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Percentage of immigrants in the labour force aged 25 to 54 years - Canada
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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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- 521. Defining and Classifying the Nonprofit Sector ArchivedArticles and reports: 75F0048M2002007Geography: CanadaDescription:
This paper reviews principal definitions and boundary and classification issues for the nonprofit sector.
Release date: 2002-03-21 - 522. Winners and Losers in the Labour Market of the 1990s ArchivedArticles and reports: 11F0019M2002184Geography: CanadaDescription:
This paper examines the Canadian labour market during the 1990s and contrasts it to prior decades, with a special focus on distributional outcomes. It discusses changes in relative earnings between groups, changes in relative labour market outcomes of women and older workers, changes in earnings and income inequality, and changes in low-income.
Release date: 2002-03-01 - Articles and reports: 89-552-M2001009Geography: CanadaDescription:
This study compares the pattern of returns to the education required by an individual's job, including education beyond and below that level, to patterns in other countries. It explores the relationship between literacy skills and the educational requirements of an individual's job.
Release date: 2002-01-25 - 524. Trends in part-time job search ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X20010115980Geography: CanadaDescription:
Most analyses of part-time work naturally focus on employed persons, but the Labour Force Survey also asks the unemployed whether they are seeking a full- or part-time job. This article looks at trends in job seeking between 1976 and 2000, and the contribution of demographic and other factors to changes in the overall shares of the two groups of seekers.
Release date: 2001-12-12 - Articles and reports: 21-006-X2001004Geography: CanadaDescription:
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) represent both a "problem" and an "opportunity" for rural Canadians. On the one hand, rural employment levels are diminished as more services are supplied to rural Canadians by ICTs - the ubiquitous ATMs (automatic teller machines) are one example. On the other hand, ICTs, and particularly the Internet, provide easier access for rural Canadians to target urban markets and provide urban consumers with easier access to rural goods and services of human capital. In addition, characteristics of migrating youth are discussed as youth can be seen as an indicator of the state of rural areas and are a key factor in rural development. The understanding of the patterns of migration may give rise to solutions for the retention of human capital in rural and small town areas and the promotion of rural development.
Release date: 2001-12-10 - Articles and reports: 11F0019M2001169Geography: CanadaDescription:
This paper documents the changing geography of the Canadian manufacturing sector over a twenty-two year period (1976-1997). It does so by looking at the shifts in employment, as well as other measures of industrial change, across different levels of the rural/urban hierarchy - central cities, adjacent suburbs, medium and small cities, and rural areas.
The analysis demonstrates that the most dramatic shifts in manufacturing employment were from the central cities of large metropolitan regions to their suburbs. Paralleling trends in the United States, rural regions of Canada have increased their share of manufacturing employment. Rising rural employment shares were due to declining employment shares of small cities and, to lesser degree, large urban regions. Increasing rural employment was particularly prominent in Quebec, where employment shifted away from the Montreal region. By way of contrast, Ontario's rural regions only maintained their share of employment and the Toronto region increased its share of provincial employment over the period. The changing fortunes of rural and urban areas was not the result of across-the-board shifts in manufacturing employment, but was the net outcome of differing locational patterns across industries.
Change across the rural/urban hierarchy is also measured in terms of wage and productivity levels, diversity, and volatility. In contrast to the United States, wages and productivity in Canada do not consistently decline moving down the rural/urban hierarchy from the largest cities to the most rural parts of the country. Only after controlling for the types of manufacturing industries found in rural and urban regions is it apparent that wages and productivity decline with the size of place. The analysis also demonstrates that over time most rural and urban regions are diversifying across a wider variety of manufacturing industries and that shifts in employment shares across industries - a measure of economic instability - has for some rural/urban classifications increased modestly.
Release date: 2001-11-23 - 527. The labour market in the week of September 11 ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X20010105962Geography: CanadaDescription:
A note on the effect of the September 11 terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington on the labour market in Canada, specifically absences from work and hours lost.
Release date: 2001-10-25 - 528. Skill Shortages and Advanced Technology Adoption ArchivedArticles and reports: 11F0019M2001175Geography: CanadaDescription:
This paper investigates the extent to which establishments in the Canadian manufacturing sector experience occupational skill shortages, and to the extent that they do, whether these shortages appear to act as impediments to advanced technology adoption. Plants adopting advanced technology report shortages, particularly when it comes to professionals, such as scientists and engineers, and to technical specialists. Whether these shortages pose labour-market problems depends very much on the solutions adapted by the establishments experiencing the shortages. This paper finds that labour shortages did not appear to block technology adoption since those establishments that reported shortages were also the most technologically advanced. Although they faced a greater need for skilled labour, they were able to solve their shortages.
