Employment and unemployment
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$1,232.444.5%(12-month change)
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20,401,000-0.0%(monthly change)
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6.1%0.3 pts(monthly change)
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224,328 jobs
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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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- Table: 14-10-0084-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Number of immigrants in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and not in the labour force, unemployment rate, participation rate, and employment rate, by sex, age group and immigrant status, last 5 months.Release date: 2024-04-05
- Table: 14-10-0086-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Number of immigrants in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and not in the labour force, unemployment rate, participation rate, and employment rate, by educational attainment, immigrant status, sex, and age group, last 5 months.Release date: 2024-04-05
- Table: 14-10-0088-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Number of immigrants in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and not in the labour force, unemployment rate, participation rate, and employment rate, by country of birth, immigrant status, sex, and age group, last 5 months.Release date: 2024-04-05
- Table: 14-10-0117-01Geography: 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 degree, sex and age group, last 5 months.Release date: 2024-04-05
- Table: 14-10-0123-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Number of unemployed persons by activity prior to unemployment, sex and age group, last 5 months.Release date: 2024-04-05
- Table: 14-10-0125-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription: 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: 2024-04-05
- Table: 14-10-0127-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription: Number of persons not in the labour force by reason for not looking for work, sex and age group, last 5 months.Release date: 2024-04-05
- Table: 14-10-0286-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: MonthlyDescription:
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: 2024-04-05 - Table: 14-10-0286-02Geography: 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 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: 2024-04-05 - Table: 14-10-0286-03Geography: 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 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: 2024-04-05
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- 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: 2024-04-25 - Data Visualization: 14-20-00012018001Description:
This interactive visualization application provides a comprehensive picture of the Canadian labour market using the most recent Labour Force Survey data available. The estimates are seasonally adjusted and available by province, sex, age group and industry. Historical estimates, going back 5 years, are also included for monthly employment changes and unemployment rates. The interactive application allows users to quickly and easily explore and personalize the information presented. Combine multiple provinces, sexes and age groups to create your own labour market domains of interest.
Release date: 2024-04-05 - Data Visualization: 71-607-X2017001Description: 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: 2024-04-05
- Data Visualization: 71-607-X2017002Description: 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: 2024-04-05
- Public use microdata: 71M0001XDescription: This public use microdata file (PUMF) contains non-aggregated data for a wide variety of variables collected from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). The LFS collects monthly information on the labour market activities of Canada's working age population. This product is for users who prefer to do their own analysis by focusing on specific subgroups in the population or by cross-classifying variables that are not in our catalogued products.
Monthly files are available back to 2006 and can be directly downloaded. For reference periods prior to 2006, files are available by request through Statistics Canada's Electronic File Transfer (EFT) service and date back to 1976.
Release date: 2024-04-05 - 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: 2024-04-05
- 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: 2024-04-05
- 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: 2024-04-05
- 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: 2024-04-05
- 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: 2024-04-05
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- 61. Reasons for working at 60 and beyond ArchivedArticles and reports: 71-222-X2018003Description:
Using data from the Labour Force Survey, this analysis provides new information on the labour force participation of older Canadians, defined in this analysis as persons aged 60 years and older, by shedding light on the reasons why they were working.
Release date: 2018-12-14 - 62. Export-dependent employment in Canada, 2017 ArchivedStats in brief: 11-627-M2018037Description:
This infographic looks at individuals that were employed in an export-dependent industry in Canada, including their average age, earnings and education. It also looks at the share of export-dependent employment by province.
Release date: 2018-11-20 - 63. Students in the labour market: After the recession ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-004-M2018002Description:
This article reports on recent labour market trends for full-time students aged 15 to 24 since the 2008-2009 recession. The analysis is based on data from Statistics Canada's Labour Force Survey.
Release date: 2018-09-14 - Articles and reports: 71-222-X2018001Description:
This publication reviews broad trends and noteworthy topics in the Canadian labour market over the first six months of 2018. The text is structured around 12 graphs designed to highlight recent and long-standing phenomenon which are not usually addressed in regular publications. The analysis is based on data from the Labour Force Survey (LFS); the Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours (SEPH); and the Job Vacancy and Wage Survey (JVWS).
Release date: 2018-08-31 - Articles and reports: 75-006-X201800154976Description:
Using data from the Canadian Vital Statistics Birth Database and from the Labour Force Survey (LFS), this study examines the relationship between fertility rates and labour force participation among women aged 15 to 44 in Ontario and in Quebec between 1996 and 2016, two provinces that followed different paths with respect to parental leave benefits and affordable child care over the past two decades.
Release date: 2018-07-18 - 66. Study: Fertility rates and labour force participation among women in Quebec and Ontario 1996 to 2016 ArchivedStats in brief: 11-001-X201819919023Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2018-07-18
- 67. Study: Recent changes in the composition of minimum wage workers first quarter of 2017 to first quarter of 2018 ArchivedStats in brief: 11-001-X201816418845Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2018-06-13
- 68. Employment Rates and Wages of Core-aged Workers in Canada and the United States, 2000 to 2017 ArchivedArticles and reports: 11-626-X2018082Description:
The Canadian and U.S. labour markets have experienced a number of economic shocks since the early 2000s. This Economic Insights article assesses how employment rates and wages of persons aged 25 to 54 evolved in Canada and the United States from 2000 to 2017. The analysis is based on data from Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey (LFS), and on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Current Population Survey (CPS).
Release date: 2018-06-04 - 69. A Canada-U.S. Comparison of Employment and Wages ArchivedStats in brief: 11-627-M2018013Description:
This infographic provides information on the employment rates and wages of Canadian and American workers aged 25 to 54 who did not have a bachelor’s degree or a higher level of education in 2017.
Release date: 2018-06-04 - 70. Study: Employment rates and wages of core-aged workers in Canada and the United States 2000 to 2017 ArchivedStats in brief: 11-001-X201815517362Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2018-06-04
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- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 71F0031XDescription:
This paper introduces and explains modifications made to the Labour Force Survey estimates.
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