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  • 31. Labour force characteristics, monthly, seasonally adjusted and trend-cycle
    Table: 14-10-0287-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment), unemployment rate, participation rate and employment rate by data type (seasonally adjusted and trend-cycle), gender and age group. Data are also available for the standard error of the estimate, the standard error of the month-to-month change and the standard error of the year-over-year change.
    Release date: 2026-07-10
  • 32. Labour force characteristics by age group, monthly, seasonally adjusted
    Table: 14-10-0287-02
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment), unemployment rate, participation rate and employment rate by age group and gender. Data are presented for 12 months earlier, previous month and current month, as well as year-over-year and month-to-month level change and percentage change. Data are also available for the standard error of the estimate, the standard error of the month-to-month change and the standard error of the year-over-year change.
    Release date: 2026-07-10
  • 33. Labour force characteristics by province, monthly, seasonally adjusted
    Table: 14-10-0287-03
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment), unemployment rate, participation rate and employment rate by province, gender and age group. Data are presented for 12 months earlier, previous month and current month, as well as year-over-year and month-to-month level change and percentage change. Data are also available for the standard error of the estimate, the standard error of the month-to-month change and the standard error of the year-over-year change.
    Release date: 2026-07-10
  • 34. Employment by class of worker, monthly, seasonally adjusted and unadjusted
    Table: 14-10-0288-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Number of employees by class of worker and gender. Data are also available for the standard error of the estimate, the standard error of the month-to-month change and the standard error of the year-over-year change.
    Release date: 2026-07-10
  • 35. Employment by class of worker, monthly, seasonally adjusted
    Table: 14-10-0288-02
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Number of employees by class of worker and gender. Data are presented for 12 months earlier, previous month and current month, as well as year-over-year and month-to-month level change and percentage change. Data are also available for the standard error of the estimate, the standard error of the month-to-month change and the standard error of the year-over-year change.
    Release date: 2026-07-10
  • 36. Labour force characteristics by industry, monthly, seasonally adjusted, last 5 months
    Table: 14-10-0291-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description:

    Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and unemployment rate by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), last 5 months. Data are also available for the standard error of the estimate, the standard error of the month-to-month change and the standard error of the year-over-year change.

    Release date: 2026-07-10
  • 37. Labour force characteristics by industry, monthly, seasonally adjusted
    Table: 14-10-0291-02
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description:

    Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and unemployment rate by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Data are presented for 12 months earlier, previous month and current month, as well as year-over-year and month-to-month level change and percentage change. Data are also available for the standard error of the estimate, the standard error of the month-to-month change and the standard error of the year-over-year change.

