Construction Union Wage Rates in Canada, Monthly Data from 1971

Statistics Canada provides monthly Construction Union Wage Rates (CUWRI) data by National Occupational Classification (NOC). The dataset contains time series data starting from January 1971, with tables presenting the most recent reference period and the last four periods. It is available in CSV, HTML, and XML formats under the OGL-CA-2.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyzing long-term wage inflation trends in the construction sector based on the monthly time series starting in 1971.
• Comparing wage rates across different construction occupations based on the National Occupational Classification (NOC) system.
• Modeling the impact of economic cycles on unionized construction wages based on the multi-decade monthly data.
• Benchmarking current union wage rates against recent historical periods based on the provided last four periods of data.

Strengths

• Monthly data provides a high-frequency view of wage changes, starting from January 1971.
• Data is published by Statistics Canada, a national statistical office, suggesting institutional reliability.
• The dataset includes the most recent period and the last four periods for immediate trend analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to its source, focusing on Canada.

Provenance

Source

Statistics Canada | Statistique Canada

Time Range

January 1971 to present (most recent reference period)

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-17 12:48:31.389789; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada