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The Multi-Variable Regional Comparison Feature is designed for retrieving topics for different geographies to aid in making comparisons. Select any number of variables from a single table, and then specify your table options such as geography type, age group, or gender (if applicable). Results will be shown for all geographies of the selected type and can be easily exported to excel for further work.
Table Information
Selected account: Employment and Working Conditions
Selected table: Census 2006: Labour Market Profile
Refers to persons who, in the week (Sunday to Saturday) prior to Census
Day (May 16, 2006), were neither employed nor unemployed. It includes
students, homemakers, retired workers, seasonal workers in an 'off'
season who were not looking for work, and persons who could not work
because of a long term illness or disability.
Labour force activity
Refers to the labour market activity of the population 15 years of age
and over in the week (Sunday to Saturday) prior to Census Day (May 16,
2006). Respondents were classified as Employed, Unemployed, or Not in
the labour force. The labour force includes the employed and the
unemployed.
Employed
Persons who, during the week (Sunday to Saturday) prior to Census Day (May 16, 2006): (a) did any work at all for pay or in self-employment or without pay in a family farm, business or professional practice (b)
were absent from their job or business, with or without pay, for the
entire week because of a vacation, an illness, a labour dispute at their
place of work, or any other reasons.
Unemployed
Persons who, during the week (Sunday to Saturday) prior to Census Day
(May 16, 2006), were without paid work or without self-employment work
and were available for work and either: (a) had actively looked for paid work in the past four weeks; or (b) were on temporary lay-off and expected to return to their job; or (c) had definite arrangements to start a new job in four weeks or less
Participation rate
Refers to the labour force in the week (Sunday to Saturday) prior to
Census Day (May 16, 2006), expressed as a percentage of the population
15 years of age and over.
Employment rate
Refers to the number of persons employed in the week (Sunday to
Saturday) prior to Census Day (May 16, 2006), expressed as a percentage
of the total population 15 years of age and over.
Unemployment rate
Refers to the unemployed expressed as a percentage of the labour force
in the week (Sunday to Saturday) prior to Census Day (May 16, 2006).
Source:
Compiled by the Community Accounts Unit based on information provided from the Census of Population 2006 Statistics Canada.
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