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31. Changes in the occupational profile of young men and women in Canada Archived
Articles and reports: 75-006-X201400111915
Geography: Canada
Description:
Between 1991 and 2011, the proportion of employed people aged 25 to 34 with a university degree rose from 19% to 40% among women, and from 17% to 27% among men. Given the increase in the proportion of university graduates, did the occupational profile of young workers change over the period? This article examines long-term changes in the occupation profiles of young men and women, for both those who did and did not have a university degree. Changes in the share of women employed in these occupations are also examined.
Release date: 2014-04-02
32. Overqualification among recent university graduates in Canada Archived
Articles and reports: 75-006-X201400111916
Geography: Canada
Description:
Between 1991 and 2011, the share of young people with a university degree increased significantly, as did the share of young workers employed in professional occupations. Nevertheless, many young university degree holders could still be considered 'overqualified'-working in occupations requiring lower levels of education. In this article, changes in overqualification among young graduates are examined over the period from 1991 to 2011.
Release date: 2014-04-02
33. Understanding public-private sector differences in work absences Archived
Articles and reports: 75-006-X201300111862
Geography: Canada
Description:
Absences from work can be expressed in terms of days lost per year, on the basis of Labour Force Survey data. In this In Brief, the new data on work absences for 2012 are introduced, and the differences between private and public sector employees' absences are examined in more detail.
Release date: 2013-09-19
34. What has changed for young people in Canada? Archived
Articles and reports: 75-006-X201300111847
Geography: Canada
Description:
The social and economic well-being of young people currently generates a lot of interest. Are young people different from previous generations? Do they experience more difficulties in the labour market? Are some doing better than others?
Release date: 2013-07-04
35. Employment changes across industries during the downturn and recovery Archived
Articles and reports: 75-006-X201300111775
Geography: Canada
Description:
This study examines employment variations across industries during the recent labour market downturn and subsequent recovery, and examines the sectors that have been drivers of job growth since employment returned to pre-downturn levels.
Release date: 2013-04-04
36. Household debt in Canada Archived
Articles and reports: 75-001-X201200211636
Geography: Canada
Description:
This article uses data from the 2009 Canadian Financial Capability Survey to study various aspects of household debt. It examines the characteristics of borrowers and the types of households that are more likely to carry debt. The paper also looks at the association between financial knowledge and the amount of debt held, using multivariate techniques.
Release date: 2012-03-23
37. Labour Force Survey: 2011 year-end review Archived
Articles and reports: 75-001-X201200211639
Geography: Canada
Description:
This article provides an overview of labour market trends in 2011, focusing on changes between December 2010 and December 2011.
Release date: 2012-03-23
38. Factors associated with voting Archived
Articles and reports: 75-001-X201200111629
Geography: Canada
Description:
This article investigates the factors associated with voting during the May 2011 federal election. Voting rates are examined across personal, family and labour market characteristics. Multivariate techniques are used to account for many of the characteristics associated with voting. The study is based on several supplemental questions, commissioned by Elections Canada, that were added to the May Labour Force Survey. Voting trends and international comparisons, based on administrative data, are also presented.
Release date: 2012-02-24
39. Unionization [2011] Archived
Articles and reports: 75-001-X201100411579
Description:
This update provides unionization rates for 2010 and the first half of 2011. It also includes data on earnings, wage settlements, inflation, and strikes and lockouts.
Release date: 2011-10-26
40. The financial well-being of the self-employed Archived
Articles and reports: 75-001-X201100411535
Geography: Canada
Description:
About 1 in 6 Canadian workers is self-employed. Does taking on the responsibility of a business result in greater earning potential? More wealth? Affect spending patterns? This paper uses a variety of data sources to examine how the self-employed differ from paid employees in income level and dispersion, wealth, retirement preparation and spending.
Release date: 2011-09-23

Stats in brief (8)

Stats in brief (8) ((8 results))

1. Food insecurity among Canadian families: Which families are the most vulnerable?
Stats in brief: 11-627-M2023060
Description: This infographic uses data from the from the 2021 Canadian Income Survey to examine food insecurity, offering insight into families most at risk for food insecurity.
Release date: 2023-11-14
2. Expected changes in spending habits during the recovery period Archived
Stats in brief: 45-28-0001202000100060
Description:
This article examines the expected changes in spending habits of Canadians after stores and businesses start re-opening and how these changes are associated with various demographic characteristics. It uses data from the third iteration (June 15, 2020 to June 21, 2020) of Statistics Canada's new Canadian Perspectives Survey Series (CPSS).
Release date: 2020-07-22
3. Concerns and precautions taken in the Canadian North during the pandemic Archived
Stats in brief: 45-28-0001202000100048
Description:
The study examines the precautions and concerns of participants who responded to a crowdsourcing initiative between April 3 and April 25 and who reported that they were living in the Canadian North. Results are presented separately for Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.
Release date: 2020-07-06
4. Differences in the concerns of Canadians with respect to the COVID-19 pandemic Archived
Stats in brief: 45-28-0001202000100019
Description:
Between April 3 and April 25, approximately a quarter of a million people answered a questionnaire on how the COVID-19 pandemic was affecting their lives, based on a new method of data collection called crowdsourcing. This study examines how the concerns and attitudes of participants changed over time by comparing the answers provided by participants in the first week of data collection to the answers of those who answered in the second and third week of data collection.
Release date: 2020-05-13
5. The social and economic concerns of immigrants during the COVID-19 pandemic
Stats in brief: 45-28-0001202000100012
Description:
In 2016, at the time of the most recent census, immigrants represented 21.9% of the overall Canadian population. Because people born outside Canada have different life experiences than those who are born in Canada, their social and economic concerns may be different from those of Canadian-born individuals. This release examines the social and economic experiences of immigrants during the COVID-19 pandemic, using a new web panel survey that was conducted two weeks after the pandemic began.