    Release date: 2026-07-10
  • 38. Labour force characteristics by territory, three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted and unadjusted
    Table: 14-10-0292-01
    Geography: Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and not in the labour force, unemployment rate, participation rate and employment rate by territory, gender and age group. Data are also available for the standard error of the estimate, the standard error of the month-to-month change and the standard error of the year-over-year change.
    Release date: 2026-07-10
  • 39. Labour force characteristics by territory, three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted
    Table: 14-10-0292-02
    Geography: Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment), unemployment rate, participation rate and employment rate by territory, gender and age group. Data are presented for 12 months earlier, previous month and current month, as well as year-over-year and month-to-month level change and percentage change. Data are also available for the standard error of the estimate, the standard error of the month-to-month change and the standard error of the year-over-year change.
    Release date: 2026-07-10
  • 40. Employment by occupation, monthly, seasonally adjusted, last 5 months
    Table: 14-10-0310-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Number of employees by National Occupational Classification (NOC), last 5 months. Data are also available for the standard error of the estimate, the standard error of the month-to-month change and the standard error of the year-over-year change.
    Release date: 2026-07-10
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  • 41. Perceived job security, 2025
    Articles and reports: 14-28-0001202500100005
    Description: In the publication Quality of Employment in Canada, the perceived job security indicator is the proportion of employees aged 15 to 69 who agree or strongly agree with the statement “I might lose my job in the next six months”, expressed as a percentage of all employees in that age group.
    Release date: 2025-08-18
  • 42. Quality of Employment in Canada
    Journals and periodicals: 14-28-0001
    Description: Statistics Canada's Quality of Employment in Canada publication is intended to provide Canadians and Canadian organizations with a better understanding of quality of employment using an internationally-supported statistical framework. Quality of employment is approached as a multidimensional concept, characterized by different elements, which relate to human needs in various ways. To cover all relevant aspects, the framework identified seven dimensions and twelve sub-dimensions of quality of employment.
    Release date: 2025-08-18
  • 43. Fields of study and occupations of immigrants who were international students in Canada before immigration
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202500700001
    Description: Postsecondary education is a key element in developing a skilled workforce. International students are often seen as a potential source of labour supply beyond their temporary employment while studying. This study examines the alignment between the fields of study and occupations of immigrants with a postsecondary education who held study permits before becoming permanent residents from 2011 to 2021. It compares them with other immigrants who became permanent residents during the same period and Canadian-born postsecondary graduates.
    Release date: 2025-07-23
  • 44. Retention of science, technology, engineering, mathematics and computer science graduates in Canada
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202500700004
    Description: The popularity of science, technology, engineering, mathematics and computer science (STEM) fields in Canadian postsecondary education and the number of STEM graduates have grown among both Canadian and international students. It is unknown how many STEM graduates stay and contribute to the Canadian labour market. This study aims to examine STEM graduates’ retention in Canada after completing Canadian postsecondary programs.
    Release date: 2025-07-23
  • 45. Socioeconomic characteristics of workers in industries dependent on United States demand for Canadian exports
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202500700005
    Description: Recent trade tensions between the United States (U.S.) and Canada have raised questions around the impact of potential job losses related to tariffs. A recent article revealed that, in general, jobs in industries dependent on U.S. demand for Canadian exports (IDUSCEXs) are well-paying and have many favourable non-wage job characteristics, but not all industries within the broader IDUSCEX grouping ranked relatively high in these measures. The current article follows up this work by investigating the socioeconomic characteristics of workers employed in IDUSCEXs, which could play a key role in how affected workers might adapt to potential job losses.
    Release date: 2025-07-23
  • 46. Citizenship and the economic outcomes of immigrants in Canada
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202500600003
    Description: Previous research indicates that immigrants who obtain citizenship in the receiving country gain various benefits, including enhanced legal status, expanded rights, increased political and civic engagement, and a stronger sense of collective identity and belonging. However, empirical studies remain inconclusive on whether acquiring citizenship improves immigrants' labour market outcomes. This paper asks two questions. First, is Canadian citizenship correlated with better economic outcomes among immigrants in Canada? Second, if so, does citizenship acquisition lead to an improvement in labour market outcomes?
    Release date: 2025-06-25
  • 47. Workforce insights: Demographics in the travel arrangement, reservation and accommodation services industries, 2017 to 2023
    Articles and reports: 11-621-M2025009
    Description: This paper explores the demographic differences among employees in the travel arrangement, reservation and accommodation services industries by leveraging administrative data to examine the workforce distribution by gender, age, full-time work status and residency status from 2017 to 2023.
    Release date: 2025-06-20
  • 48. Geographic mobility indicators of Canadian undergraduate degree holders
    Articles and reports: 37-20-00012025002
    Description: This technical reference guide is intended for users of the Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Platform (ELMLP) who are interested in Statistics Canada's geographic mobility indicators of undergraduate degree holders. The data come from the integration of administrative data from the Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS) and the T1 Family File (T1FF), and this technical reference guide describes the methodology used to produce these indicators.
    Release date: 2025-06-17
  • 49. Geographic mobility of Canadian bachelor’s degree graduates, 2012 to 2021
    Articles and reports: 81-595-M2025002
    Description: The geographic mobility of postsecondary graduates—where they were before their studies, where they studied, and where they went to work after graduation—is of great interest to provinces and territories because education is under their jurisdiction and graduates are synonymous with skilled workers. This article takes advantage of new tables published by Statistics Canada on the geographic mobility of Canadian undergraduate degree (or bachelor's) graduates from 2012 to 2021. It sheds light on the following questions: Which provinces attract postsecondary students to their provinces? Are the provinces successful in retaining the bachelor's graduates they have trained and integrating them into their labour market? Which provinces have net gains in graduates? And most importantly, what are the trends over the years?
    Release date: 2025-06-17
  • 50. Labour market characteristics of persons with and without disabilities, 2024
    Articles and reports: 71-222-X2025001
    Description: This article examines recent trends in the labour market situation of persons with and without disabilities using annual data from the Labour Force Survey supplements program. The analysis focuses on demographic, employment, and labour force characteristics that intersect with disability status. The article aims to provide insights that can inform the public and policy makers on the labour market situation of persons with disabilities.
    Release date: 2025-05-14
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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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