Labour Force Survey

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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. Employee wages by job permanency and union coverage, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality
    Table: 14-10-0065-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Average hourly and weekly wage rate, and median hourly and weekly wage rate by permanent and temporary employees, union coverage, sex, and age group, last 5 months.
    Release date: 2024-10-11
  • 3. Job permanency (permanent and temporary) by industry, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality
    Table: 14-10-0071-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Number of permanent and temporary employees by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), sex and age group, last 5 months.
    Release date: 2024-10-11
  • 4. Employee wages by job permanency and union coverage, annual
    Table: 14-10-0066-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Average hourly and weekly wage rate, and median hourly and weekly wage rate by permanent and temporary employees, union coverage, sex, and age group, last 5 years.
    Release date: 2024-01-05
  • 5. Job permanency (permanent and temporary) by industry, annual
    Table: 14-10-0072-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Number of permanent and temporary employees by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), sex and age group, last 5 years.
    Release date: 2024-01-05
  • 6. Work absence of full-time employees by job permanency, annual
    Table: 14-10-0199-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Number of days lost per full-time employee in a year, by job permanency and sex, last 5 years.
    Release date: 2024-01-05
  • 7. Canadian labour force: What will happen once baby boomers retire?
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X202400100005
    Description: This study uses various demographic scenarios to examine the effects of different immigration levels and labour force participation rates on the size and composition of the Canadian labour force to 2041. These scenarios take into account the targets of the 2024–2026 Immigration Levels Plan, published in November 2023 by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, as well as recent demographic developments, such as those related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the increase in the number of permanent and temporary immigrants admitted to Canada in 2022 and 2023.
    Release date: 2024-08-06
  • 8. Average usual hours and wages by selected characteristics, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality, last 5 months
    Table: 14-10-0320-01
    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), last 5 months.
    Release date: 2024-10-11
  • 9. 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
  • 10. Union status by establishment size
    Table: 14-10-0133-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Number of full- and part-time employees by union status, establishment size, job tenure, and job permanency, last 5 years.
    Release date: 2024-01-05
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  • 1. Canadian labour force: What will happen once baby boomers retire?
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X202400100005
    Description: This study uses various demographic scenarios to examine the effects of different immigration levels and labour force participation rates on the size and composition of the Canadian labour force to 2041. These scenarios take into account the targets of the 2024–2026 Immigration Levels Plan, published in November 2023 by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, as well as recent demographic developments, such as those related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the increase in the number of permanent and temporary immigrants admitted to Canada in 2022 and 2023.
    Release date: 2024-08-06
  • 2. 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
  • 3. Employment by choice and necessity among Canadian-born and immigrant seniors
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202400400002
    Description: Many seniors work past their mid-60s for various reasons. Some find it necessary to keep working because of inadequate retirement savings, mortgage payments, unforeseen expenses, or the responsibility to support children and other family members in Canada or abroad. Others choose to work to provide a sense of personal fulfillment, stay active and remain engaged. This article uses data from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) and examines the degree to which Canadian-born and immigrant seniors aged 65 to 74 worked by choice or necessity in 2022.
    Release date: 2024-04-24
  • 4. Interpreting population totals from the Labour Force Survey
    Articles and reports: 75-005-M2024004
    Description: This article provides information about population totals in the Labour Force Survey (LFS), including details on who is included in the survey target population, and a description of the methodology used to produce monthly population totals in the LFS. The note also provides guidance on how to interpret population statistics in the LFS, and discusses the extent to which the LFS can be used to examine disaggregated labour market indicators for new immigrants and non-permanent residents.
    Release date: 2024-09-20
  • 5. Economic and Social Reports, November 2023
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202332631084
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2023-11-22
  • 6. Involuntary part-time work, 1997 to 2022
    Articles and reports: 14-28-0001202300100002
    Description: In the publication Quality of Employment in Canada, the Involuntary part-time work rate indicator is the number of persons whose reason for working part-time in their main job is business conditions or could not find work with 30 or more hours, expressed as a percentage of the total number of persons working part-time at their main job.
    Release date: 2023-06-13
  • 7. 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
  • 8. 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
  • 9. Earnings of temporary versus permanent employees Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-001-X200510113135
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This study looks at the wage gap between temporary and permanent employees over the 1997 to 2003 period. The comparison is made according to type of temporary employment, since the characteristics of employees vary greatly according to whether they are term or contract, seasonal, casual, or from a temporary agency. Also addressed is the economic vulnerability of temporary workers: Does the wage gap persist when hours worked, earnings of other household members, and number of dependants are considered?

    Release date: 2005-03-23
  • 10. Temporary employment in the downturn Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-001-X201011113260
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This article tracks trends in temporary employment since the Labour Force Survey (LFS) began measuring it from 1997 to 2009 with particular attention to the recent economic downturn. It also examines the earnings gap between temporary and permanent positions and looks at whether that gap changed during the recent employment slowdown.

    Release date: 2010-12-20
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