Labour Force Survey: Canadian Employment and Unemployment Data
by Statistics Canada / Borealis Harvested Dataverse·Updated 17h ago
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Description
Canadian labour market data used to produce the unemployment rate, employment rate, and participation rate. The survey provides estimates by industry, occupation, public and private sector, hours worked, and demographic characteristics for Canada, provinces, territories, and sub-provincial regions. Statistics Canada produces this data, with the last update recorded on 2026-06-13.
Use Cases
Calculate regional unemployment rates based on survey data to determine Employment Insurance eligibility.
Analyze employment trends by industry and occupation based on the cross-classifiable demographic characteristics.
Evaluate wage rates and job permanency for employees based on the wage and establishment data.
Plan government employment programs based on labour market indicators for specific geographic regions.
Strengths
Data is used to produce the official Canadian unemployment rate and other standard labour market indicators.
Estimates are produced for Canada, provinces, territories, and a large number of sub-provincial regions.
Provides cross-classifiable data on industry, occupation, sector, hours worked, and demographic characteristics.
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Last updated 2026-06-13 04:10:54; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
Source
Statistics Canada
Collection Method
Survey
Freshness
Last updated 2026-06-13 04:10:54.
Geography
Canada, provinces, territories, and sub-provincial regions
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