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Four Decades of Canadian Provincial Employment Data
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Access monthly labour market statistics, including unemployment numbers and percentages, for Canada and its provinces from 1976 to the present. The data is broken out by geography and provides both absolute numbers and percentages, offering a more accessible compiled monthly version compared to the month-by-month level available directly from the Statistics Canada website. While the dataset covers the ten provinces, it does not include the territories, and some values are suppressed for privacy reasons.
Columns
- REF_DATE: The reference period recorded by year and month.
- GEO: The geographic area, covering Canada and specific provinces.
- Sex: The sex being investigated (contains a single unique value: "Both sexes").
- Age group: The age group of the economic measure (e.g., 15 to 24 years, 15 to 64 years).
- Employment: The number of persons who worked for pay or profit, performed unpaid family work, or had a job but were absent during the reference week.
- Full-time employment: Persons who usually work 30 hours or more per week at their main or only job.
- Labour force: The number of civilian, non-institutionalized persons aged 15 years and over who were employed or unemployed.
- Part-time employment: Persons who usually work less than 30 hours per week at their main or only job.
- Population: The number of persons of working age, defined as 15 years and over.
- Unemployment: The number of persons without work who had looked for work in the past four weeks and were available for work.
- Employment rate: The number of persons employed expressed as a percentage of the population aged 15 years and over.
- Participation rate: The number of labour force participants expressed as a percentage of the population aged 15 years and over.
- Unemployment rate: The number of unemployed persons expressed as a percentage of the labour force.
Distribution
- Format: The data is available in a
.csvfile format. - Size: The file size is approximately 4.52 MB.
- Structure: The dataset contains 13 columns and approximately 39,000 valid rows (39.0k).
Usage
Ideal applications for this dataset include time series analysis, economic research, and social science investigations. Analysts can utilize the compiled monthly data to track long-term trends in labour market activities, such as shifts in full-time versus part-time employment, or changes in participation rates over four decades.
Coverage
- Geographic Scope: The data covers Canada and its provinces; it excludes the territories.
- Time Range: The dataset spans from January 1, 1976, to January 1, 2023.
- Demographic Scope: The data targets the population aged 15 years and over.
- Data Note: The "Sex" dimension aggregates data for "Both sexes" (100% of records) rather than providing a breakdown by gender.
License
CC0: Public Domain
Who Can Use It
Economists, social science researchers, policy analysts, and students interested in Canadian labour market trends and historical employment statistics.
Dataset Name Suggestions
- Four Decades of Canadian Provincial Employment Data
- Unemployment in Canada, by Province (1976-Present)
- Monthly Labour Force Characteristics Canada
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Original Data Source: Four Decades of Canadian Provincial Employment Data
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