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Selected geographical area: Canada

Number of head offices - Canada
(2023)

2,655

-0.3%

(annual change)
Regular Employment Insurance beneficiaries - Canada
(December 2024)

480,090

-0.4%

(monthly change)

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Selected geographical area: Canada

Regular Employment Insurance beneficiaries (year-over-year change) - Canada
(December 2024)

2.6%

(12-month change)
Percentage of workers working at home - Canada
(2021 Census of population)

24.3%
Average car commuting duration, in minutes - Canada
(2021 Census of population)

22.8
Public transit commuters, total - Canada
(2021 Census of Population)

1,000,505

-49.2%

(period-to-period change)
Commuters who walk or cycle, total - Canada
(2021 Census of Population)

811,430

-26.2%

(period-to-period change)
Proportion of adults aged 25 to 54 years who worked full year full time in 2015 - Canada
(2016 Census of Population)

49.8%
% working at home, 2016 - Canada
(2016 Census of Population)

7.4%
% no fixed workplace, 2016 - Canada
(2016 Census of Population)

11.5%
Proportion of adults aged 65 years and over who worked full year full time in 2015 - Canada
(2016 Census of Population)

5.9%
% of workers using English or French at work - Canada
(2016 Census of Population)

99.2%
% walking or cycling to work, 2016 - Canada
(2016 Census of Population)

6.9%
% of workers using more than one language at work - Canada
(2016 Census of Population)

15.4%
Average car commuting duration, in minutes, 2016 - Canada
(2016 Census of Population)

24.1
Average public transit commuting duration, in minutes, 2016 - Canada
(2016 Census of Population)

44.8

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1. Labour Force Survey in brief: Interactive app
Data Visualization: 14-20-00012018001
Description: This interactive visualization application provides a comprehensive picture of the Canadian labour market using the most recent Labour Force Survey data available. The estimates are...
Description: This interactive visualization application provides a comprehensive picture of the Canadian labour market using the most recent Labour Force Survey data available. The estimates are seasonally adjusted and available by province, sex, age group and industry. Historical estimates, going back 5 years, are also included for monthly employment changes and unemployment rates. The interactive application allows users to quickly and easily explore and personalize the information presented. Combine multiple provinces, sexes and age groups to create your own labour market domains of interest.
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Release date: 2025-03-07
2. Labour Force Survey February 2025
Stats in brief: 11-001-X20250663587
Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
Release date: 2025-03-07
3. Labour Market Indicators, by province and census metropolitan area, seasonally adjusted
Data Visualization: 71-607-X2017001
Description: This web application provides access to Statistics Canada’s Labour Market Indicators for Canada, by province and by census metropolitan area. This dynamic application allows users to...
Description: This web application provides access to Statistics Canada’s Labour Market Indicators for Canada, by province and by census metropolitan area. This dynamic application allows users to view geographical rankings for each labour market indicator and to create quick and easy reports with interactive maps and charts that can be easily copied into other programs. All provincial and CMA estimates used in this application are seasonally adjusted, 3-month moving averages. Labour Force Survey data at the provincial level published each month in The Daily are seasonally adjusted monthly estimates.
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Release date: 2025-03-07
4. Labour Market Indicators, by province, territory and economic region, unadjusted for seasonality
Data Visualization: 71-607-X2017002
Description: This web application provides access to Statistics Canada’s Labour Market Indicators for Canada, by province, territory and economic region (ER). This dynamic application allows users...
Description: This web application provides access to Statistics Canada’s Labour Market Indicators for Canada, by province, territory and economic region (ER). This dynamic application allows users to view a snapshot of key labour market indicators, observe geographical rankings for each indicator using an interactive map and table, and easily copy data into other programs. The provincial and ER estimates used in this application from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) are three-month moving averages, unadjusted for seasonality. The provincial, territorial and ER estimates used in this application from the Job Vacancy and Wage Survey (JVWS) are quarterly data, unadjusted for seasonality. Historical estimates are available in this application, with data going back 10 years for the LFS and from the first quarter of 2016 for JVWS.
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Release date: 2025-03-07
5. Financial and employment statistics for enterprises, by province, territory and region: Data Visualization Tool
Data Visualization: 71-607-X2023001
Description: This interactive dashboard allows users to examine financial and employment variables for enterprises aggregated at the industry and industry aggregation level, as well as at the...
Description: This interactive dashboard allows users to examine financial and employment variables for enterprises aggregated at the industry and industry aggregation level, as well as at the provincial, territorial and regional level.

