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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. Average usual hours and wages by selected characteristics, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality
    Table: 14-10-0320-02
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Average usual hours and wages of employees (full- and part-time) by age group, sex, union coverage, job permanency, and National Occupational Classification (NOC). 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: 2024-10-11
  • 2. Labour force characteristics by industry, annual
    Table: 14-10-0023-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: 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 years.
    Release date: 2024-01-05
  • 3. 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
  • 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 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
  • 6. 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
  • 7. Employment by occupation, monthly, seasonally adjusted, last 5 months
    Table: 14-10-0310-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Number of employees by National Occupational Classification (NOC), 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
  • 8. Employment by occupation, monthly, seasonally adjusted
    Table: 14-10-0310-02
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Number of employees by National Occupational Classification (NOC). 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
  • 9. Labour force characteristics by occupation, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality
    Table: 14-10-0421-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment), and unemployment rate, by National Occupational Classification (NOC) and sex, last 5 months.
    Release date: 2024-10-11
  • 10. Usual hours worked by occupation, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality
    Table: 14-10-0422-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Number of employed persons by usual hours worked, National Occupational Classification (NOC) and sex, last 5 months.
    Release date: 2024-10-11
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  • 1. Average usual hours and wages by selected characteristics, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality
    Table: 14-10-0320-02
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Average usual hours and wages of employees (full- and part-time) by age group, sex, union coverage, job permanency, and National Occupational Classification (NOC). 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: 2024-10-11
  • 2. Labour force characteristics by industry, annual
    Table: 14-10-0023-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: 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 years.
    Release date: 2024-01-05
  • 3. 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
  • 4. Employment by occupation, monthly, seasonally adjusted, last 5 months
    Table: 14-10-0310-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Number of employees by National Occupational Classification (NOC), 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
  • 5. Employment by occupation, monthly, seasonally adjusted
    Table: 14-10-0310-02
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Number of employees by National Occupational Classification (NOC). 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
  • 6. Labour force characteristics by occupation, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality
    Table: 14-10-0421-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment), and unemployment rate, by National Occupational Classification (NOC) and sex, last 5 months.
    Release date: 2024-10-11
  • 7. Usual hours worked by occupation, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality
    Table: 14-10-0422-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Number of employed persons by usual hours worked, National Occupational Classification (NOC) and sex, last 5 months.
    Release date: 2024-10-11
  • 8. Actual hours worked by occupation, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality
    Table: 14-10-0423-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Number of employed persons by actual hours worked, National Occupational Classification (NOC) and sex, last 5 months.
    Release date: 2024-10-11
  • 9. Multiple jobholders by occupation, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality
    Table: 14-10-0424-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Number of multiple jobholders by National Occupational Classification (NOC), sex and age group, last 5 months.
    Release date: 2024-10-11
  • 10. Job tenure by occupation, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality
    Table: 14-10-0425-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Number of employed persons by job tenure, National Occupational Classification (NOC) and sex, last 5 months.
    Release date: 2024-10-11
Analysis (64)

Analysis (64) (0 to 10 of 64 results)

  • 1. 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
  • 2. 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
  • 3. 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
  • 4. Women working in paid care occupations
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X202200100001
    Description:

    The care economy, which includes paid and unpaid care for children, seniors, and people with disabilities, is a fundamental component of societies. In Canada, and around the world, demographic and socioeconomic transformations, notably the aging population, are increasing the demand for care workers. This study uses data from the 2016 Census of Population and from the Labour Force Survey to examine the personal and job characteristics of workers in paid care occupations by gender. It also examines how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the employment of workers in this sector, compared to workers in all other occupations.

    Release date: 2022-01-25
  • 5. Occupations of South Asian, Chinese and Black women: Prevalence and age composition
    Articles and reports: 75-004-M2020002
    Description:

    Among the employed population, women are generally younger than men. Furthermore, there are notable differences for particular occupations, which is even more pronounced for certain groups of women. This study uses data primarily from the 2016 Census of Population to examine the prevalence and age composition of three groups of women-South Asian, Chinese and Black-across occupations of various skill levels.

    Release date: 2020-10-22
  • 6. The provision of higher- and lower-skilled immigrant labour to the Canadian economy
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202400900005
    Description: One of the goals of Canada’s immigration system is to fill labour and skills shortages. In spite of the interest in this topic, little is known regarding the actual occupations and skill levels of recent immigrants at entry and their pathways for getting there. This study fills that information gap by examining immigrants who landed in Canada in 2018 or 2019 and assessing their occupational outcomes two to three years later in May 2021.
    Release date: 2024-09-25
  • 7. Self-employment among women in Canada
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X202300100014
    Description: This study uses historical data from the Labour Force Survey, from 1976 to 2022, to provide a profile of self-employment among women in Canada; looking at changes in the self-employment rate, type of self-employment and the top occupations among the self-employed. It also uses data from the 2001 and 2021 Censuses of Population to profile self-employment among various population groups.
    Release date: 2023-12-04
  • 8. The changing nature of work in Canada amid recent advances in automation technology
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202100100004
    Description:

    In recent years, technological advancements in artificial intelligence and machine learning have broadened the realm of tasks that have the potential to be accomplished through automation technology. Consequently, these developments have raised questions about the future of work. Debate on this issue has focused primarily on the risk of job loss attributable to automation, with less attention given to how automation may change the nature of workers’ jobs. This study employs a task-based approach that shifts the focus from job replacement to changes in the nature of Canadians’ work. This approach views occupations as a set of tasks, allowing researchers to assess the effects of automation in the context of changes in occupational tasks.

    Release date: 2021-01-27
  • 9. Multiple jobholders, 1976 to 2021
    Articles and reports: 14-28-0001202000100011
    Description:

    In the publication Quality of Employment in Canada, the Multiple jobholder indicator is the number of employed persons who reported holding more than one job simultaneously during the reference week of the survey, expressed as a percentage of all employed persons.

    Release date: 2022-05-30
  • 10. Child care workers in Canada
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X202100100005
    Description:

    This study uses data from the Census of Population and the Labour Force Survey (LFS) to examine the personal and job characteristics of child care workers and how some of these characteristics have changed over time. It also studies the changes in employment among child care workers since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Release date: 2021-06-25
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Reference (3) ((3 results))

  • 1. The 2023 Revisions of the Labour Force Survey (LFS)
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 71F0031X2023001
    Description: This document introduces and describes updates to the Labour Force Survey estimates in January 2023. These updates include the transition to National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2021 as well as enhancements to the LFS data processing system.
    Release date: 2023-01-30
  • 2. The 2011 Revisions of the Labour Force Survey (LFS) Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 71F0031X2011001
    Description:

    This paper introduces and explains modifications made to the Labour Force Survey estimates in January 2011. Some of these modifications include the adjustment of all LFS estimates to reflect population counts based on the 2006 Census and updates to industry, occupation and geography classification systems.

    Release date: 2011-01-28
  • 3. The 2021 Revisions of the Labour Force Survey (LFS) Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 71F0031X2021001
    Description:

    This paper introduces and explains modifications made to the Labour Force Survey estimates in January 2021. Some of these modifications include the adjustment of all LFS estimates to reflect population counts based on the 2016 Census and includes updates to 2016 Geography classification system.

    Release date: 2021-01-25

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