Work & Labour in Canada

439 indicators covering work & labour for Canada.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Female unemployment rate 6.6% 2025 up 4.0% 79th
Share of male vs. female employment in industry 27.9% 2025 down 7.8% 72nd
Share of male vs. female employment in agriculture 1.5% 2025 down 33.3% 173rd
Share of male vs. female employment in services 70.6% 2025 up 4.6% 22nd
Employment rate, men vs. women 64.0% 2025 down 2.5% 106th
Employment rate 60.1% 2025 down 2.0% 72nd
Youth unemployment rate 13.8% 2025 up 8.2% 88th
Population by labor force status 6.01 million people 2025 up 3.0% 65th
Employee compensation as share of government spending 10.2% 2023 down 14.7% 138th
CPI: National consumer price index, country weights 10.75 2025 down 7.5% 164th
LU4: Composite measure of labour underutilization 2,012 2025 up 13.1% 19th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 1,108 Persons 2022 up 14.7% 23rd
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 1,511 Persons 2022 up 12.5% 22nd
Armed forces personnel as a share of the total labor force 0.4% 2020 up 1.2% 142nd
Female labor force by age 481,657 people 2024 up 72.7% 22nd
Labor force participation rate by age 63.0% 2024 down 3.6% 18th
Female labor force participation rate by age 63.2% 2024 down 4.0% 19th
Jobs gap 2,109 2025 up 12.3% 16th
Jobs gap rate 9.1 2025 down 4.2% 45th
Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers 569.64 2025 up 6.3% 20th
Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers rate 2.5 2025 down 7.4% 58th
Unemployment rate: young vs. older adults 13.3% 2024 up 0.6% 91st
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled) 0.0001 units per square kilometre 2023 down 7.4% 183rd
Time-related underemployment (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), per 0 units per square kilometre 2023 down 34.6% 184th
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) 0.0752 units per square kilometre 2023 up 13.2% 177th
Employment by status 87.0% 2024 up 2.3% 31st
Share of workers who are employees vs. GDP per capita 87.0% 2024 up 2.3% 31st
Monthly minimum wage (Local currency), per square kilometre 0.0003 units per square kilometre 2023 up 66.8% 163rd
Monthly minimum wage, per square kilometre 0.0003 units per square kilometre 2023 up 66.8% 163rd
Employment 21,029 2025 up 17.8% 28th
Female labor force participation rates latest vs 1980, annual growth -0.2825 % change on previous year 2025 up 25.1% 80th
Fertility and female labor force participation, annual growth rate -0.2825 % change on previous year 2025 up 25.1% 80th
Female labor force participation rates slopes, annual growth rate -0.2825 % change on previous year 2025 up 25.1% 80th
Cases of fatal occupational injury 1,057 2023 up 242.1% 9th
Annual growth of GDP per employed person 1.0% 2025 up 706.2% 131st
Unemployment with basic education 15.1% 2025 up 7.1% 17th
Unemployment with basic education, male 14.7% 2025 up 3.1% 16th
Unemployment with intermediate education 8.8% 2025 up 6.1% 36th
Unemployment with basic education, female 15.8% 2025 up 13.4% 21st
Unemployment with advanced education 5.4% 2025 up 1.3% 53rd
Unemployment with intermediate education, female 8.4% 2025 up 11.4% 49th
SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights 0.36 2024 down 74.5% 161st
Level of national compliance with labor rights 0.36 score 2024 down 74.5% 162nd
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total 13.3% 2025 down 0.2% 76th
Unemployment with intermediate education, male 9.0% 2025 up 2.2% 18th
Labor force with basic education, female 34.4% 2025 down 8.9% 68th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female 12.6% 2025 down 0.8% 81st
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male 13.9% 2025 up 0.2% 47th
Labor force with basic education, male 46.0% 2025 down 12.2% 93rd
Labor force with basic education 40.6% 2025 down 10.6% 85th
Labor force with intermediate education, female (% of female) 51.8% 2025 down 9.6% 82nd
Labor force with intermediate education, male 67.1% 2025 down 5.9% 96th
Labor force with intermediate education (% of total working-age) 59.8% 2025 down 7.0% 91st
Unemployment with advanced education, male 5.5% 2025 down 2.8% 37th
Labor force with advanced education, male 76.5% 2025 down 3.1% 101st
Labor force with advanced education 73.5% 2025 down 3.2% 94th
Labor force with advanced education, female 70.6% 2025 down 3.3% 85th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 57.1% 2025 down 0.5% 50th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 64.6% 2025 down 1.6% 103rd
Unemployment with advanced education, female 5.2% 2025 up 6.1% 59th