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  • 51. Labour Force Survey September 2024
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20242853587
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-10-11
  • 52. 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: 2024-10-11
  • 53. 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: 2024-10-11
  • 54. 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: 2024-10-11
  • 55. Unemployment rate and employment rate by type of student during summer months, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality, last 5 months
    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, sex and age group, last 5 months. Data are also available for the standard error of the estimate and the standard error of the year-over-year change.

    Release date: 2024-10-11
  • 56. Labour force characteristics by type of student during summer months, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality
    Table: 14-10-0286-02
    Geography: Canada, 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 type of student during summer months, sex and 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: 2024-10-11
  • 57. Labour force characteristics by province and type of student during summer months, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality
    Table: 14-10-0286-03
    Geography: Canada, 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 province, type of student during summer months, sex, and 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: 2024-10-11
  • 58. Labour force characteristics, monthly, seasonally adjusted and trend-cycle, last 5 months
    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), sex and age group, 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: 2024-10-11
  • 59. 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 sex. 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: 2024-10-11
  • 60. 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, sex 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: 2024-10-11
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  • 21. Most prevalent jobs of young master’s degree graduates by detailed field of study
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202400800001
    Description: Investing in a postsecondary education is an important decision in the lives of young people, because it may lead to significantly higher lifetime earnings, which may vary substantially across different disciplines. The purpose of this short article is to present results for master’s degree graduates aged 25 to 34 collected on the 2021 Census of Population. Only individuals who worked during the census reference week (May 2 to 8, 2021) and who completed a Canadian master’s degree program are included.
    Release date: 2024-08-28
  • 22. Canadian labour force: What will happen once baby boomers retire?
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X202400100005
    Description: This study uses various demographic scenarios to examine the effects of different immigration levels and labour force participation rates on the size and composition of the Canadian labour force to 2041. These scenarios take into account the targets of the 2024–2026 Immigration Levels Plan, published in November 2023 by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, as well as recent demographic developments, such as those related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the increase in the number of permanent and temporary immigrants admitted to Canada in 2022 and 2023.
    Release date: 2024-08-06
  • 23. Study: Canadian labour force: What happens after the baby boomers retire?
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202421938366
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-08-06
  • 24. Employability, 2023
    Articles and reports: 14-28-0001202400100004
    Description: In the publication Quality of Employment in Canada, the employability indicator is the number of employees who feel it would be easy for them to find a job of a similar salary if they lost or quit their current job, expressed as a percentage of all employed persons.
    Release date: 2024-07-25
  • 25. Women in the environmental and clean technology sector
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202400700003
    Description: The Environmental and Clean Technology (ECT) sector in Canada plays a significant role in the nation's economy and efforts to combat climate change. Statistics Canada defines the ECT sector as encompassing activities related to environmental protection, resource optimization, and the use of energy-efficient goods. This study uses data from the Environmental and Clean Technology Products Economic Account to provide a comprehensive analysis of the sector's workforce diversity.
    Release date: 2024-07-24
  • 26. Reports on Disability and Accessibility in Canada
    Journals and periodicals: 89-654-X
    Description: The Canadian Survey on Disability (CSD) is a national survey of Canadians aged 15 and over whose everyday activities are limited because of a long-term condition or health-related problem.
    Release date: 2024-07-08
  • 27. A profile of 2SLGBTQ+ persons with disabilities, 2022
    Articles and reports: 89-654-X2024002
    Description: Using data from the 2022 Canadian Survey on Disability (CSD), this factsheet examines the experiences of 2SLGBTQ+ persons with disabilities. It provides information on various sociodemographic and disability characteristics, such as age, disability type, severity of disability, and employment. It also includes comparisons to the non-2SLGBTQ+ persons with disabilities population by age group.
