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  • 1. Employees working overtime (weekly) by occupation, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality
    Table: 14-10-0427-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Number of employees working overtime (weekly) and average overtime hours by National Occupational Classification (NOC), sex and age group, last 5 months.
    Release date: 2024-04-05
  • 2. Study: “Sandwiched” between multiple unpaid caregiving responsibilities
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202409337749
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-04-02
  • 3. Who are the sandwich caregivers in Canada?
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024003
    Description: This infographic investigates sandwich caregiving in Canada in 2022, defined as providing care in the past 12 months to both children under 15 years old and care-dependent adults and youth over 15 years old with a long-term condition or disability. The infographic explores the prevalence of sandwich caregiving, the types of relationships involved, and the impacts of this type of caregiving.
    Release date: 2024-04-02
  • 4. “Sandwiched” between unpaid care for children and care-dependent adults: A gender-based study
    Articles and reports: 89-652-X2024002
    Description: Using data from the 2022 Canadian Social Survey Wave 6 (Well-being and caregiving), this study explores unpaid caregiving in the past 12 months for care-dependent groups (children under 15 years old or adults and youth over 15 years old with a long-term condition or disability). This paper explores: Who are the unpaid caregivers, including "sandwich" caregivers? How much unpaid care is provided and to whom? What are the impacts of this unpaid caregiving on well-being, especially the gendered differences?
    Release date: 2024-04-02
  • 5. Employees working overtime (weekly) by occupation, annual
    Table: 14-10-0412-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Number of employees working overtime (weekly) and average overtime hours by National Occupational Classification (NOC), sex and age group, last 5 years.
    Release date: 2024-01-05
  • 6. Canada's Care Economy: A Conceptual Framework
    Articles and reports: 89-652-X2023002
    Description: This report presents a conceptual framework of Canada’s care economy. This framework is based on a review of Canadian and international research on the topic as well as consultations with key stakeholders and experts. The report summarizes relevant research on the care economy, delineates the scope and boundaries for the Canadian context, and proposes key definitions of paid and unpaid care work.
    Release date: 2023-11-29
  • 7. Measuring the value of women’s contribution to the Canadian economy: New insights based on recent work
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202300200001
    Description: Women play a key role in the Canadian economy as workers and entrepreneurs, and as providers of unpaid household work. Women are important contributors to the labour market. In this article, recent Statistics Canada research that focuses on improving our estimates of women’s contribution to the economy – through both paid and unpaid work – is summarized.
    Release date: 2023-02-22
  • 8. The value of unpaid childcare and paid employment by gender: What are the impacts of the low-fee universal childcare program?
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202200700003
    Description:

    This paper presents an estimate of unpaid childcare, other unpaid household activities, and paid employment in Canadian provinces for the period from 1998 to 2015. The estimate is then used to assess the effects of the low-cost childcare program launched in Quebec in 1997 on paid employment and to examine the contribution of unpaid childcare and other unpaid household activities to wellbeing and welfare in Canada.

    Release date: 2022-07-27
  • 9. Estimating the economic value of unpaid household work in Canada, 2015 to 2019
    Articles and reports: 13-605-X202200100001
    Description:

    The following paper summarizes a study completed by the National Economic Accounts Division at Statistics Canada, and funded by Wage and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE) to estimate the value of unpaid household work from 2015 to 2019. The paper outlines the concepts, data sources, methods and the main findings of the study, highlighting the economic contribution of unpaid household work as well as inequalities in the share and value of unpaid work performed by men and women.

    Release date: 2022-03-17
  • 10. Couples’ Perceptions of the Division of Household and Child Care Tasks: Are there Differences Between Sociodemographic Groups?
    Articles and reports: 11F0019M2021003
    Description:

    The division of household labour has been the primary focus of researchers examining gender equality among couples. Most research indicates that women continue to assume the majority of housework and child care. However, there is an indication that women’s and men’s hours spent performing household labour have converged over time. Using the 2011, 2016 and 2017 waves of the General Social Survey, this study examines opposite-sex couples’ perceptions of the division of unpaid work in their household and how these perceptions vary across different sociodemographic groups.

    Release date: 2021-04-08
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Data (5) ((5 results))

  • 1. Employees working overtime (weekly) by occupation, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality
    Table: 14-10-0427-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Number of employees working overtime (weekly) and average overtime hours by National Occupational Classification (NOC), sex and age group, last 5 months.
    Release date: 2024-04-05
  • 2. Employees working overtime (weekly) by occupation, annual
    Table: 14-10-0412-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Number of employees working overtime (weekly) and average overtime hours by National Occupational Classification (NOC), sex and age group, last 5 years.
    Release date: 2024-01-05
  • 3. Daily average time in hours and proportion of day spent on unpaid domestic and care work by sex
    Table: 45-10-0014-02
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Average time spent on unpaid activities, including domestic and care work, by sex and age groups for Canada, Geographical region of Canada, province or territory.

    Release date: 2019-04-03
  • 4. General Social Survey, Cycle 24: Time Stress and Well-Being, 2010: Public Use Microdata Files
    Public use microdata: 12M0024X
    Description:

    This package was designed to enable users to access and manipulate the microdata file for Cycle 24 (2010) of the General Social Survey (GSS). It contains information on the objectives, methodology and estimation procedures, as well as guidelines for releasing estimates based on the survey.

    Cycle 24 collected data from persons 15 years and over living in private households in Canada, excluding residents of the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut; and full-time residents of institutions.

