Monthly Canadian labour market indicators
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| Labour market indicators December 2021 to December 20221 |
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| 1-month percentage change, per cent | |||||||||||||
| LFS payroll | 0.8 | −0.2 | 1.9 | 0.7 | −0.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.2 |
| LFS payroll employment | 0.3 | −1.5 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | −0.4 | −0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| LFS payroll average hours worked | 0.1 | 0.4 | −0.3 | 0.1 | −0.6 | 0.2 | 0.5 | −0.1 | −0.4 | 0.3 | −0.1 | 0.3 | −0.1 |
| LFS payroll average hourly earnings | 0.4 | 0.9 | −0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| SEPH payroll | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 0.2 | −0.4 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | −0.2 | 0.8 | — |
| SEPH payroll employment | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |
| SEPH payroll average hours worked | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | −0.3 | 0.0 | −0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | −0.3 | −0.3 | 0.3 | — |
| SEPH payroll average hourly earnings | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 1.7 | −0.4 | −0.3 | 0.4 | −0.1 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | — |
| 12-month percentage change, per cent | |||||||||||||
| LFS payroll | 8.9 | 7.7 | 9.5 | 9.1 | 9.3 | 10.9 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 9.4 | 8.5 | 8.8 | 8.4 | 7.7 |
| LFS payroll employment | 5.8 | 5.8 | 6.3 | 5.1 | 6.3 | 7.2 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 2.1 |
| LFS payroll average hours worked | 0.3 | −0.6 | 0.0 | 0.3 | −0.5 | −0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| LFS payroll average hourly earnings | 2.7 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.2 |
| SEPH payroll | 9.2 | 9.3 | 10.1 | 11.8 | 10.2 | 11.5 | 11.2 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 8.3 | 8.7 | — |
| SEPH payroll employment | 6.8 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 8.6 | 7.8 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 4.5 | — |
| SEPH payroll average hours worked | −0.3 | −0.6 | −0.6 | −0.6 | −1.2 | −0.9 | −0.6 | −0.6 | 0.0 | −0.6 | −0.9 | −0.3 | — |
| SEPH payroll average hourly earnings | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.5 | — |
| Ratio, per cent | |||||||||||||
| LFS participation rate | 65.4 | 65.0 | 65.4 | 65.4 | 65.3 | 65.3 | 64.9 | 64.7 | 64.8 | 64.7 | 64.9 | 64.8 | 65.0 |
| LFS employment rate | 61.5 | 60.8 | 61.8 | 61.9 | 61.9 | 61.9 | 61.7 | 61.6 | 61.3 | 61.3 | 61.6 | 61.5 | 61.8 |
| LFS unemployment rate | 6.0 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| Job vacancy rate | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.8 | — |
| 1 Dashes mean 'data not yet available'. Source for data: Statistics Canada. @PhilSmith26. Prepared: 2023-01-26 16:28:32 | |||||||||||||