Ontario Regional Services: About the Local Labour Market
This section will allow you to investigate local labour markets across Ontario including industry events, unemployment rates and economic trends.
Local
- Local Labour Market Information
This link provides information prepared by labour market analysts working in local offices across Ontario.
- Labour Market Bulletins
These quarterly reports provide an analysis and interpretation of influences on the local labour market and a current assessment of local industry and occupation events.
Provincial
- Ontario Labour Market Data
Synopses of Ontario employment data from Statistics Canada's Labour Force Survey. Monthly local data is also available through Statistics Canada's Canadian Statistics Tables.
- Ontario Region Census Products
Demographic and occupational profile pyramid graphs using Statistics Canada's 2001 Census data, by age and sex, for Ontario and Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAs), and Economic Regions (ERs).
Other Links
- Statistics Canada 2001 Community Profiles
These profiles contain free information for all Canadian communities (cities, towns, villages, Indian reserves and Indian settlements, etc.), counties or their equivalents and for metropolitan areas.
- Occupational Licensing and Educational Accreditation in Ontario
A number of occupations are regulated within Ontario by provincial public and private statute for purposes of ensuring competence and protecting the public interest with respect to health, safety and welfare. The following links point to sites which discuss and clarify occupational licensing procedures, the nature and roles of regulatory bodies in qualification recognition and processes of educational accreditation within the province.
- Apprenticeable Trades and Apprenticeship
Apprenticeship is a proven industry used learning system which combines the job experience with technical training. Apprenticeship in Ontario is the responsibility of the provincial government.
- Ontario Investment Service - Community Profiles
The information is provided to the Ontario Investment Service for communities across Ontario.