Employment Profile in Canada
This interactive report presents a comprehensive overview of Canada’s employment landscape over the past decade. It covers multiple trends, including the number of employees working in the public sector, the private sector, as well as those who are self-employed.
More details are available for the private sector trends, as series are broken down by size of business. The self-employed is also further decomposed into employers and individuals working on their own, with information on their incorporation status.
Additionally, users can view most of these data series based on specific sectors or provinces.
Methodology
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, custom tabulation for CFIB, annualized data, 2012 to 2022.
Some sectors have been merged to create new ones, such as:
- Info., Arts and Recreation, includes information and cultural industries as well as arts, entertainment and recreation.
- Finance, Insurance, etc., includes finance and insurance and real Estate and rental and leasing.
- Professional Services include the professional, scientific and technical services and administrative and support, waste management and remediation services sectors.
- Health, Education includes educational services and health care and social assistance.