Employment by economic regions and occupation, annual, inactive (x 1,000)^{1, 2, 3}

To ensure respondent confidentiality, estimates below a certain threshold are suppressed. For Canada, Quebec, Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia suppression is applied to all data below 1,500. The threshold level for Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Manitoba and Saskatchewan is 500, while in Prince Edward Island, estimates under 200 are supressed. For census metropolitan areas (CMAs) and economic regions (ERs), use their respective provincial suppression levels mentioned above. Estimates are based on smaller sample sizes the more detailed the table becomes, which could result in lower data quality.

For approximate quality indicators of the estimates, see tables 7.1 or 7.2 in the Guide to the Labour Force Survey. For quality indicators of specific data points, contact statcan.labour-travail.statcan@canada.ca.

This new table replaces archived table 14-10-0094-01.

Occupation estimates are based on the 2016 National Occupational Classification (NOC). Occupation refers to the kind of work persons 15 years of age and over were doing during the reference week, as determined by the kind of work reported and the description of the most important duties of the job. If the individual did not have a job during the reference week, the data relate to the previous job, if that job was held in the past year.

This combines the National Occupational Classification (NOC) codes 00 to 96.

An economic region is a geographical unit generally composed of several census divisions within a province. While 73 regions are defined for the purposes of sampling, some areas are too small to enable production of independent estimates from the survey. These small regions are grouped with a neighbouring region with similar economic characteristics. In the case of Prince Edward Island, the province constitutes one economic region. For geographic descriptions of economic regions, refer to the Guide to the Labour Force Survey (catalogue number 71-543-GIE).

Excluding the territories.

As a result of wildfires affecting northern Alberta, the Labour Force Survey (LFS) data for the census agglomeration of Wood Buffalo were not collected from May to July 2016. Using standard statistical techniques, missing data were replaced by substituted values taken from similar respondents in surrounding areas. These substituted values were used in the calculation of 2016 annual averages for the economic region of Wood Buffalo-Cold Lake.