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  • 21. Activity prior to unemployment, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality
    Table: 14-10-0123-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Number of unemployed persons by activity prior to unemployment, sex and age group, last 5 months.
    Release date: 2024-07-05
  • 22. 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, sex and age group, last 5 months.
    Release date: 2024-07-05
  • 23. 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, sex and age group, last 5 months.
    Release date: 2024-07-05
  • 24. 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: 2024-07-05
  • 25. 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: 2024-07-05
  • 26. 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: 2024-07-05
  • 27. 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: 2024-07-05
  • 28. 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: 2024-07-05
  • 29. 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: 2024-07-05
  • 30. 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: 2024-07-05
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  • 811. A note on Canadian unemployment since 1921 Archived
    Stats in brief: 75-001-X199200387
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    An examination of trends in unemployment rate data as far back as 1921.

    Release date: 1992-09-01
  • 812. Are single industry towns diversifying? A look at fishing, mining and wood-based communities Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-001-X1992001150
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    For many towns, a single industry is the main employer. Labour force and industry changes that have been place in three types of resource-based communities since 1971 are examined

    Release date: 1992-03-03
  • 813. Literacy in the workplace [1989] Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-001-X199200141
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Employment growth in the 1980s strongly favoured workers with good literacy skills. Labour market opportunities may continue to diminish for workers with inadequate literacy skills.

    Release date: 1992-03-03
  • 814. Juggling school and work Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-001-X19920017
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    An examination of student employment rates during the school year, the amount of time spent working, and the type of work that students do.

    Release date: 1992-03-03
  • 815. Unemployment -- Occupation makes a difference Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-001-X199100486
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Throughout the boom years of the late 1980s and the recession of 1990-91, certain occupations maintained high levels of unemployment. This article examines how labour market indicators vary according to occupation.

    Release date: 1991-12-02
  • 816. Women approaching retirement Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-001-X1991003114
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Statistics show that upon retirement women now participating in the labour market might not face the same economic hardships that many female seniors previously had.

    Release date: 1991-09-05
  • 817. The labour market: Mid year review Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-001-X19910032426
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Has recovery begun? An up-to-date look at labour market developments in the first six months of 1991.

    Release date: 1991-09-05
  • 818. Visible minorities in the Canadian labour force Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-001-X1991002158
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    In 1986, visible minorities accounted for 6% of the Canadian labour force. Since then, visible minorities have accounted for an increasing share of immigration. This article profiles visible minorities in the labour market using the 1986 Census.

    Release date: 1991-05-15
  • 819. Then and now: The changing face of unemployment Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-001-X1991001152
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    In 1989, unemployed persons differed greatly from the unemployed in 1980. Not only were they older and better educated, but they were also more apt to be from Western Canada.

    Release date: 1991-03-05
  • 820. Labour force participation: An international comparison Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-001-X1990004146
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    From 1965 to 1987, in most of the seven major OECD countries, women increased their labour force participation. This and other changes over the past two decades are covered in this article.

    Release date: 1990-11-27
Reference (57)

Reference (57) (30 to 40 of 57 results)

  • 31. Help Wanted Index Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2606
    Description: The Help-wanted Index measures changes in the demand for labour relative to a base-year.
  • 32. Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2612
    Description: 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.
  • 33. Survey of Information Technology Occupations
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2939
    Description: This survey is conducted to collect statistical information on employment trends in information technology (IT) occupations.
  • 34. Employment Dynamics
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2946
    Description: 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.
  • 35. Labour Force Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3701
    Description: 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.
  • 36. Survey of Annual Work Patterns
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3801
    Description: 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.
  • 37. Survey of Work History
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3804
    Description: The purpose of the survey is to adequately assess the current state of both the labour force and the labour force market.
  • 38. Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3889
    Description: 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?
  • 39. Survey of Persons Not in the Labour Force
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4400
    Description: 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.
  • 40. 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.
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