Release date: 2001-09-21 - Journals and periodicals: 75F0033MGeography: CanadaDescription:
Statistics Canada is developing a body of knowledge on the nonprofit sector in Canada through the Nonprofit Sector Knowledge Base Project. The results of research studies are reported periodically in a series of brief reports posted on Statistics Canada's website. The findings will be of interest to those researching the voluntary sector or working in nonprofit organizations.
Release date: 2001-09-17 - 530. Liberal arts degrees and the labour market ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X20010075883Geography: CanadaDescription:
This paper describes the incidence of training activity and the duration of training episodes during the 1990s among adult Canadians who were not full- or part-time students.
Release date: 2001-09-12
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- Table: 13-10-0882-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: Every 5 yearsDescription: Differences in the number and proportion of persons with disabilities who are employed in full-time or part-time employment, by age group and gender, Canada.Release date: 2024-03-28
- Table: 13-10-0883-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: Every 5 yearsDescription: Differences in the number and proportion of persons with disabilities in terms of those who are employees or self-employed, by age group and gender, Canada.Release date: 2024-03-28
- Table: 13-10-0884-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: Every 5 yearsDescription: Differences in the number and proportion of employees with disabilities who were union members or covered by a union contract or collective agreement, by age group and gender, Canada.Release date: 2024-03-28
- 4. Workplace training for persons with disabilities, aged 15 years and over, by age group and genderTable: 13-10-0885-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: Every 5 yearsDescription: Differences in the number and proportion of persons with disabilities who participated in workplace training, by province and territories (grouped), age group and gender, Canada.Release date: 2024-03-28
- Table: 13-10-0886-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: Every 5 yearsDescription: Differences in the number and proportion of persons with disabilities who have difficulty changing jobs or advancing at present job, due to their condition, by age group and gender, Canada.Release date: 2024-03-28
- Table: 13-10-0887-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: Every 5 yearsDescription: Differences in the number and proportion of persons with disabilities in terms of the reasons for not requesting their required accommodations, by age group and gender, Canada.Release date: 2024-03-28
- Table: 13-10-0888-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: Every 5 yearsDescription: Differences in the number and proportion of persons with disabilities in terms of the reasons for experiencing difficulty in finding work, by age group and gender, Canada.Release date: 2024-03-28
- Table: 13-10-0890-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: Every 5 yearsDescription: Differences in the number and proportion of employees with disabilities in terms of their perceived qualification level for their current job, by age group and gender, Canada.Release date: 2024-03-28
- Table: 13-10-0891-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: Every 5 yearsDescription: Differences in the number and proportion of persons with disabilities who are not in the labour force, by main reason for not looking for work (grouped), aged 15 years and over, Canada.Release date: 2024-03-28
- Table: 13-10-0893-01Geography: Canada, Geographical region of CanadaFrequency: Every 5 yearsDescription: Differences in the number and proportion of youth with disabilities who are not in employment, education, or training (NEET) by province or territory and gender.Release date: 2024-03-28
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- Journals and periodicals: 71-606-XGeography: CanadaDescription:
This series of analytical reports provides an overview of the Canadian labour market experiences of immigrants to Canada, based on data from the Labour Force Survey. These reports examine the labour force characteristics of immigrants, by reporting on employment and unemployment at the Canada level, for the provinces and large metropolitan areas. They also provide more detailed analysis by region of birth, as well as in-depth analysis of other specific aspects of the immigrant labour market.
Release date: 2018-12-24 - Articles and reports: 11-626-X2014036Geography: CanadaDescription:
This Economic Insights article reports on recent labour market trends in Canada and the United States since the last recession. The data for Canada are from Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey (LFS), while those for the U.S. are from the Current Population Survey (CPS), a survey produced for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Canadian data have been adjusted to the concepts used in the U.S. for the purposes of comparison with the U.S. data. The data for both countries are monthly and seasonally adjusted.
Release date: 2014-07-30 - 3. The migration of infrastructure tradespersons ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-006-X201400114011Geography: CanadaDescription:
This study uses data from the 2011 National Household Survey to examine the migration patterns of ‘infrastructure tradespersons’ over the period 2006 to 2011. In this study, infrastructure tradespersons are defined as Canadian residents aged 25 to 44 with a certification in trades and whose major field of study was in construction trades, mechanics and repair, precision production, or heavy equipment machinery/crane operation.
Release date: 2014-06-05 - 4. The Distribution of Employment Growth Rates in Canada: The Role of High-Growth and Rapidly Shrinking Firms ArchivedArticles and reports: 11F0027M2014091Geography: CanadaDescription:
This paper uses data from Statistics Canada's Longitudinal Employment Analysis Program database to study the distribution of annual employment growth rates in Canada over the 2000-to-2009 period, with a special emphasis on firms in the tails of the distribution, referred to here as High-Growth Firms (HGFs) and Rapidly Shrinking Firms (RSFs).