Financial statistics are based on the Financial and Taxation Statistics for Enterprises product (survey 2510) and are calculated to the province and territory level using employment allocation factors based on profiled data from the Business Register and administrative data from the Canada Revenue Agency T4 Supplemental file.

The employment data has been aggregated at the industry and industry aggregation level, using the annual provincial program of Canadian Productivity Accounts (survey 5103) which produces annual data on jobs by province and territory.
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Release date: 2025-03-07
6. Labour market indicators, census metropolitan areas, census agglomerations and self-contained labour areas: Interactive dashboard
Data Visualization: 71-607-X2024025
Description: This dashboard displays small area estimates of unemployment rate, employment rate and employment for census metropolitan areas, census agglomerations, and a complementary geography of...
Description: This dashboard displays small area estimates of unemployment rate, employment rate and employment for census metropolitan areas, census agglomerations, and a complementary geography of small communities and rural areas called self-contained labour areas. The dashboard allows users to visually explore the estimates using an interactive map as well as time series charts and tables. Data are unadjusted for seasonality and updated monthly.
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Release date: 2025-03-07
7. Canadian Labour Market Observatory
Data Visualization: 14-20-0001
Description: The Canadian Labour Market Observatory consists of interactive data visualization applications showcasing the vast amount of publicly available labour market information. The fully...
Description: The Canadian Labour Market Observatory consists of interactive data visualization applications showcasing the vast amount of publicly available labour market information. The fully interactive applications allow Canadians to quickly and easily personalize the information in a way that is relevant to them and their interests.
More
Release date: 2025-03-07
8. Labour Force Survey: Public Use Microdata File
Public use microdata: 71M0001X
Description: This public use microdata file (PUMF) contains non-aggregated data for a wide variety of variables collected from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). The LFS collects monthly information on...
Description: This public use microdata file (PUMF) contains non-aggregated data for a wide variety of variables collected from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). The LFS collects monthly information on the labour market activities of Canada's working age population. This product is for users who prefer to do their own analysis by focusing on specific subgroups in the population or by cross-classifying variables that are not in our catalogued products.

Monthly files are available back to 2006 and can be directly downloaded. For reference periods prior to 2006, files are available by request through Statistics Canada's Electronic File Transfer (EFT) service and date back to 1976.
More
Release date: 2025-03-07
9. Labour force characteristics by gender and detailed age group, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality
Table: 14-10-0017-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Monthly
Description: Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and not in the labour force, unemployment rate, participation rate, and employment rate, by gender and detailed age...
Description: Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and not in the labour force, unemployment rate, participation rate, and employment rate, by gender and detailed age group.
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Release date: 2025-03-07
10. Labour force characteristics by province, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality
Table: 14-10-0017-02
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Monthly
Description: Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and not in the labour force, unemployment rate, participation rate, and employment rate, by gender and detailed age...
Description: Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and not in the labour force, unemployment rate, participation rate, and employment rate, by gender and detailed age group. Data are presented for 24 months earlier, 12 months earlier and current month, as well as 24-month and year-over-year level change and percentage change.
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Release date: 2025-03-07

