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6.2%0.1 pts(monthly change)
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85.6%
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Percentage of immigrants in the labour force aged 25 to 54 years - Canada
(2021 Census of Population)27.7% -
11.7%
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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% -
99.2%
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15.4%
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- Stats in brief: 11-001-X20241793555Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2024-06-27
- Data Visualization: 14-20-00012019001Description: This interactive visualization application provides a comprehensive picture of the Canadian labour market using the most recent data from the Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours (SEPH). The estimates are seasonally adjusted and available by province and largest industrial sector. Historical estimates, going back 10 years, are also included. The interactive application allows users to quickly and easily explore and personalize the information presented. Combine multiple provinces and industrial sectors to create your own labour market domains of interest.Release date: 2024-06-27
- 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: 2024-06-27 - Table: 14-10-0201-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Number of employees by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and type of employee, last 5 months.Release date: 2024-06-27
- Table: 14-10-0201-02Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription:
Number of employees by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) in the energy sector and type of employee.
Release date: 2024-06-27 - Table: 14-10-0214-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: QuarterlyDescription: Employment for all employees by enterprise size and North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), last 5 quarters.Release date: 2024-06-27
- Table: 14-10-0220-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Number of employees and average weekly earnings (including overtime) for all employees by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), last 5 months.Release date: 2024-06-27
- Table: 14-10-0220-02Geography: CanadaFrequency: MonthlyDescription:
Number of employees and average weekly earnings (including overtime) for all employees in the automotive industry, based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), last 5 months.
Release date: 2024-06-27 - Table: 14-10-0221-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Number of employees, average hourly and weekly earnings, and average weekly hours by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and type of employee, last 5 months.Release date: 2024-06-27
- Table: 14-10-0222-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Number of employees, average hourly and weekly earnings (including overtime), and average weekly hours for the industrial aggregate excluding unclassified businesses, last 5 months.Release date: 2024-06-27
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- Table: 14-10-0017-01Geography: 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: 2024-06-07
- Table: 14-10-0017-02Geography: 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. Data are presented for 24 months earlier, 12 months earlier and current month, as well as 24-month and year-over-year level change and percentage change.Release date: 2024-06-07
- Table: 14-10-0019-01Geography: 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 educational attainment, sex and age group, last 5 months.Release date: 2024-06-07
- Table: 14-10-0021-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Unemployment rate, participation rate, and employment rate by type of student during school months, sex and age group, last 5 months.Release date: 2024-06-07
- Table: 14-10-0022-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and unemployment rate, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), sex and age group, last 5 months.Release date: 2024-06-07
- Table: 14-10-0026-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Number of employees by class of worker, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and sex, last 5 months.Release date: 2024-06-07
- Table: 14-10-0045-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Number of multiple jobholders by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), sex and age group, last 5 months.Release date: 2024-06-07
- Table: 14-10-0058-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Number of unemployed persons by type of work sought and seach method, sex and age group, last 5 months.Release date: 2024-06-07
- Table: 14-10-0067-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Number of employees by establishment size, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), sex, and age group, last 5 months.Release date: 2024-06-07
- Table: 14-10-0069-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Number of employees covered and not covered by a union, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), sex, and age group, last 5 months.Release date: 2024-06-07
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- Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202301100002Description: The Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) is designed to contribute to a more equitable distribution of new immigrants across Canada. A related objective is the retention and integration of provincial nominees in the nominating province or territory. This article is the second in a series that examines the characteristics and labour market outcomes of PNP immigrants and examines the retention of PNP immigrants at both the national and provincial or territorial levels. The analysis uses data from the Immigrant Landing File and tax records, along with three indicators of retention, to measure the propensity of a province or territory to retain immigrants.Release date: 2023-11-22
- Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202301100003Description: As the low-fee early learning and child care system will be implemented nationwide over the next few years, knowledge about employment patterns for families with young children during recent years can be used as a baseline on parental labour market participation prior to the implementation of Canada-wide early learning and child care. Using Labour Force Survey data, this study analyzed recent trends in the labour market participation of parents with children aged 0 to 5 and labour market characteristics of working and non-working parents with young children in 2021.Release date: 2023-11-22
- Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202301100005Description: Since the late 2000s, most Canadian mothers who were working before childbirth or adoption have intended to return to work after parental leave. Whether mothers return to the same employer after childbirth is important in understanding their wages and career trajectories. This article examines whether mothers’ employment situations and child care arrangements after returning to work differed between two cohorts of mothers from 2009 and 2019.Release date: 2023-11-22
- Stats in brief: 11-001-X202332631084Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2023-11-22
- Articles and reports: 11-621-M2023016Description: This research study examines the economic impact of the semiconductor industry in Canada in 2020 as it relates to several economic concepts, such as sales and revenue, employment, research and development, and international trade. The study is based on a custom list of 561 firms in the industry provided by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada.Release date: 2023-11-10
- Articles and reports: 75-006-X202300100012Description: This study uses data from the 2021 Census to report on postsecondary educational attainment and labour market outcomes among Indigenous adults aged 25 to 64 years. As First Nations people, Métis and Inuit are more likely to live in certain regions, which can impact their participation in both education and the labour market, the article pays particular attention to patterns in educational attainment and employment among those residing in remote areas, on reserve, and communities across Inuit Nunangat.Release date: 2023-10-27
- Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202301000003Description: As the role of temporary foreign workers in Canada’s labour market has grown in significance, it has become essential to accurately measure their numbers for informing policy decisions. Two data sources have often been used to determine the number of temporary foreign workers: data on work permit holders released by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and data based on tax administrative files that identify temporary residents with earnings. This article aims to evaluate the benefits and limitations of these two data sources and compare the trends in the number of temporary foreign workers derived from them.Release date: 2023-10-25
- 38. Foreign workers in Canada: Changing composition and employment incidences of work permit holdersArticles and reports: 36-28-0001202301000004Description: Canada has a long history of recruiting foreign nationals to address temporary labour shortages through a diverse range of work permit programs. Along with a significant increase in the number of work permit holders, there have been large changes in the composition of this population in terms of work permit programs and demographic characteristics. This article aims to examine recent changes in the composition of work permit programs and the proportion of work permit holders reporting employment income.Release date: 2023-10-25
- Stats in brief: 11-001-X202324237366Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2023-08-30
- Articles and reports: 75-006-X202300100009Description: Using data from the 2021 Census, this study examines educational attainment and earnings of the Canadian-born Black population, focusing on three groups: i) those with at least one African-born parent (African-origin); ii) those with at least one Caribbean-born parent (Caribbean-origin); and iii) those whose parents were both born in Canada (Canadian-origin).Release date: 2023-08-22
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- 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.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2939Description: This survey is conducted to collect statistical information on employment trends in information technology (IT) occupations.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2946Description: The Employment Dynamics is a compilation of statistical tables on employment, payroll and the number of businesses with employees for Canada, the provinces and territories.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3701Description: The Labour Force Survey provides estimates of employment and unemployment. With the release of the survey results only 10 days after the completion of data collection, the LFS estimates are the first of the major monthly economic data series to be released. LFS data are used to produce the well-known unemployment rate as well as other standard labour market indicators such as the employment rate and the participation rate.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3801Description: The purpose of the Survey of Annual Work Patterns was to examine three important activities during the year, namely: working, looking for work and going to school.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3804Description: The purpose of the survey is to adequately assess the current state of both the labour force and the labour force market.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3889Description: At the heart of the survey's objectives is the understanding of the economic well-being of Canadians: what economic shifts do individuals and families live through, and how does it vary with changes in their paid work, family make-up, receipt of government transfers or other factors?
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4400Description: The purpose of this survey was to find out more about the activities, previous work force attachment and future plans of persons not presently in the labour force; information was also collected on the plans of non-student youth and the retirement circumstances of retired people.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4423Description: The main purpose of this survey is to evaluate various programs run by Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), such as the Employment Insurance Program and job skills and training programs. HRDC needs to examine these programs to assess their accessibility and usefulness. Another use is to measure the impact of changes made to the Employment Insurance law in the last few years on their clientele.
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