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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.

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  • 1. Labour force characteristics of immigrants by educational attainment, annual
    Table: 14-10-0087-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: 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 years.
    Release date: 2024-01-05
  • 2. Percentage of 15-to 29-year-olds in education and not in education by labour force status, highest level of education attained, age group and sex
    Table: 37-10-0196-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: The share of young people who are not in employment, education, or training (NEET), as a percentage of the total number of young people in the corresponding age group, by gender.
    Release date: 2024-10-22
  • 3. Employment rates of 25-to 64-year-olds, by highest level of education attained, age group and sex
    Table: 37-10-0197-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Data highlights the relationship between educational attainment and the labour market by examining employment rates by age group and sex for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Canada, provinces and territories. The data come from the Labour Force Survey.
    Release date: 2024-10-22
  • 4. Labour force characteristics of immigrants by educational attainment, three-month moving average, unadjusted for seasonality
    Table: 14-10-0086-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: 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: 2024-11-08
  • 5. Educational attainment of the population aged 25 to 64, by age group and sex, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Canada, provinces and territories
    Table: 37-10-0130-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Educational attainment of the population aged 25 to 64, by age group and sex, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Canada, provinces and territories. This table is included in Section D: Postsecondary education: Educational attainment of the population aged 25 to 64 of the Pan Canadian Education Indicators Program (PCEIP). PCEIP draws from a wide variety of data sources to provide information on the school-age population, elementary, secondary and postsecondary education, transitions, education finance and labour market outcomes. The program presents indicators for all of Canada, the provinces, the territories, as well as selected international comparisons and comparisons over time. PCEIP is an ongoing initiative of the Canadian Education Statistics Council, a partnership between Statistics Canada and the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada that provides a set of statistical measures on education systems in Canada.
    Release date: 2024-10-22
  • 6. Unemployment rates of population aged 15 and over, total and with Indigenous identity, by educational attainment, Canada
    Table: 14-10-0361-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Unemployment rates of population aged 15 and over, by educational attainment, Canada. This table is included in Section E: Transitions and outcomes: Labour market outcomes of the Pan Canadian Education Indicators Program (PCEIP). PCEIP draws from a wide variety of data sources to provide information on the school-age population, elementary, secondary and postsecondary education, transitions, and labour market outcomes. The program presents indicators for all of Canada, the provinces, the territories, as well as selected international comparisons and comparisons over time. PCEIP is an ongoing initiative of the Canadian Education Statistics Council, a partnership between Statistics Canada and the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada that provides a set of statistical measures on education systems in Canada.
    Release date: 2024-03-28
  • 7. Unemployment rates of 25- to 29-year-olds, by educational attainment, Canada and provinces
    Table: 14-10-0362-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Unemployment rates of 25- to 29-year-olds, by educational attainment, Canada and jurisdictions. This table is included in Section E: Transitions and outcomes: Labour market outcomes of the Pan Canadian Education Indicators Program (PCEIP). PCEIP draws from a wide variety of data sources to provide information on the school-age population, elementary, secondary and postsecondary education, transitions, and labour market outcomes. The program presents indicators for all of Canada, the provinces, the territories, as well as selected international comparisons and comparisons over time. PCEIP is an ongoing initiative of the Canadian Education Statistics Council, a partnership between Statistics Canada and the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada that provides a set of statistical measures on education systems in Canada.
    Release date: 2024-03-28
  • 8. Labour force characteristics by educational attainment, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality
    Table: 14-10-0019-01
    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 educational attainment, sex and age group, last 5 months.
    Release date: 2024-11-08
  • 9. Education Indicators in Canada: Handbook for the Report of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 81-582-G
    Description: This handbook complements the tables of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program (PCEIP). It is a guide that provides general descriptions for each indicator and indicator component. PCEIP has five broad indicator sets: a portrait of the school-age population; financing education systems; elementary and secondary education; postsecondary education; and transitions and outcomes.

    The Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program (PCEIP) is a joint venture of Statistics Canada and the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada.

