Annual average wage data from 2006 to 2015 for Canada and provinces, customized from Statistics Canada. It presents average hourly and weekly wage rates for employees categorized by type of work, immigrant status, industry, and sex. The dataset is provided by the Government of Alberta.
Use Cases
- Analyze wage gaps between immigrant groups and native-born workers based on immigrant status categories
- Compare average hourly and weekly earnings across industries based on industry classification
- Study the impact of time since immigration on wages based on 'very recent', 'recent', and 'established' immigrant categories
- Model wage differences between full-time and part-time work based on type of work variable
Strengths
- Provides a 10-year time series from 2006 to 2015
- Includes two wage rate variables: average hourly wage rate and average weekly wage rate
- Breaks down immigrant status into six detailed categories including landed and non-landed immigrants
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
Provenance
- Source
- Statistics Canada, customized by Government of Alberta
- Time Range
- 2006-2015
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 14:39:26.915928; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Canada and provinces