Labour Statistics at Statistics Canada RIAL Workshop on “Labour Migration and Labour Market Information Systems” Geoff Bowlby Labour Statistics Division, Statistics Canada February 25, 2009

Statistics Canada Statistique Canada 2 Statistics Canada Labour Market Information  Many sources of LMI: Labour Force Survey Survey of Employment, Payroll and Hours Census Employment Insurance Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics Labour Income (System of National Accounts) Labour productivity estimates (System of National Accounts) Workplace and Employee Survey

Statistics Canada Statistique Canada 3 Statistics Canada LMI Conceptual Framework In the labour force UnemployedEmployed Employees Self- employed Employing businesses Jobs Job vacancies LABOUR DEMAND LABOUR SUPPLY (current) Population (15+, in scope) Not in labour force LABOUR SUPPLY (potential) SEP H WES LFS Census SLID WES

Statistics Canada Statistique Canada 4 Use of current system Labour Force Survey  One of the world’s largest surveys Survey of Employment, Payroll and Hours  Employment estimates based on a monthly census of businesses Census of Population  Covering 20% of the population, every 5 years Employment Insurance  A monthly census of all EI records, for the LFS reference week

Statistics Canada Statistique Canada 5 Limitations of current system Labour Force Survey  Despite its size, cannot provide desired detail Survey of Employment, Payroll and Hours  Limited set of variables Census of Population  Frequency, timeliness Employment Insurance  Not all the unemployed, only one week of the month

Statistics Canada Statistique Canada 6 Gaps in current system  Many known gaps. Probably the largest are: Lack of small domain estimates (sub-provincial, detailed occupation data) for the intercensal period No vacancy information Employment quality data Regular surveying of older workers Other Mass lay-off statistics More regular, comprehensive EI stats program LFS content, sample size No coverage on-reserve

Statistics Canada Statistique Canada 7 Changes to the System Labour Force Survey No major plans for content Possible move to internet collection Possible collection on Siksika First Nation Census Labour (2011) Removal of unpaid work questions Expansion of travel to work  More modes of transportation  Duration of travel to work  Car pooling

Statistics Canada Statistique Canada 8 Changes to the System SEPH Major improvement to wage and hours data Expansion of analysis and dissemination