    Release date: 2024-03-28
  • 10. Educational attainment in the population aged 25 to 64, off-reserve Indigenous, non-Indigenous and total population
    Table: 37-10-0117-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Educational attainment in the population aged 25 to 64, off-reserve Indigenous, non-Indigenous and total population, Canada and jurisdictions. This table is included in Section D: Postsecondary education: Educational attainment of the population aged 25 to 64 of the Pan Canadian Education Indicators Program (PCEIP). PCEIP draws from a wide variety of data sources to provide information on the school-age population, elementary, secondary and postsecondary education, transitions, and labour market outcomes. The program presents indicators for all of Canada, the provinces, the territories, as well as selected international comparisons and comparisons over time. PCEIP is an ongoing initiative of the Canadian Education Statistics Council, a partnership between Statistics Canada and the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada that provides a set of statistical measures on education systems in Canada.
    Release date: 2024-03-28
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  • 1. Labour force characteristics of immigrants by educational attainment, annual
    Table: 14-10-0087-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: 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 years.
    Release date: 2024-01-05
  • 2. Percentage of 15-to 29-year-olds in education and not in education by labour force status, highest level of education attained, age group and sex
    Table: 37-10-0196-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: The share of young people who are not in employment, education, or training (NEET), as a percentage of the total number of young people in the corresponding age group, by gender.
    Release date: 2024-10-22
  • 3. Employment rates of 25-to 64-year-olds, by highest level of education attained, age group and sex
    Table: 37-10-0197-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Data highlights the relationship between educational attainment and the labour market by examining employment rates by age group and sex for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Canada, provinces and territories. The data come from the Labour Force Survey.
    Release date: 2024-10-22
  • 4. Labour force characteristics of immigrants by educational attainment, three-month moving average, unadjusted for seasonality
    Table: 14-10-0086-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: 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: 2024-11-08
  • 5. Educational attainment of the population aged 25 to 64, by age group and sex, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Canada, provinces and territories
    Table: 37-10-0130-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Educational attainment of the population aged 25 to 64, by age group and sex, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Canada, provinces and territories. This table is included in Section D: Postsecondary education: Educational attainment of the population aged 25 to 64 of the Pan Canadian Education Indicators Program (PCEIP). PCEIP draws from a wide variety of data sources to provide information on the school-age population, elementary, secondary and postsecondary education, transitions, education finance and labour market outcomes. The program presents indicators for all of Canada, the provinces, the territories, as well as selected international comparisons and comparisons over time. PCEIP is an ongoing initiative of the Canadian Education Statistics Council, a partnership between Statistics Canada and the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada that provides a set of statistical measures on education systems in Canada.
    Release date: 2024-10-22
  • 6. Unemployment rates of population aged 15 and over, total and with Indigenous identity, by educational attainment, Canada
    Table: 14-10-0361-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Unemployment rates of population aged 15 and over, by educational attainment, Canada. This table is included in Section E: Transitions and outcomes: Labour market outcomes of the Pan Canadian Education Indicators Program (PCEIP). PCEIP draws from a wide variety of data sources to provide information on the school-age population, elementary, secondary and postsecondary education, transitions, and labour market outcomes. The program presents indicators for all of Canada, the provinces, the territories, as well as selected international comparisons and comparisons over time. PCEIP is an ongoing initiative of the Canadian Education Statistics Council, a partnership between Statistics Canada and the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada that provides a set of statistical measures on education systems in Canada.
    Release date: 2024-03-28
  • 7. Unemployment rates of 25- to 29-year-olds, by educational attainment, Canada and provinces
    Table: 14-10-0362-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Unemployment rates of 25- to 29-year-olds, by educational attainment, Canada and jurisdictions. This table is included in Section E: Transitions and outcomes: Labour market outcomes of the Pan Canadian Education Indicators Program (PCEIP). PCEIP draws from a wide variety of data sources to provide information on the school-age population, elementary, secondary and postsecondary education, transitions, and labour market outcomes. The program presents indicators for all of Canada, the provinces, the territories, as well as selected international comparisons and comparisons over time. PCEIP is an ongoing initiative of the Canadian Education Statistics Council, a partnership between Statistics Canada and the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada that provides a set of statistical measures on education systems in Canada.
    Release date: 2024-03-28
  • 8. Labour force characteristics by educational attainment, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality
    Table: 14-10-0019-01
    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 educational attainment, sex and age group, last 5 months.
    Release date: 2024-11-08
  • 9. Educational attainment in the population aged 25 to 64, off-reserve Indigenous, non-Indigenous and total population
    Table: 37-10-0117-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Educational attainment in the population aged 25 to 64, off-reserve Indigenous, non-Indigenous and total population, Canada and jurisdictions. This table is included in Section D: Postsecondary education: Educational attainment of the population aged 25 to 64 of the Pan Canadian Education Indicators Program (PCEIP). PCEIP draws from a wide variety of data sources to provide information on the school-age population, elementary, secondary and postsecondary education, transitions, and labour market outcomes. The program presents indicators for all of Canada, the provinces, the territories, as well as selected international comparisons and comparisons over time. PCEIP is an ongoing initiative of the Canadian Education Statistics Council, a partnership between Statistics Canada and the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada that provides a set of statistical measures on education systems in Canada.
    Release date: 2024-03-28
  • 10. Labour force characteristics by Indigenous group and educational attainment
    Table: 14-10-0359-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    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 Indigenous and Non-Indigenous population, educational attainment and age group, last 5 years.

