Labour Statistics

Statistics Canada maintains various records related to the labour market.

Summary

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) 
2. Employment - Earnings and Hours 
3. The Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours 
4. Canadian Labour Force Survey 
5. Labour Income 
6. Business and Labour Market Analysis 
7. Gross Domestic Product  
8. Labour and Household Surveys Analysis 
9. Labour Force Historical Review on CD-ROM  

1. Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID)

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The survey's objective is to understand the economic well-being of Canadians; what economic shifts individuals and families live through, and how it varies with changes in their paid work, family make-up, receipts of government transfers. SLID is the first household survey ever to provide national data on the fluctuations in income that a typical family or individual experiences through time, which will give greater insight on the nature and extent of poverty in Canada.

Extensive documentation is available electronically. A useful starting point is the "Survey Overview" located on the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics Web page of the Statistics Canada Web site. In addition to a general summary of the survey, it provides links to other SLID documentation.

For more information on this Survey, you may contact:
Client Services
Income Statistics Division
Toll-free: 1-888-297-7355
Telephone: (613) 951-7355
Fax: (613) 951-3012
E-mail: income@statcan.ca

2. Employment - Earnings and Hours

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Labour Statistics Division within Statistics Canada produces estimates on payroll employment, earnings and hours paid by Canadian employers of firms of all sizes of employment. The data are compiled for the last pay period of each month.

3. The Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours

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The Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours (SEPH) is designed to measure levels and month-to-month trends of payroll employment. The survey is derived from a combination of administrative records and a Business Payroll sample survey. The data are available at a detail industrial level for over 200 industries for Canada, the provinces and the territories. Data for selected industries are available in the monthly publication No. 72-002XPB and in the annual catalogue No. 72-F0002XCB and from the Statistic Canada CANSIM II database on Statistics Canada's Web site. Data are also available in the Statistics Canada bulletin The Daily. Free electronic access to The Daily is available on Statistics Canada's Web site.

More detailed data can be obtained directly from:

Client Services
Labour Statistics Division
Toll-free: 1-866-873-8788
Telephone: (613) 951-4090
Fax: (613) 951-2869
E-mail: labour@statcan.ca

4. Canadian Labour Force Survey

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The Labour Force Survey (LFS) is a monthly survey involving around 50 000 Canadian households. The goal of the survey is to provide a detailed, current picture of the labour market across the country.

The LFS is the only Statistics Canada source of current, monthly estimates of total employment (including self-employment) and unemployment. The LFS is known as the source of the unemployment rate but LFS data are also used to produce other standard labour market indicators such as the employment rate and the participation rate. Along with these popular measures, the LFS also provides employment estimates by industry occupation, hours worked and much more, all cross-classifiable by a variety of personal characteristics. For employees, wage, union status, job permanence and workspace size are also produced. For LFS release dates, you may visit the Web page 2003 Release dates for major economic indicators of the Statistics Canada Web site.

Costs

A large selection of high-demand LFS monthly and annual average time series is also available through the CANSIM II database. The price is $3 per data series selected.

The "Labour Force Information" publication provides timely labour market statistics. It also offers a brief commentary highlighting recent developments in the Canadian labour market. It includes a series of charts and tables on a variety of labour force characteristics such as employment and unemployment for Canada, the provinces, metropolitan areas and economic regions. This publication is useful for these who need to be informed on current labour market conditions across the country. This publication and the online catalogue are available on the Statistics Canada Web site.

5. Labour Income

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Statistics Canada maintains monthly data series of labour income (raw and seasonally adjusted).

The "Monthly Estimates of Labour Income" include the main components of wages and salaries, as well as supplementary labour income, for all industries and provinces/territories. These statistics are available in day-of-release printouts in the "Tables and analytical document" (No. 13F0016XPB) on diskette (No. 13F0016XDB) and on the CANSIM II database.

Retail Prices and Living Costs

Statistics Canada maintains records related to place-to-place (special) price differences, including concepts and procedures (Catalogue No. 62-001).

City Average Retail Prices

Provides a comparison among selected Canadian cities of average prices for gasoline and fuel oil.

Special Program

This program provides inter-special indexes for 2/3 of the commodities in the CPI basket for 11 cities.

Foreign Service Allowance Indexes

Foreign Service Post Indexes are comparative measurements that express the difference between the retail price of a representative basket of goods and services at a foreign location with prices for a similar basket of goods and services in Ottawa.

