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  • 21. Reason for leaving job during previous year, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality
    Table: 14-10-0125-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Number of unemployed persons and persons not in the labour force by reason for leaving job during previous year, gender and age group, monthly.
    Release date: 2026-07-10
  • 22. Reason for not looking for work, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality
    Table: 14-10-0127-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Number of persons not in the labour force by reason for not looking for work, gender and age group, monthly.
    Release date: 2026-07-10
  • 23. Canadian Labour Market Observatory
    Data Visualization: 14-20-0001
    Description: 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: 2026-07-10
  • 24. Labour Force Survey: Public Use Microdata File
    Public use microdata: 71M0001X
    Description: 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: 2026-07-10
  • 25. Labour Force Survey in brief: Interactive app
    Data Visualization: 14-20-00012018001
    Description: 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, gender, 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, genders and age groups to create your own labour market domains of interest.
    Release date: 2026-07-10
  • 26. Labour Force Survey June 2026
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20261913587
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2026-07-10
  • 27. Labour Market Indicators, by province and census metropolitan area, seasonally adjusted
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2017001
    Description: 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: 2026-07-10
  • 28. Labour Market Indicators, by province, territory and economic region, unadjusted for seasonality
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2017002
    Description: 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: 2026-07-10
  • 29. Labour market indicators, census metropolitan areas, census agglomerations and self-contained labour areas: Interactive dashboard
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2024025
    Description: This dashboard displays small area estimates of unemployment rate, employment rate and employment for census metropolitan areas, census agglomerations, and a complementary geography of small communities and rural areas called self-contained labour areas. The dashboard allows users to visually explore the estimates using an interactive map as well as time series charts and tables. Data are unadjusted for seasonality and updated monthly.
    Release date: 2026-07-10
  • 30. Unemployment rate and employment rate by type of student during summer months, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality
    Table: 14-10-0286-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Unemployment rate and employment rate by type of student during summer months, gender and age group. Data are also available for the standard error of the estimate and the standard error of the year-over-year change.
    Release date: 2026-07-10
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  • 11. Labour market experiences of recent working-age immigrants and non-permanent residents, 2019 to 2024
    Articles and reports: 71-222-X2025002
    Description: Mostly using data from the Labour Force Survey supplement for the third quarter of 2024, the article examines the characteristics and labour market experiences of recent immigrants and non-permanent residents (NPRs) aged 25 to 54 who were of working age when they arrived in Canada.
    Release date: 2026-04-07
  • 12. Job mismatch among core working age immigrants with postsecondary education
    Articles and reports: 71-222-X2026002
    Description: Using data from the September 2024 and September 2025 supplement to the Labour Force Survey (LFS), this article examines the risk of job mismatch among recent immigrants across a wide range of indicators, including having more skills than needed, working in a job unrelated to the field of study, and self-perceived overqualification.
    Release date: 2026-04-07
  • 13. Analysis on majority women-owned businesses, first quarter of 2026
    Articles and reports: 11-621-M2026005
    Description: Businesses in Canada face different obstacles in their day-to-day operations. These obstacles may vary across businesses owned by different populations. This article focuses on majority women-owned businesses.
    Release date: 2026-03-26
  • 14. The NEETEST youth: Not in employment, education or training, excluding short transitions
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202600300001
    Description: The NEET measure (not in employment, education or training) is a popular approach to identifying youth who, at a point in time, may be at risk for economic and social difficulties. This article develops and applies a complementary indicator that focuses on a longer time period and also acknowledges unpaid caregiving as a productive activity. Youth are considered not in employment, education or training, excluding short transitions (NEETEST), if they were NEET (excluding unpaid caregiving) for a full year.
    Release date: 2026-03-25
  • 15. Potential occupational exposure to artificial intelligence across selected cultural industries in Canada
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202600300003
    Description: A central concern surrounding recent advances in generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies is their potential to replace human labour, especially in the domain of content creation, such as the production of music, videos, images and text in the cultural industries. However, there is a lack of information regarding how AI may impact workers in these industries. This article attempts to fill this information gap by examining potential occupational exposure to and complementarity with AI in selected cultural industries in Canada.
    Release date: 2026-03-25
  • 16. Job vacancies after the peak: A look at the changing educational composition since 2022
    Articles and reports: 71-222-X2026001
    Description: This article uses data from the Job Vacancy and Wage Survey (JVWS) to examine how the composition of vacancies by educational requirements has changed from the second quarter of 2022, when vacancies reached a record high, to the second quarter of 2025. It examines the changing educational requirements of vacant positions across sectors, along with the changing composition of the unemployed population by highest level of education.
    Release date: 2026-03-13
  • 17. Estimates of gross domestic product by gender: An update to the 2022 report
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202600200001
    Description: This study provides a partial update to a 2022 report on the contribution of women to gross domestic product (GDP). Using firm-level data from the Canadian Employee-Employer Dynamics Database, it estimates and examines the contribution to the components of GDP (capital income, labour income, and mixed income), and the contribution to GDP by sector. This update covers the period from 2013 to 2022, which allows it to add to evidence on the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on women's participation in the market economy.
    Release date: 2026-02-25
  • 18. National and provincial retention of graduates from health degree programs in Canada
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202600200002
    Description: A shortage of health care professionals, especially family doctors and nurses, has been a widespread concern from coast to coast to coast. Few studies have examined recent trends in the retention of health care professionals. In particular, questions remain about whether outmigration pressures exert influence and how retention varies across specialties and regions. This article aims to examine health graduates' retention in Canada and in their province of study during the first few years after completing Canadian postsecondary programs, relying on data from the Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS) and T1 Family File (T1FF).
    Release date: 2026-02-25
  • 19. The educational pathways of first-generation postsecondary students
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202600200004
    Description: This study examines the educational pathways and outcomes of first-generation postsecondary students—students whose parents did not complete postsecondary education (PSE)—relative to non-first-generation students. Using descriptive statistics, this article leverages a unique integrated dataset formed by 2006 Census data and the Postsecondary Student Information System to examine (1) enrolment rates, (2) the graduation and persistence rates per enrolled cohorts from 2010/2011 to 2015/2016, and (3) the students' time to graduation.
    Release date: 2026-02-25
  • 20. Economic outcomes of provincial nominees: Differences between Express Entry and non-Express Entry
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202600200005
    Description: The Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) has two primary aims: (1) to better distribute economic immigrants across the country and (2) to address specific economic needs of the provinces and territories. In 2015, Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada introduced the Express Entry (EE) system to manage applications for federal economic immigration streams, and some PNP applicants are screened through the EE system. Understanding the differences in human capital characteristics and labour market outcomes between EE provincial nominees (enhanced PNs) and regular (base) PNs can inform policy discussions regarding potential ways of improving the PNP and the coordination between federal and provincial immigration programs.
    Release date: 2026-02-25
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  • 1. Technical Reference Guides for the Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Platform (ELMLP)
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 37-20-0001
    Description: 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: 2026-06-24
  • 2. Content changes for the 2026 Census of Population: Labour market activities, commuting and education
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-20-00042026006
    Description: This fact sheet offers a summary of content changes for the 2026 Census specific to the following topics: labour market activities, commuting and education. The tested changes for each topic are explained, along with the resulting approach for 2026.
    Release date: 2025-07-04
  • 3. Improvements to the Labour Force Survey (LFS)
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 71F0031X
    Description: This paper introduces and explains modifications made to the Labour Force Survey estimates.
    Release date: 2025-01-24
  • 4. The 2025 Revisions of the Labour Force Survey (LFS)
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 71F0031X2025001
    Description: This paper introduces and explains modifications made to the Labour Force Survey estimates in January 2025. Some of these modifications include the adjustment of all LFS estimates to reflect population counts based on the 2021 Census and updates to the 2021 Standard Geographical Classification (SGC).
    Release date: 2025-01-24
  • 5. Overview of the Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Platform and Associated Datasets, 2022 Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 37-20-00012022004
    Description:

