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  • 41. Employment by industry, monthly, seasonally adjusted and unadjusted, and trend-cycle, last 5 months
    Table: 14-10-0355-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description:

    Number of employees by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and data type (seasonally adjusted, trend-cycle and unadjusted), 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
  • 42. Employment by industry, monthly, seasonally adjusted
    Table: 14-10-0355-02
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description:

    Number of employees 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: 2024-10-11
  • 43. Labour force characteristics by visible minority group, three-month moving averages, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality
    Table: 14-10-0373-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description:

    Labour force characteristic estimates by visible minority group, age group, and sex.

    Release date: 2024-10-11
  • 44. Labour force characteristics by visible minority group and region, three-month moving averages, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality
    Table: 14-10-0373-02
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description:

    Labour force characteristic estimates by visible minority group, region, age group, and sex.

    Release date: 2024-10-11
  • 45. Employment and unemployment rate, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality
    Table: 14-10-0374-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Number of employees and unemployment rate by population centre and rural area, sex and age group, last 5 months.
    Release date: 2024-10-11
  • 46. Employment by class of worker and industry, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality
    Table: 14-10-0376-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description:

    Number of employees by class of worker, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), and population centre and rural area, last 5 months.

    Release date: 2024-10-11
  • 47. Labour force characteristics, three-month moving average, unadjusted for seasonality
    Table: 14-10-0378-01
    Geography: Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    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 census metropolitan area, sex and age group, last 5 months.
    Release date: 2024-10-11
  • 48. Employment by industry, three-month moving average, unadjusted for seasonality
    Table: 14-10-0379-01
    Geography: Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description:

    Number of employees by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and census metropolitan area, last 5 months.

    Release date: 2024-10-11
  • 49. Labour force characteristics, three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted
    Table: 14-10-0380-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description:

    Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment), unemployment rate, participation rate and employment rate by census metropolitan area. 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
  • 50. Labour force characteristics, three month moving average, seasonally adjusted
    Table: 14-10-0380-02
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description:

    Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment), unemployment rate, participation rate and employment rate by census metropolitan area. 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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  • 1. Is AI Coming for Your Job?
    Stats in brief: 45-20-00032024006
    Description: As we begin to use these new versions of AI, our jobs are destined to change. So, what will an average day of work look like a decade from now? Which jobs will AI impact the most? And is AI coming to replace our jobs all together? In this episode, we sat down with AI expert Tahsin Mehdi, an economist in the social analysis and modeling division of Statistics Canada, to answer our questions about how AI will transform our work lives in Canada.
    Release date: 2024-10-17
  • 2. Access to managerial occupations, 2023
    Articles and reports: 14-28-0001202400100005
    Description: In the publication Quality of Employment in Canada, the Access to managerial occupations indicator is the percentage of employees who are working in a management occupation. The article focuses on demographic groups who may experience barriers in accessing these types of jobs.
    Release date: 2024-10-15
  • 3. Employment rate of mothers and fathers, 2023
    Articles and reports: 14-28-0001202400100006
    Description: In the publication Quality of Employment in Canada, the Employment rate of mothers and fathers indicator is the percentage of mothers and fathers, living with at least one child aged 17 years or younger, who are employed.
    Release date: 2024-10-15
  • 4. 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: 2024-10-15
  • 5. 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
  • 6. Changes in the population of tradespeople between 2016 and 2021
    Articles and reports: 81-595-M2024002
    Description: There has been a growing concern about future labor supply in skilled trades in Canada. Using data from the Census of Population and the Job Vacancy and Wage Survey (JVWS), this article examines changes in the number and demographic composition of tradespeople from 2016 to 2021 in Canada. Specifically, the study focuses on those employed in Red Seal trades, analyzing variations in age, gender, citizenship, and trade selection.
    Release date: 2024-09-26
  • 7. Payroll employment, earnings and hours, and job vacancies July 2024
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20242703555
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-09-26
  • 8. Study: Changes in the population of tradespeople between 2016 and 2021 and labour market outcomes of apprenticeship discontinuers
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202427038994
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-09-26
  • 9. Workforce utilization of Canadian men with a nursing education
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202400900001
    Description: Little is known about the workforce utilization of Canadian men with a nursing education, who accounted for 12% of people eligible to practise nursing in 2021 (Canadian Institute for Health Information, 2022). This article compares racialized and White men aged 25 to 64 years with a nursing education in terms of their skill utilization in the workforce.
    Release date: 2024-09-25
  • 10. Performance of women-owned businesses that patent
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202400900003
    Description: Intangible investments—investments that do not have a physical form—have been rising in importance in terms of use. From 1976 to 2016, the growth of intangible investments was faster than the growth of tangible investments. This study compares the performance of businesses owned by women (majority or equal ownership) that patent with that of majority men-owned businesses and businesses where gender of ownership cannot be assigned.
    Release date: 2024-09-25
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  • 41. Changes in Employment Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4423
    Description: 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.
  • 42. 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.
  • 43. 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.
  • 44. 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.
  • 45. 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.
  • 46. 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.
  • 47. 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.
  • 48. 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.
  • 49. 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.
  • 50. 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).
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