Topic
Jobs, unemployment and wages
Employment, unemployment, participation, vacancies and earnings, from national totals to metropolitan areas.
1 · Latest values
Where the main measures stand
Each tile shows the latest published value, its period, and its source table.
2 · Reports
Where the subject is analysed
Sections of the Canada and Global reports.
- Employment and the labour market (Canada report) Published
- Labour markets and demographic trends (Global report) Published
3 · Maps
See it on the atlas
Atlas layers that measure this topic; each opens at its latest period and can be moved through time.
- Unemployment rate (Canada map)
- Average hourly wage rate (Canada map)
4 · Connections
Recorded relationships and guided stories
Reading paths through recorded links. A path is not a forecast, and an association is not a cause.
Guided stories that pass through this topic
5 · Releases
Next scheduled releases
From the agencies’ own published schedules.
- 2026-11-26 Payroll employment, earnings and hours, and job vacancies · Statistics Canada, Major economic releases · 08:30 ET
- 2026-12-04 Labour Force Survey · Statistics Canada, Major economic releases · 08:30 ET
6 · Data
Indicators behind this topic
Registered indicators and the number of series each holds.
| Indicator | Id | Series |
|---|---|---|
| Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted | CA02 | 1 |
| Employment, seasonally adjusted | CA03 | 1 |
| Average weekly earnings, industrial aggregate | CA08 | 1 |
| Employment by industry, seasonally adjusted | CA18 | 18 |
| Average hourly wage rate by industry (employees, Labour Force Survey) | CA19 | 17 |
| Job vacancies and job vacancy rate, Canada | CA20 | 3 |
| Unemployment rate, 3-month moving average, seasonally adjusted (by metropolitan area) | CM01 | 6 |
| Employment, 3-month moving average, seasonally adjusted (by metropolitan area) | CM02 | 6 |
| Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimate) | GL03 | 10 |
| Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted (by province) | PR01 | 10 |
| Employment, seasonally adjusted (by province) | PR02 | 10 |
| Average weekly earnings, industrial aggregate, incl. overtime (not seasonally adjusted) (by province) | PR08 | 13 |
| Average hourly wage rate, all employees (by province) | PR18 | 10 |
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