Release date: 2020-05-01
6. What do we know about homeownership and mortgage debt in Canada? Archived
Stats in brief: 11-627-M2019054
Description:
A dream of many Canadians is to someday own their own home. Canadians work hard to achieve this goal and most take on debt for that reason. Using data from the Survey on Financial Security, this infographic describes trends in homeownership and mortgage debt from 1999 to 2016.
Release date: 2019-08-08
7. The rise of the dual-earner family with children Archived
Stats in brief: 11-630-X2016005
Description:
This edition of Canadian Megatrends looks at the rise of dual-earner family with children from 1976 to 2015.
Release date: 2016-05-30
8. Economic conditions in the traveller accommodation industry, 2001 Archived
Stats in brief: 63-016-X20020046520
Geography: Canada
Description:
This short article examines the traveller accommodation industry in Canada in 2001. Data examined include monthly price and occupancy rate changes. The relative importance of the economic slowdown and the impact of the terrorist attacks on the United States are also discussed.
Release date: 2003-05-27

Articles and reports (78)

Articles and reports (78) (0 to 10 of 78 results)

1. 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
2. Food insecurity among Canadian families
Articles and reports: 75-006-X202300100013
Description: This study examines the relationship between income and food insecurity, looking at families most at risk, as well as the possible role of assets and debts in food insecurity.
Release date: 2023-11-14
3. Enterprise surveys and the measurement of digital trade in services in Canada
Articles and reports: 13-605-X202300100002
Description: Statistics Canada has been making digital activities visible and more robust in international trade in services through two new initiatives, which focus on the concept of digital intensity. This paper will provide information on how digital intensity of services exporters as an indicator is evolving within the International trade in services program, and will highlight developments in measuring imports into Canada from non-resident digital intermediaries. Key results on cross-border digital services in 2020 will be highlighted.
Release date: 2023-05-30
4. Rising prices and the impact on the most financially vulnerable: A profile of those in the bottom family income quintile
Articles and reports: 75-006-X202300100002
Description: This study uses the 2022 Portrait of Canadian Society Survey to examine the impact of rising inflation on the lowest income Canadians. Using multiple pre-pandemic data sources, the study also takes a closer look at people living in the bottom income quintile, examining their family income, debt and assets levels, as well as some indicators of economic hardship.
Release date: 2023-02-08
5. Differences in tenure status and feelings of fairness in hiring and promotions among male and female faculty in Canadian universities
Articles and reports: 75-006-X202200100007
Description:
This study uses 2019 data from the University and College Academic Staff System to examine gender differences in tenure status among faculty in Canadian universities. It also uses the Survey of Postsecondary Faculty and Researchers to examine feelings of fairness in hiring and promotions.

Release date: 2022-09-01
6. A portrait of Canadians who have been homeless
Articles and reports: 75-006-X202200100002
Description:
This study uses data from the Canadian Housing Survey to examine characteristics of Canadians who, while they are now responsible for housing decisions within their household, had previously experienced unsheltered or hidden homelessness. It also examines differences in current housing, economic and health status between individuals with and without past experiences of homelessness.

Release date: 2022-03-14
7. 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
8. 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
9. Provincial variations in birth outcomes according to maternal country of birth, 2000 to 2016
Articles and reports: 82-003-X202000400002
Description:
The objectives of this study are to describe recent provincial trends in the proportion of births to immigrant mothers and to determine whether disparities in birth outcomes according to immigrant maternal birthplace vary across the provinces. Statistics Canada's Vital Statistics-Birth Database (2000 to 2016) was used to extract 5,831,580 records on live births for the analyses.

Release date: 2020-06-24
10. Homeownership, mortgage debt and types of mortgage among Canadian families
Articles and reports: 75-006-X201900100012
Description:
A dream of many Canadians is to someday own their own home and most take on debt for that reason. This study uses data from the Survey of Financial Security to examine changes in homeownership rates and factors associated with homeownership, the proportion of families who had paid off the mortgage on their principal residence, and the amount of mortgage debt owed by families who had a mortgage. The study also provides information on the types of mortgage rates on the principal residence (fixed rate, variable rate or a combination of both).
Release date: 2019-08-08

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