    Release date: 2024-01-05
Analysis (28)

Analysis (28) (0 to 10 of 28 results)

  • 1. Labour Statistics at a Glance
    Journals and periodicals: 71-222-X
    Description: Labour Statistics at a Glance features short analytical articles on specific topics of interest related to Canada's labour market. The studies examine recent or historical trends using data produced by the Centre for Labour Market Information, i.e., the Labour Force Survey, the Survey of Employment Payrolls and Hours, the Job Vacancy and Wage Survey, the Employment Insurance Coverage Survey and the Employment Insurance Statistics Program.
    Release date: 2024-06-13
  • 2. A timeline of women in Canada's history
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024038
    Description: To commemorate Women's History Month, this infographic uses data from a number of Statistics Canada sources to highlight some of the achievements of women in Canada (e.g., educational attainment, representation in certain occupations and in leadership positions).
    Release date: 2024-10-01
  • 3. Labour market characteristics of persons with and without disabilities, 2023
    Articles and reports: 71-222-X2024002
    Description: This article examines trends in rates of employment and unemployment, as well as hourly wages and work hours, for the year 2023, and explores how disability intersects with age, sex, educational attainment, and racialized groups to influence labour market outcomes.
    Release date: 2024-06-13
  • 4. Employment rate of mothers and fathers, 1976 to 2021
    Articles and reports: 14-28-0001202000100012
    Description:

    In the publication Quality of Employment in Canada, the Employment rate of mothers and fathers indicator is the percentage of mothers and fathers who are in employment.

    Release date: 2022-05-30
  • 5. Economic Downturn and Educational Attainment Archived
    Stats in brief: 81-599-X2012009
    Description:

    This fact sheet offers some insight into the relationship between education and labour market outcomes between 2008 and 2011, based on data from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). By providing a brief overview of the impact of economic changes on individuals with different levels of educational attainment, the groups of individuals which have been most affected by the economic downturn and which have benefitted most from the recovery can be identified.

    Release date: 2012-06-21
  • 6. Educational Attainment and Employment: Canada in an International Context Archived
    Stats in brief: 81-599-X2012008
    Description:

    This fact sheet uses information from Education at a Glance 2011: OECD Indicators, a recent OECD report, as a springboard for a description of educational attainment and employment rates in Canada and its provinces and territories. The aim is to develop a better picture by disaggregating overall employment rates across Canada to look at the impact of individuals' tertiary education credentials on employment rates compared with the rates for those with less than high school education.

    Release date: 2012-02-23
  • 7. Women and Education: Qualifications, Skills and Technology Archived
    Articles and reports: 89-503-X201500114640
    Description:

    Women have become increasingly well-educated, and today their share in the Canadian labour market is larger than ever. This chapter of Women in Canada examines women’s educational experiences, with a focus on STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics and computer science) education and skills. Topics include a profile of women’s education in Canada, the skills of young girls and women, field-of-study patterns at the postsecondary level, and labour market outcomes, including earnings.

    Release date: 2016-07-06
  • 8. The Canadian Immigrant Labour Market in 2007: Analysis by Region of Postsecondary Education Archived
    Articles and reports: 71-606-X2008004
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This series of analytical reports provides an overview of the Canadian labour market experiences of immigrants to Canada, based on data from the Labour Force Survey. These reports examine the labour force characteristics of immigrants, by reporting on employment and unemployment at the Canada level, for the provinces and large metropolitan areas. They also provide more detailed analysis by region of birth, as well as in-depth analysis of other specific aspects of the immigrant labour market.

    This is the fourth report in the series. The first two reports analyzed the 2006 labour market experiences of immigrants (a general overview and one specific to country of birth). The third report updated many of these characteristics using 2007 Labour Force Survey data now available. In this fourth report, the focus is on the 2007 labour market experiences of immigrants with postsecondary education, with an analysis by country where the highest level of education was obtained.

    Release date: 2008-07-18
  • 9. Aboriginal Peoples Living Off-reserve in Western Canada: Estimates from the Labour Force Survey Archived
    Journals and periodicals: 71-587-X
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Description:

    This paper provides information on Aboriginal employment and unemployment, Aboriginal youths and the impact of education on labour market performance in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. Annual average data from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) on off-reserve Aboriginal peoples from April 2004 to March 2005 are used.

    Release date: 2005-06-13
  • 10. The transition from school to work: the NEET (not in employment, education or training) indicator for 20- to 24-year-olds in Canada Archived
    Articles and reports: 81-599-X2019001
    Description:

    This fact sheet provides a portrait of young Canadians aged 20 to 24 years old, who were not in education, employment or training (NEET) in 2018/2019. It explores in-depth gender-based differences, the effect of these young Canadians’ highest level of education, as well as the impact of immigration and aboriginal identity. It also gives international and interprovincial comparisons.

    Release date: 2019-07-05
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  • 1. Education Indicators in Canada: Handbook for the Report of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 81-582-G
    Description: This handbook complements the tables of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program (PCEIP). It is a guide that provides general descriptions for each indicator and indicator component. PCEIP has five broad indicator sets: a portrait of the school-age population; financing education systems; elementary and secondary education; postsecondary education; and transitions and outcomes.

    The Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program (PCEIP) is a joint venture of Statistics Canada and the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada.

    Release date: 2024-03-28

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