Isolated Posts Allowances Indexes - Living Cost Differential - LCD - Indexes

LCD indexes express the place-to-place retail price relationship at a given point in time of a sample range of goods and services at an isolated post, in selected provinces and territories, to the prices of like goods and services in one of seven Canadian base cities.

6. Business and Labour Market Analysis

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The Business and Labour Market Analysis Program conducts analysis and data development in business/industry and the labour market.

Any Statistics Canada data may be used in the analysis program. Analytical projects in the subject matters listed constitute a large part of the program. Special data development projects are also conducted, including the maintenance and updating of four longitudinal data sources:

• manufacturing establishment;
• firms with payroll and employment estimates;
• workers for adjustment studies;
• a small area file which provides employment and earning data on municipalities and other sub-provincial regions.

7. Gross Domestic Product

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Statistics Canada maintains records related to the production of provincial and national accounts. The Industry Measures and Analysis Division produces monthly, quarterly and annually measures of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by industry for Canada and annual measures by industry for the provinces and territories.

Gross Domestic Product by Industry
This program compiles a monthly measure of GDP at factor cost at 1992 prices, by industry, for over 300 industries and aggregations. Data are calculated nationally (Catalogue No. 15-001-XIE ).

Provincial Gross Domestic Product by Industry
This program compiles annual estimates of GDP at factor cost by industry for the provinces and territories (Catalogue No. 15-203-XIB ).

8. Labour and Household Surveys Analysis

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The Labour and Household Surveys Analysis Division maintains records related to the nature, analysis and evaluation of income and labour market related data, including data on labour force status, occupation, industry, earnings, pensions, individual and family income and household expenditure.

Perspectives on Labour and Income

This quarterly publication analyses a wide range of labour and income data covering such topics as youths in the labour market, pensions and retirement, education and training, hours of work, unionization, regional differences, and trends in family income (Catalogue No. 75-001-XPE ).

Labour Market and Income Data Guide

This guide provides detailed descriptions of the various surveys carried out, including the type of data collected. A summary chart provides snapshot information for comparative purposes. Case studies illustrate the uses of different data sources (Catalogue No. 75F-0010-XPB - free of charge).

Labour Analytic Report Series

This series provides in-depth analysis of various labour market topics, along with detailed statistical tables (Catalogue No. 71-535-MPB ):

• No. 1 (1988) Labour market activity of disabled persons in Canada;
• No. 2 (1989) The decline of unpaid family work in Canada;
• No. 3 (1989) Results from a special survey of employers;
• No. 4 (1989) Giving freely: volunteers in Canada;
• No. 5 (1989) Labour Force Survey economic regions, 1986 Census;
• No. 6 (1993) Work arrangements;
• No. 7 (1995) Work absence rates, 1977 to 1994;
• No. 8 (1998) Work arrangements in the 1990's;
• No. 9 (1998) Work absence rates, 1980 to 1997;
• No. 10 (1999) Work absence rates, 1987 to 1998.

Income Analytic Report Series

This series of reports offers both in-depth analysis and statistical tables on income related topics (Catalogue No. 13-588-MPB ):

• No. 1 (1987) Changes in the distribution of wealth in Canada, 1970-1984;
• No. 2 (1988) Pensions and incomes of the elderly in Canada, 1971-1985;
• No. 3 (1989) The characteristics of dual-earner families;
• No. 4 (1990) The changing profile of Canadian families with low incomes, 1970-1985;
• No. 5 (1997) Family income after separation.

9. Labour Force Historical Review on CD-ROM

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This annual CD-ROM is designed to provide a historical perspective of a wide variety of Labour Force Survey estimates. At the click of a mouse, you can easily access key variables, such as employment and unemployment levels and rates, as well as demographic characteristics like age, sex, educational attainment and family relationships. Also available are data by provincial level, metropolitan area and economic region, industry, occupation, wages, union membership levels, job tenure, workspace size, hours worked and much more. Included are annual and monthly series (with some seasonally adjusted), generally going back to 1976.

This CD allows you to do your own analysis of the labour market over time. If you need labour market data for presentations, for quick answers or in-depth analysis, or if you need to see historical movements or current trends, to forecast employment or unemployment trends, or to see labour trends in a specific province, metropolitan city or economic region, this CD will be helpful.

Costs

For more information on this CD-ROM (list of tables, prices for networks or more than one user, system requirements) you may visit the Labour Force Historical Review Web page of the Statistics Canada's Web site.

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