The study has three objectives. First, it describes the distributions of employment growth rates in Canada to see whether they are consistent with observations in other countries. Second, it quantifies the contribution of HGFs and RSFs to aggregate job creation and destruction. The third objective is to examine, using quantile regression techniques, the role of firm size and firm age in the performance of HGFs and RSFs.
Release date: 2014-05-15 - Articles and reports: 75-006-X201400111915Geography: CanadaDescription:
Between 1991 and 2011, the proportion of employed people aged 25 to 34 with a university degree rose from 19% to 40% among women, and from 17% to 27% among men. Given the increase in the proportion of university graduates, did the occupational profile of young workers change over the period? This article examines long-term changes in the occupation profiles of young men and women, for both those who did and did not have a university degree. Changes in the share of women employed in these occupations are also examined.
Release date: 2014-04-02 - Articles and reports: 75-006-X201400111916Geography: CanadaDescription:
Between 1991 and 2011, the share of young people with a university degree increased significantly, as did the share of young workers employed in professional occupations. Nevertheless, many young university degree holders could still be considered 'overqualified'-working in occupations requiring lower levels of education. In this article, changes in overqualification among young graduates are examined over the period from 1991 to 2011.
Release date: 2014-04-02 - Articles and reports: 11-626-X2014034Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article in the Economic Insights series provides users with an integrated summary of recent changes in output, employment, household demand, international trade and prices. Organized as a statistical summary of major indicators, the report is designed to inform about recent developments in the Canadian economy, highlighting changes in the economic data during late 2013 and early 2014. Unless otherwise noted, the tabulations presented in this report are based on seasonally adjusted data available in CANSIM on March 18, 2014.
Release date: 2014-03-28 - Articles and reports: 11-626-X2014033Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article in the Economic Insights series discusses a number of questions that are relevant to the interpretation and analysis of the monthly estimates of net employment growth that are published using data from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). Intended as a reference document for users of the LFS data, it examines the volatility and precision associated with these estimates.
Release date: 2014-03-13 - Articles and reports: 11F0019M2014356Geography: CanadaDescription:
The annual level of immigration is one of the most critical components of a country's immigration policy. It is difficult to directly compare the costs and benefits of changing immigration levels because immigration can serve multiple goals. However, some narrowly-defined effects can be empirically assessed. This study considers solely the potential influence of immigration levels on immigrant entry earnings.
This study focuses on the effect of immigration levels on one aspect of immigrants' labour market outcomes their entry earnings, i.e., earnings during the first two full years in Canada. An increase in labour supply - that is, a larger immigrant entering cohort - could increase competition for the types of jobs sought by entering immigrants and place downward pressure on wages for immigrants arriving in that cohort.
Release date: 2014-02-13 - 10. Wages, Youth Employment, and School Enrollment: Recent Evidence from Increases in World Oil Prices ArchivedArticles and reports: 11F0019M2014353Geography: CanadaDescription:
Canada's oil reserves are concentrated in three Canadian provinces: Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Newfoundland and Labrador. Oil prices received by Canadian oil producers more than doubled between 2001 and 2008. The proportion of young men employed in the oil industry differs markedly across provinces and education levels. Taken together, these facts suggest that the increases in world oil prices observed between 2001 and 2008 may have induced cross-educational and cross-provincial variation in labour demand and male wage growth in Canada. Using data from the Canadian Labour Force Survey, this study exploits this variation in wage growth in order to estimate the elasticity of young men's labour market participation and school enrollment with respect to wages.
Release date: 2014-01-13
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- 1. They're Here to Farm ArchivedSurveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 96-328-M2004022Geography: CanadaDescription:
This activity focuses on the contribution of immigrants to Canadian agriculture, highlighting which countries they come from and why, and what types of farms they prefer.
Release date: 2005-01-28 - 2. Another measure of employment ArchivedSurveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 75-001-X19960042907Geography: CanadaDescription:
The employment/population ratio is a good barometer of the state of the economy and an important though little-used labour market indicator. This article takes a look at the ratio's strengths and limitations, as well as its variation since 1946. Provincial and international comparisons are included.
Release date: 1996-12-03 - Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 11F0019M1995083Geography: CanadaDescription:
This paper examines the robustness of a measure of the average complete duration of unemployment in Canada to a host of assumptions used in its derivation. In contrast to the average incomplete duration of unemployment, which is a lagging cyclical indicator, this statistic is a coincident indicator of the business cycle. The impact of using a steady state as opposed to a non steady state assumption, as well as the impact of various corrections for response bias are explored. It is concluded that a non steady state estimator would be a valuable compliment to the statistics on unemployment duration that are currently released by many statistical agencies, and particularly Statistics Canada.
Release date: 1995-12-30 - 4. Alternative measures of unemployment ArchivedSurveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 75-001-X1992004140Geography: CanadaDescription:
This study illustrates quarterly trends in unemployment rates based on alternative measures. By all of the indicators studies there was an overall increase in unemployment during the early 1990s.
Release date: 1992-12-01
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