NationMaster - Canadian Labor statistics

Agricultural workers > Female	2%	[65th of 77]
Days off work	125 days	[6th of 20]
Definition: Labor > Days off work
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment	2.7 %	[49th of 94]
Definition: Labor > Employment in agriculture > % of total employment
Female decision makers	35%	[15th of 67]
Definition: Labor > Female decision makers
force, total	17,645,480	[32nd of 184]
Definition: Labor > force, total
Gender division of housework	2.25	[3rd of 13]
Definition: Labor > Gender division of housework
Hours worked	1,718 hours	[4th of 9]
Definition: Labor > Hours worked
Labor force	17,950,000	[28th of 132]
Definition: Labor > Labor force
Labor force > By occupation agriculture 2%, manufacturing 13%, construction 6%, services 76%, other 3%
Definition: Labor > Labor force > By occupation
Strikes	217	[3rd of 27]
Definition: Labor > Strikes
Trade union membership	30%	[9th of 18]
Definition: Labor > Trade union membership
Unemployment	7.3%	[5th of 18]
Definition: Labor > Unemployment
Unemployment gender ratio	96%	[22nd of 30]
Definition: Labor > Unemployment gender ratio
Unemployment rate	6%	[52nd of 107]
Definition: Labor > Unemployment rate
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force	7.2 %	[46th of 101]
Definition: Labor > Unemployment, total > % of total labor force
Vacation > Minimum vacation time around the world > legally required 10 working days, determined by provincial law
Definition: Labor > Vacation > Minimum vacation time around the world > legally required
Work Time > More than 40 hours	54.7%	[8th of 18]
Definition: Labor > Work Time > More than 40 hours
Working time to buy a car	1,552 hours	[5th of 16]
Definition: Labor > Working time to buy a car
Working time to buy beef	48 minutes	[12th of 16]
Definition: Labor > Working time to buy beef
Youth unemployment	12.6%	[12th of 30]
Definition: Labor > Youth unemployment

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SOURCES: ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002; OECD; World Development Indicators database; calculated on the basis of occupational data from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Laboursta Database. February 2002; Jeanne A. Batalova and Philip N. Cohen, 'Premarital Cohabitation and Housework: Couples in Cross-National Perspective', Journal of Marriage and Family 64, August 2002, p.748; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; OECD; Figures are from the OECD. The figures are from EIRO for France, Ireland and Italy; OECD Historical Statistics; calculated on the basis of data on male and female unemployment rates from OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). 2001. Employment Outlook 2001. Paris; Wikipedia: Vacation ; ILO, Key Indicators; International Metalworkers' Federation, The Purchasing Power of Working Time 2002: An International Comparison of Average Net Hourly Earnings 2001 (International Metalworkers' Federation, Geneva, 2002);

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