    Release date: 2024-07-08
  • 28. Foreign workers in Canada: Differences in the transition to permanent residency across work permit programs
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202400600001
    Description: Obtaining a work permit enables foreign nationals to work in Canada temporarily, and for many individuals, this serves as a stepping stone toward obtaining permanent residency (PR). This article examines the recent changes in the transition to PR across work permit programs and immigration pathways for individuals who have made the transition. The analysis focuses on work permit holders who are in Canada for work purposes under either the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) or the International Mobility Program (IMP).
    Release date: 2024-06-26
  • 29. Retention and recruitment of young skilled minority official language speakers in Canadian provinces
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202400600002
    Description: Retaining and recruiting young skilled workers are important for any community, but perhaps even more so for communities where the main language spoken is a minority official language. This article informs the issue by calculating the share of youth who grew up in a province and eventually obtained a postsecondary education, but who left to work in another part of the country (termed “skill loss”). Likewise, the article also looks at young postsecondary graduates who entered a province to work, as a share of that province’s initial population of homegrown young postsecondary graduates (termed “skill gain”).
    Release date: 2024-06-26
  • 30. Socioeconomic profile of working-age immigrants in same-sex couples in Canada from 2000 to 2020
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202400600005
    Description: Approximately one in four individuals in Canada is currently or has been a landed immigrant or permanent resident. From 2016 to 2021, about 1.3 million new immigrants arrived in Canada and accounted for 80% of the growth in the labour force. Alongside increases in immigrants, there has been a rise in same-sex couples within Canada. This study explores select sociodemographic and economic characteristics of immigrants in same-sex couples compared with their counterparts in opposite-sex couples from 2000 to 2020.
    Release date: 2024-06-26
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  • 41. Public Service Employee Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4438
    Description: The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat and Statistics Canada are partnering to administer the 2022/2023 Public Service Employee Survey (PSES). This public service-wide survey is designed to provide information to support the continuous improvement of people management practices in the federal public service.
  • 42. Compensation Sector Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4449
    Description: The purpose of the survey is to obtain a profile of members of the compensation community in the Human Resources community of the federal public service.
  • 43. General Social Survey - Education, Work and Retirement
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4500
    Description: The two primary objectives of the General Social Survey (GSS) are: to gather data on social trends in order to monitor changes in the living conditions and well being of Canadians over time; and to provide information on specific social policy issues of current or emerging interest. This survey monitored changes in education, work and retirement, and examined the relationships between these three main activities.
  • 44. Federal Jurisdiction Workplace Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5076
    Description: The purpose of the Federal Jurisdiction Workplace Survey is to produce statistical information on the characteristics of workplaces under federal labour jurisdiction.
  • 45. Security Intelligence Review Committee Employee Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5083
    Description: The primary objective of the survey is to obtain the views of all Security Intelligence Review Committee (SIRC) employees about their workplace. The information will allow managers and employees to initiate concrete actions in the agency, and compare their results with the rest of the Public Service.
  • 46. National Energy Board Employee Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5085
    Description: The primary objective of the survey is to obtain the views of all National Energy Board (NEB) employees about their workplace. The information will allow managers and employees to initiate concrete actions in the agency, and compare their results with the rest of the Public Service.
  • 47. Canadian Food Inspection Agency Employee Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5086
    Description: The primary objective of the survey is to obtain the views of all Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) employees about their workplace. The information will allow managers and employees to initiate concrete actions in the agency, and compare their results with the rest of the Public Service.
  • 48. Canada Revenue Agency Employee Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5087
    Description: The primary objective of the survey is to obtain the views of all Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) employees about their workplace. The information will allow managers and employees to initiate concrete actions in the agency, and compare their results with the rest of the Public Service.
  • 49. Language of Work Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5134
    Description: The survey is sponsored by the Office of the Official Language Commissioner (OCOL). As part of its mandate, the OCOL reviews the use of both official languages in federal institutions. The evaluation is done for employees in a minority situation (i.e., English in Quebec and French in New Brunswick and in bilingual areas of Ontario).
  • 50. Indian Claims Commission Employee Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5139
    Description: The primary objective of the survey is to obtain the views of all Indian Claims Commission (ICC) employees about their workplace.
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