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1. Labour Force Survey in brief: Interactive app
Data Visualization: 14-20-00012018001
Description: This interactive visualization application provides a comprehensive picture of the Canadian labour market using the most recent Labour Force Survey data available. The estimates are...
Description: This interactive visualization application provides a comprehensive picture of the Canadian labour market using the most recent Labour Force Survey data available. The estimates are seasonally adjusted and available by province, sex, age group and industry. Historical estimates, going back 5 years, are also included for monthly employment changes and unemployment rates. The interactive application allows users to quickly and easily explore and personalize the information presented. Combine multiple provinces, sexes and age groups to create your own labour market domains of interest.
More
Release date: 2025-03-07
2. Labour Market Indicators, by province and census metropolitan area, seasonally adjusted
Data Visualization: 71-607-X2017001
Description: This web application provides access to Statistics Canada’s Labour Market Indicators for Canada, by province and by census metropolitan area. This dynamic application allows users to...
Description: This web application provides access to Statistics Canada’s Labour Market Indicators for Canada, by province and by census metropolitan area. This dynamic application allows users to view geographical rankings for each labour market indicator and to create quick and easy reports with interactive maps and charts that can be easily copied into other programs. All provincial and CMA estimates used in this application are seasonally adjusted, 3-month moving averages. Labour Force Survey data at the provincial level published each month in The Daily are seasonally adjusted monthly estimates.
More
Release date: 2025-03-07
3. Labour Market Indicators, by province, territory and economic region, unadjusted for seasonality
Data Visualization: 71-607-X2017002
Description: This web application provides access to Statistics Canada’s Labour Market Indicators for Canada, by province, territory and economic region (ER). This dynamic application allows users...
Description: This web application provides access to Statistics Canada’s Labour Market Indicators for Canada, by province, territory and economic region (ER). This dynamic application allows users to view a snapshot of key labour market indicators, observe geographical rankings for each indicator using an interactive map and table, and easily copy data into other programs. The provincial and ER estimates used in this application from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) are three-month moving averages, unadjusted for seasonality. The provincial, territorial and ER estimates used in this application from the Job Vacancy and Wage Survey (JVWS) are quarterly data, unadjusted for seasonality. Historical estimates are available in this application, with data going back 10 years for the LFS and from the first quarter of 2016 for JVWS.
More
Release date: 2025-03-07
4. Financial and employment statistics for enterprises, by province, territory and region: Data Visualization Tool
Data Visualization: 71-607-X2023001
Description: This interactive dashboard allows users to examine financial and employment variables for enterprises aggregated at the industry and industry aggregation level, as well as at the...
Description: This interactive dashboard allows users to examine financial and employment variables for enterprises aggregated at the industry and industry aggregation level, as well as at the provincial, territorial and regional level.

Financial statistics are based on the Financial and Taxation Statistics for Enterprises product (survey 2510) and are calculated to the province and territory level using employment allocation factors based on profiled data from the Business Register and administrative data from the Canada Revenue Agency T4 Supplemental file.

The employment data has been aggregated at the industry and industry aggregation level, using the annual provincial program of Canadian Productivity Accounts (survey 5103) which produces annual data on jobs by province and territory.
More
Release date: 2025-03-07
5. Labour market indicators, census metropolitan areas, census agglomerations and self-contained labour areas: Interactive dashboard
Data Visualization: 71-607-X2024025
Description: This dashboard displays small area estimates of unemployment rate, employment rate and employment for census metropolitan areas, census agglomerations, and a complementary geography of...
Description: This dashboard displays small area estimates of unemployment rate, employment rate and employment for census metropolitan areas, census agglomerations, and a complementary geography of small communities and rural areas called self-contained labour areas. The dashboard allows users to visually explore the estimates using an interactive map as well as time series charts and tables. Data are unadjusted for seasonality and updated monthly.
More
Release date: 2025-03-07
6. Canadian Labour Market Observatory
Data Visualization: 14-20-0001
Description: The Canadian Labour Market Observatory consists of interactive data visualization applications showcasing the vast amount of publicly available labour market information. The fully...
Description: The Canadian Labour Market Observatory consists of interactive data visualization applications showcasing the vast amount of publicly available labour market information. The fully interactive applications allow Canadians to quickly and easily personalize the information in a way that is relevant to them and their interests.
More
Release date: 2025-03-07
7. Labour Force Survey: Public Use Microdata File
Public use microdata: 71M0001X
Description: This public use microdata file (PUMF) contains non-aggregated data for a wide variety of variables collected from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). The LFS collects monthly information on...
Description: This public use microdata file (PUMF) contains non-aggregated data for a wide variety of variables collected from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). The LFS collects monthly information on the labour market activities of Canada's working age population. This product is for users who prefer to do their own analysis by focusing on specific subgroups in the population or by cross-classifying variables that are not in our catalogued products.

