1986 - less than a third of working age Canadians with a disability. What are the characteristics of disabled workers? This study compares disabled workers with the non-disabled in the work force and with disabled persons outside of the work force.
Release date: 1989-12-20
625. Immigrants in product fabricating Archived
Articles and reports: 75-001-X19890042287
Geography: Canada
Description:
Immigrant workers are over-represented in "product fabricating" occupations, which include, for example, garment workers and mechanics. This profile of immigrants in fabricating jobs looks at age, education, period of immigration and knowledge of English or French. It also compared the employment income of immigrant and non-immigrant workers in product fabricating occupations.
Release date: 1989-12-20
626. Unemployment: A tale of two sources Archived
Articles and reports: 75-001-X19890042288
Geography: Canada
Description:
Unemployment estimates from the Labour Force Survey, source of the official unemployment rate, are quite different from counts of the number of Unemployment Insurance beneficiaries. This piece reviews the conceptual differences between the two data sources and quantifies many of the factors that create the discrepancies.
Release date: 1989-12-20
627. The labour market: Mid-year report [1989] Archived
Articles and reports: 75-001-X19890032279
Geography: Canada
Description:
Employment growth moderated considerably this year, and shifted its focus westward: more than half the growth occurred in British Columbia. An up-to-date look at labour market developments in the first six months of 1989.
Release date: 1989-09-30
628. Unionization and women in the service sector Archived
Articles and reports: 75-001-X19890032280
Geography: Canada
Description:
Trade unionism is adapting, as the service sector and women's share of employment expand. This study looks at unionization among women in the service sector during the 1980s. Trends by occupation and industry are examined for full-time and part-time workers, as are the earnings of unionized and non-unionized workers.
Release date: 1989-09-30
629. Job ads: A leading indicator? Archived
Articles and reports: 75-001-X19890032282
Geography: Canada
Description:
The Help-wanted Index measures job ads as an indicator of labour demand. The index is considered a leading indicator of labour market conditions and of general economic activity. This study looks at the performance of the index during the last three business cycles.
Release date: 1989-09-30
630. Youth for hire Archived
Articles and reports: 75-001-X19890022273
Geography: Canada
Description:
A comparison of youth labour market conditions in 1977 and 1987 shows several important changes. Demographic shifts and rising school attendance rates are among the influences examined. The diverse experiences of students and out-of-school youths, of teenagers and young adults, are highlighted.
Release date: 1989-06-30

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