Employment Rates, Canada and Provinces

Date Modified

2015-06-10

Update Frequency

Annual

Creator

Publisher

Jobs, Skills, Training and Labour (2013-2016)

Topic

Start Date

1976-01-01

End Date

2014-12-31

Spatial Coverage

Canada, Provinces

Date Created

2015-05-13

Date Added to catalogue

2015-05-13T19:27:31.539609

Date Issued

2013-05-28

Date Modified

2015-06-10

Usage Considerations

The Employment Rate is a measure of the number of people employed out of the working age population (15 years and over).

The Labour Force Survey provides estimates of employment and unemployment which are among the most timely and important measures of performance of the Canadian economy.

Results for this Alberta Official Statistic were derived from responses from the working age population to the following Labour Force Survey question:

Many of the following questions concern [respondent]’s activities last week. By last week, I mean the week beginning on Sunday, [date of first day of reference week], and ending last Saturday [date of last day of reference week]. Last week, did [respondent] work at a job or business? Users may notice an “x” value in the CSV file. These denote figures that have been suppressed to meet confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act.

Statistics Canada has an established history of applying a standard revision to the Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates following the release of postcensal population estimates from each census of population.

This revision includes an update of the LFS estimates to reflect the most recent population estimates; an update of geographic boundaries; methodological enhancements to imputation; as well as an update of seasonal adjustment.

The latest revision has impacted the estimates for 2001 to 2014 and the revised figures have been released in late January and early February 2015.

Licence

Open Government Licence - Alberta

Contact Name

Office of Statistics and Information

Contact Email

osi.support@gov.ab.ca

Contact Other

(780) 427-2071