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Annual number of layoffs, 1978-to-2010 (workers aged 15 to 64)

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Annual number of layoffs, 1978-to-2010 (workers aged 15 to 64)


Table summary
This table displays the results of annual number of layoffs. The information is grouped by years (appearing as row headers), permanent and temporary layoffs, permanent layoffs and lfs (column 1), calculated using lfs (column 1), lwf (column 2), lwf (column 3) and number units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Years Permanent and temporary layoffs Permanent layoffs
LFS (column 1) LWF (column 2) LWF (column 3)
  number
1978 1,967,553 2,169,764 981,048
1979 1,945,441 2,028,592 874,094
1980 2,136,226 2,119,579 837,193
1981 2,384,590 2,499,388 982,256
1982 3,135,318 3,167,884 1,137,184
1983 2,501,212 2,611,499 1,005,142
1984 2,716,199 2,628,629 1,017,196
1985 2,660,106 2,546,327 999,877
1986 2,323,162 2,565,270 992,845
1987 2,508,988 2,537,899 992,693
1988 2,432,771 2,522,363 1,014,546
1989 2,396,970 2,537,271 995,184
1990 2,753,198 2,941,442 1,174,162
1991 3,043,410 3,018,039 1,114,212
1992 3,019,342 2,938,564 1,056,786
1993 2,932,744 2,753,851 1,006,860
1994 2,635,898 2,606,434 976,852
1995 2,859,265 2,724,770 984,309
1996 2,816,018 2,753,225 973,505
1997 2,459,913 2,793,294 1,039,351
1998 2,491,197 2,888,619 1,039,744
1999 2,377,749 2,744,547 991,496
2000 2,236,122 2,741,824 979,546
2001 2,456,988 2,973,880 1,044,135
2002 2,515,406 2,753,674 950,819
2003 2,527,433 2,853,093 976,137
2004 2,482,113 2,732,045 925,329
2005 2,372,591 2,693,729 894,671
2006 2,397,340 2,755,095 894,083
2007 2,433,808 2,712,075 884,217
2008 2,688,040 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
2009 2,983,028 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
2010 2,586,936 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
       
... not applicable
Source(s):
Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey (LFS) and Longitudinal Worker File (LWF).
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