Monthly files are available back to 2006 and can be directly downloaded. For reference periods prior to 2006, files are available by request through Statistics Canada's Electronic File Transfer (EFT) service and date back to 1976.
More
Release date: 2025-03-07
8. Labour force characteristics by gender and detailed age group, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality
Table: 14-10-0017-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Monthly
Description: Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and not in the labour force, unemployment rate, participation rate, and employment rate, by gender and detailed age...
Description: Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and not in the labour force, unemployment rate, participation rate, and employment rate, by gender and detailed age group.
More
Release date: 2025-03-07
9. Labour force characteristics by province, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality
Table: 14-10-0017-02
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Monthly
Description: Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and not in the labour force, unemployment rate, participation rate, and employment rate, by gender and detailed age...
Description: Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and not in the labour force, unemployment rate, participation rate, and employment rate, by gender and detailed age group. Data are presented for 24 months earlier, 12 months earlier and current month, as well as 24-month and year-over-year level change and percentage change.
More
Release date: 2025-03-07
10. Labour force characteristics by educational attainment, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality
Table: 14-10-0019-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Monthly
Description: Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and not in the labour force, unemployment rate, participation rate, and employment rate, by educational attainment...
Description: Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment) and not in the labour force, unemployment rate, participation rate, and employment rate, by educational attainment, gender and age group, monthly.
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Release date: 2025-03-07

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1. Labour Force Survey February 2025
Stats in brief: 11-001-X20250663587
Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
Release date: 2025-03-07
2. Labour productivity, hourly compensation and unit labour cost fourth quarter 2024
Stats in brief: 11-001-X20250643313
Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
Release date: 2025-03-05
3. Payroll employment, earnings and hours, and job vacancies December 2024
Stats in brief: 11-001-X20250583555
Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
Release date: 2025-02-27
4. Economic and fiscal performance of immigrant-owned firms in Canada
Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202500200002
Description: Canada has one of the highest shares of immigrants among developed countries. In 2021, immigrants made up nearly one-quarter (23.0%) of the population—the largest proportion among G7...
Description: Canada has one of the highest shares of immigrants among developed countries. In 2021, immigrants made up nearly one-quarter (23.0%) of the population—the largest proportion among G7 nations. Therefore, understanding the impact of immigrant-owned businesses on the Canadian economy is essential. This article highlights key findings from two recent studies that explore the labour productivity and fiscal contributions of immigrant-owned firms.
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Release date: 2025-02-26
5. A comparison of immigrant and Canadian-born data scientists: Sociodemographic characteristics and earnings
Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202500200003
Description: This study uses the 2021 Census of Population to answer the following questions: To what extent do immigrants contribute to the labour supply of data scientists in Canada? How do...
Description: This study uses the 2021 Census of Population to answer the following questions: To what extent do immigrants contribute to the labour supply of data scientists in Canada? How do immigrant and Canadian-born data scientists differ in sociodemographic characteristics? And given the high demand for data scientists, are the earnings gaps between immigrants and Canadian-born individuals smaller relative to those among all workers?
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Release date: 2025-02-26
6. The changing nature of work in Canada: 1987 to 2024
Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202500200004
Description: Technology is constantly evolving, and this can change the tasks that employees perform in the workplace. Recent and substantial developments in automation and artificial intelligence...
Description: Technology is constantly evolving, and this can change the tasks that employees perform in the workplace. Recent and substantial developments in automation and artificial intelligence may accelerate these changes. This article looks at the changing nature of work from 1987 to 2024 within this context.
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Release date: 2025-02-26
7. Economic and Social Reports February 2025
Stats in brief: 11-001-X202505722588
Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
Release date: 2025-02-26
8. Employment Insurance December 2024
Stats in brief: 11-001-X20250513537
Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
Release date: 2025-02-20
9. Employed persons with disabilities or long-term conditions
Stats in brief: 11-627-M2025024
Description: This infographic highlights key findings on accessibility barriers among employed persons aged 15 to 64 with disabilities or long-term conditions. The population covered by the Survey...
Description: This infographic highlights key findings on accessibility barriers among employed persons aged 15 to 64 with disabilities or long-term conditions. The population covered by the Survey Series on Accessibility - Experiences with Accessibility and Employment (SSA-EAE) comprised those who participated in the 2022 Canadian Survey on Disability (CSD) and who agreed to participate in future surveys. A series of screening questions were asked in the SSA-EAE to confirm a disability or long-term condition among participants. Only those who had a disability or long-term condition at the time of collection were surveyed.
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Release date: 2025-02-12
10. Insights on Canadian Society
Journals and periodicals: 75-006-X
Geography: Canada
Description: This publication brings together and analyzes a wide range of data sources in order to provide information on various aspects of Canadian society, including labour, income, education...
Description: This publication brings together and analyzes a wide range of data sources in order to provide information on various aspects of Canadian society, including labour, income, education, social, and demographic issues, that affect the lives of Canadians.
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Release date: 2025-02-12

