Canada Labor Force Participation Rate

A Canada Labor Participation Rate is an labor participation rate for the U.S. labor force.

• Context:
  • Its highest value over the past 21 years was 78.50% in 2008 [1]
  • Its lowest value was 74.60% in 1996 [2].
• Example(s):
  • Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-64) in Canada was 78.00 as of 2011.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • a U.S. Labor Participation Rate, or a China Labor Participation Rate.
  • a Ontario Labor Participation Rate.
  • a Canada Unemployment Rate.
  • a Canada Labor Productivity Measure.
• See: The Great Recession.

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References

2014

• http://blogs.wsj.com/canadarealtime/2014/05/09/a-closer-look-at-canadas-ugly-jobs-report/
  • The unemployment rate remained unchanged in April at 6.9%, but not necessarily for the right reasons. The labor force shrank by nearly 26,000 workers, as people stopped looking for work. As a result, the number of employed and unemployed as a percentage of the Canadian population, or the participation rate, fell to 66.1% last month, the lowest level in more than a dozen years. The employment rate, or proportion of working-age Canadians working, hit 61.5%, a four-year low. This indicates employers aren’t hiring at a pace to keep up with population growth. …

2013

• http://www.brookings.edu/research/opinions/2013/10/22-america-one-time-home-employment-miracle-burtless
  • Chart 1. Changes in the Labor Force Participation Rate of 25-53 Year-Old Adults in 17 OECD Countries, 1989-2013 [3]

• http://www.bls.gov/fls/flscomparelf/lfcompendium.xls

Year	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995	1994	1993	1992	1991	1990	1989	1988	1987	1986	1985	1984	1983	1982	1981	1980	1979	1978	1977	1976	1975	1974	1973	1972	1971	1970
United States	63.7	64.1	64.7	65.4	66.0	66.0	66.2	66.0	66.0	66.2	66.6	66.8	67.1	67.1	67.1	67.1	66.8	66.6	66.6	66.3	66.4	66.2	66.5	66.5	65.9	65.6	65.3	64.8	64.4	64.0	64.0	63.9	63.8	63.7	63.2	62.3	61.6	61.2	61.3	60.8	60.4	60.2	60.4
Canada	66.7	66.8	67.0	67.2	67.7	67.5	67.2	67.3	67.6	67.7	67.1	66.1	66.0	65.8	65.4	65.1	64.8	64.9	65.2	65.5	65.9	66.8	67.4	67.5	67.1	66.8	66.4	66.0	65.5	65.2	64.9	65.7	65.0	64.5	63.7	62.8	62.5	61.1	60.5	59.7	58.6	58.1	57.8
Germany	59.2	59.2	58.6	58.5	58.4	58.3	58.1	57.5	56.4	56.0	56.4	56.7	56.7	56.9	57.7	57.3	57.1	57.1	57.4	57.8	58.1	58.8	55.0	55.2	55.1	55.0	54.9	54.7	54.4	54.3	54.6	54.7	54.7	54.5	54.4	54.4	54.6	55.0	55.7	56.3	56.2	56.5	56.9
Japan	58.4	58.7	59.1	59.3	59.6	59.8	59.6	59.5	59.6	59.9	60.4	61.2	61.7	62.0	62.6	63.0	62.8	62.8	62.9	63.2	63.3	63.1	62.6	62.1	61.8	61.8	62.1	62.2	62.7	63.1	62.7	62.6	62.6	62.7	62.8	62.5	62.4	62.4	63.1	64.0	63.8	64.2	64.5

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