    The purpose of this survey is to better understand how Canadians spent their time. Time use estimates can be produced based on information reported in the time use diary portion of the survey. This diary provides a detailed record of participation in a wide variety of daily activities, as well as the time devoted to them, where these activities took place, and the social relationships of the respondent. Also, for the first time, the 2010 GSS collected information on simultaneous activities, i.e. those that are performed at the same time as a primary activity. The questionnaire collected additional information on perceptions of time, time spent doing unpaid work, well-being, paid work and education, cultural and sports activities, transportation, and numerous socio economic characteristics.

    Cycle 24 is the fifth cycle of the GSS dedicated to collecting data on time use. Previous cycles had been conducted in 1986, 1992, 1998 and 2005. Cycle 24 includes most of the content from previous cycles as well as new content, added to reflect the society's emerging issues.

    Release date: 2011-12-15
  • 5. 2008 General Social Survey: Selected Tables on Social Engagement
    Table: 89-640-X
    Description:

    This publication contains tables on civic and political participation, sense of belonging to Canada, and unpaid work. The source of the data is the 2008 General Social Survey, Cycle 22: Social Networks. This cycle collected information on changes respondents had experienced in the last 12 months, the resources they used during these transitions and unmet needs for help. Questions were also asked on contact with family and friends, volunteering and trust in people and institutions.

    Release date: 2009-06-26
Analysis (8)

Analysis (8) ((8 results))

  • 1. Study: “Sandwiched” between multiple unpaid caregiving responsibilities
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202409337749
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-04-02
  • 2. Who are the sandwich caregivers in Canada?
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024003
    Description: This infographic investigates sandwich caregiving in Canada in 2022, defined as providing care in the past 12 months to both children under 15 years old and care-dependent adults and youth over 15 years old with a long-term condition or disability. The infographic explores the prevalence of sandwich caregiving, the types of relationships involved, and the impacts of this type of caregiving.
    Release date: 2024-04-02
  • 3. “Sandwiched” between unpaid care for children and care-dependent adults: A gender-based study
    Articles and reports: 89-652-X2024002
    Description: Using data from the 2022 Canadian Social Survey Wave 6 (Well-being and caregiving), this study explores unpaid caregiving in the past 12 months for care-dependent groups (children under 15 years old or adults and youth over 15 years old with a long-term condition or disability). This paper explores: Who are the unpaid caregivers, including "sandwich" caregivers? How much unpaid care is provided and to whom? What are the impacts of this unpaid caregiving on well-being, especially the gendered differences?
    Release date: 2024-04-02
  • 4. Canada's Care Economy: A Conceptual Framework
    Articles and reports: 89-652-X2023002
    Description: This report presents a conceptual framework of Canada’s care economy. This framework is based on a review of Canadian and international research on the topic as well as consultations with key stakeholders and experts. The report summarizes relevant research on the care economy, delineates the scope and boundaries for the Canadian context, and proposes key definitions of paid and unpaid care work.
    Release date: 2023-11-29
  • 5. Measuring the value of women’s contribution to the Canadian economy: New insights based on recent work
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202300200001
    Description: Women play a key role in the Canadian economy as workers and entrepreneurs, and as providers of unpaid household work. Women are important contributors to the labour market. In this article, recent Statistics Canada research that focuses on improving our estimates of women’s contribution to the economy – through both paid and unpaid work – is summarized.
    Release date: 2023-02-22
  • 6. The value of unpaid childcare and paid employment by gender: What are the impacts of the low-fee universal childcare program?
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202200700003
    Description:

    This paper presents an estimate of unpaid childcare, other unpaid household activities, and paid employment in Canadian provinces for the period from 1998 to 2015. The estimate is then used to assess the effects of the low-cost childcare program launched in Quebec in 1997 on paid employment and to examine the contribution of unpaid childcare and other unpaid household activities to wellbeing and welfare in Canada.

    Release date: 2022-07-27
  • 7. Estimating the economic value of unpaid household work in Canada, 2015 to 2019
    Articles and reports: 13-605-X202200100001
    Description:

    The following paper summarizes a study completed by the National Economic Accounts Division at Statistics Canada, and funded by Wage and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE) to estimate the value of unpaid household work from 2015 to 2019. The paper outlines the concepts, data sources, methods and the main findings of the study, highlighting the economic contribution of unpaid household work as well as inequalities in the share and value of unpaid work performed by men and women.

    Release date: 2022-03-17
  • 8. Couples’ Perceptions of the Division of Household and Child Care Tasks: Are there Differences Between Sociodemographic Groups?
    Articles and reports: 11F0019M2021003
    Description:

    The division of household labour has been the primary focus of researchers examining gender equality among couples. Most research indicates that women continue to assume the majority of housework and child care. However, there is an indication that women’s and men’s hours spent performing household labour have converged over time. Using the 2011, 2016 and 2017 waves of the General Social Survey, this study examines opposite-sex couples’ perceptions of the division of unpaid work in their household and how these perceptions vary across different sociodemographic groups.

    Release date: 2021-04-08
Reference (3)

Reference (3) ((3 results))

  • 1. Survey of Volunteer Workers
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3806
    Description: The purpose of the survey was to basic information on volunteer workers in general, rather than focusing on the characteristics, activities, or motivations of any particular group of volunteer workers.
  • 2. Survey of Volunteer Activity
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3865
    Description: The objectives of this survey are to provide information on the activities of volunteers and the organizational settings in which they work.
  • 3. General Social Survey - Giving, Volunteering and Participating
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4430
    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.
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