    This technical reference guide (updated to include the 2022 datasets) 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 gender for Canada, the provinces and the territories combined.

    Release date: 2022-06-06
  • 6. Labour market outcomes for college and university graduates, 2010 to 2017 Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 37-20-00012021005
    Description: 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: 2021-10-21
  • 7. Overview of the Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Platform (ELMLP) and Associated Datasets Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 37-20-00012021006
    Description:

    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 gender for Canada, the provinces and the territories combined.

    Release date: 2021-10-21
  • 8. National Occupational Classification (NOC)
    Classification: 12-583-X
    Description: This publication provides a systematic classification structure to identify and categorize the entire range of occupational activity in Canada. 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: 2021-09-21
  • 9. Labour market outcomes for college and university graduates, 2010 to 2016 Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 37-20-00012020004
    Description:

    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: 2020-11-05
  • 10. Updated content for the 2021 Census of Population: Education, labour, commuting, and Veterans Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-20-00012020004
    Description:

    This fact sheet offers a concise overview of updated—new or modified—content for the 2021 Census of Population that is specific to the theme of education, labour, commuting, and Veterans, which includes the following topics: education, labour market conditions, commuting to work, and Veteran and military service. The changes considered for these topics are explained, along with the resulting approach for 2021.

    Release date: 2020-07-20

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