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1. The 2025 Revisions of the Labour Force Survey (LFS)
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 71F0031X2025001
Description: This paper introduces and explains modifications made to the Labour Force Survey estimates in January 2025. Some of these modifications include the adjustment of all LFS estimates to...
Description: This paper introduces and explains modifications made to the Labour Force Survey estimates in January 2025. Some of these modifications include the adjustment of all LFS estimates to reflect population counts based on the 2021 Census and updates to the 2021 Standard Geographical Classification (SGC).
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Release date: 2025-01-24
2. Improvements to the Labour Force Survey (LFS)
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 71F0031X
Description: This paper introduces and explains modifications made to the Labour Force Survey estimates.
Release date: 2025-01-24
3. Technical Reference Guides for the Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Platform (ELMLP)
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 37-20-0001
Description: These reference guides are intended for users of the Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Platform (ELMLP). The guide provides an overview of the Postsecondary Student Information...
Description: These reference guides are intended for users of the Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Platform (ELMLP). The guide provides an overview of the Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS) and the Registered Apprenticeship Information System (RAIS), the general methodology used to create longitudinal indicators, and important technical information for users.
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Release date: 2024-12-11
4. Guide to Employment Insurance Statistics (EIS)
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 73-506-G
Description: The Guide to Employment Insurance Statistics (EIS) summarizes the survey methodology and data source and includes a dictionary of concepts and definitions used by the program.
Release date: 2024-07-18
5. Guide to the Job Vacancy and Wage Survey, 2024
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 75-514-G2024001
Description: The Guide to the Job Vacancy and Wage Survey contains a dictionary of concepts and definitions, and covers topics such as survey methodology, data collection, processing, and data...
Description: The Guide to the Job Vacancy and Wage Survey contains a dictionary of concepts and definitions, and covers topics such as survey methodology, data collection, processing, and data quality.
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Release date: 2024-06-18
6. Guide to the Job Vacancy and Wage Survey
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 75-514-G
Description: The Guide to the Job Vacancy and Wage Survey contains a dictionary of concepts and definitions, and covers topics such as survey methodology, data collection, processing, and data...
Description: The Guide to the Job Vacancy and Wage Survey contains a dictionary of concepts and definitions, and covers topics such as survey methodology, data collection, processing, and data quality. The guide covers both components of the survey: the job vacancy component, which is quarterly, and the wage component, which is annual.
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Release date: 2024-06-18
7. Guide to the Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 72-203-G
Description: The Guide to the Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours contains a dictionary of concepts and definitions and covers topics such as survey methodology, data collection and processing...
Description: The Guide to the Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours contains a dictionary of concepts and definitions and covers topics such as survey methodology, data collection and processing, and data quality. It also provides information on products and services, as well as the survey questionnaire.
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Release date: 2024-03-28
8. Questions and concepts related to commuting, 2021 Census of Population
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-20-00032021030
Description: This video is designed to give you a basic understanding of the commuting concepts. It will help you understand the definition of commuting, the target population of commuting questions...
Description: This video is designed to give you a basic understanding of the commuting concepts. It will help you understand the definition of commuting, the target population of commuting questions and why commuting questions are asked. It also describes the census questions that collect data on the three subtopics of commuting.
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Release date: 2023-10-04
9. Guide to the Job Vacancy and Wage Survey, 2023 Archived
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 75-514-G2023001
Description: The Guide to the Job Vacancy and Wage Survey contains a dictionary of concepts and definitions, and covers topics such as survey methodology, data collection, processing, and data...
Description: The Guide to the Job Vacancy and Wage Survey contains a dictionary of concepts and definitions, and covers topics such as survey methodology, data collection, processing, and data quality.
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Release date: 2023-05-25
10. Questions and concepts related to labour variables, 2021 Census of Population
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-20-00032021029
Description: This video is designed to give you a basic understanding of the Labour questions and concepts. It introduces the three subtopics of data that are collected from the 14 questions on...
Description: This video is designed to give you a basic understanding of the Labour questions and concepts. It introduces the three subtopics of data that are collected from the 14 questions on labour. It will help you understand the target population of labour data, why labour questions are asked, and the reference periods of labour questions.
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Release date: 2023-03-29

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