This research guide provides a starting point for searching for the topic of Labour Statistics.  For Library research help, please contact Moninder Lalli, Librarian for Labour Studies by email moninder_lalli@sfu.ca or Ask a librarian.

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Finding statistics and data

Canada

There are also several other Library research guides devoted to finding Canadian statistics.

• BC Statistics
• Canadian Census
• Statistics Canada

BC STATS

Collects and publishes reports of statistics from Statistics Canada, provincial government ministries and agencies and from administrative files.

Statistics Canada 

Provides current and historical Canadian socio-economic statistics.

• Labour: For tables, articles, and reports, and more, check the tab, "Subject" and choose, "Labour."
• Summary tables: Check the tab, "Data" and choose, "Labour." Select "Tables."
• Labour Force Information (71-001-X)
  • Provides the most current monthly labour market statistics on a variety of labour force characteristics for Canada and the provinces (employment, unemployment, participation rate, age & sex, as well as statistics by industry).

United States

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics - the principal fact-finding agency for the U.S. Federal Government in the broad field of labour economics and statistics

• Search under the tab, "Subjects"
  • Employment
  • Pay & Benefits
  • Productivity
  • Spending & Time Use
  • Unemployment
  • Workplace Injuries
• Search under the tab, "Data Tools"

International

OECD iLibrary
Formerly SourceOECD, OECD iLibrary provides electronic access to books, periodicals and statistics published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

• Check the tab, "Themes" - then choose, Employment
• Check the tab, "Statistics"

undata - United Nations Statistical Common Database - provides selected series from 30 specialized international data sources for all available countries and areas.

• Popular search, Employment
• Under the tab "Databases", check, "Labour"
  • Key Indicators of Labour Market (International Labour Organization - ILO)
  • LABORSTA (International Labour Organization - ILO) 

International Labour Organization (ILO)
Statistics and Databases - 

• Resources for Researchers
  • Labour Standards and Socially Inclusive Globalization
  • Research on Inequality, Instability and Employment

The Global Gender Gap Report (annual) - from World Economic Forum