DOI: 10.5683/sp3/qed9lw
title: Labour Force Survey, August 1996 [Canada] [Rebased]
title: Labour Force Survey, August 1996 [Rebased]
title: LFS, August 1996 [Rebased]

description: &lt;p&gt;The Labour Force Survey provides estimates of employment and unemployment which are among the most timely and important measures of performance of the Canadian economy. With the release of the survey results only 13 days after the completion of data collection, the LFS estimates are the first of the major monthly economic data series to be released. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The Canadian Labour Force Survey was developed following the Second World War to satisfy a need for reliable and timely data on the labour market. Information was urgently required on the massive labour market changes involved in the transition from a war to a peace-time economy. The main objective of the LFS is to divide the working-age population into three mutually exclusive classifications - employed, unemployed, and not in the labour force - and to provide descriptive and explanatory data on each of these. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;LFS data are used to produce the well-known unemployment rate as well as other standard labour market indicators such as the employment rate and the participation rate. The LFS also provides employment estimates by industry, occupation, public and private sector, hours worked and much more, all cross-classifiable by a variety of demographic characteristics. Estimates are produced for Canada, the provinces, the territories and a large number of sub-provincial regions. For employees, wage rates, union status, job permanency and workplace size are also produced. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;These data are used by different levels of government for evaluation and planning of employment programs in Canada. Regional unemployment rates are used by Human Resources Development Canada to determine eligibility, level and duration of insurance benefits for persons living within a particular employment insurance region. The data are also used by labour market analysts, economists, consultants, planners, forecasters and academics in both the private and public sector. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Note: Because missing values are removed from this dataset, any form of non-response (e.g. valid skip, not stated) or don't know/refusal cannot be coded as a missing. The "Sysmiss" label in the Statistics section indicates the number of non-responding records for each variable, and the "Valid" values in the Statistics section indicate the number of responding records for each variable. The total number of records for each variable is comprised of both the sysmiss and valid values. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;LFS revisions: LFS estimates were previously based on the 2001 Census population estimates. These data have been adjusted to reflect 2006 Census population estimates and were revised back to 1996. &lt;/p&gt;
description: Labour Force Survey
description: Migration from Nesstar
description: Notes: <br> Version 2: April 2012: Replaced the Version 1 data with the Rebased data. Also changed corresponding metadata (Document Description, Study Description and Other Materials. <br>LFS revisions <br>Following the release of final population estimates from each census, a standard revision is applied to the Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates. The revised estimates include the following: <br>LFS estimates were previously based on the 2001 Census population estimates. These data have been adjusted to reflect 2006 Census population estimates and were revised back to 1996. <br>Industry estimates were reclassified to the 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) from the 2002 NAICS and revised back to 1987. <br>Geography boundaries were updated to the 2006 Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) rather than the 2001 SGC. With this change, six new census metropolitan areas (CMAs) were added and the boundaries of seven existing CMAs were modified. New CMA tables were created based on the 2006 census boundaries and date back to 1996. <br>Finally, the 2006 National Occupational Classification for Statistics (NOC-S) replaces the 2001 NOC-S. This change does not affect the LFS estimates as there were only minor changes to the description of the categories. <br>Please note that the changes to the estimates are minor. Rates of unemployment, employment and participation are essentially unchanged, as are key labour market trends. ;Notes: <br>Revised Record Layout <br>The variable label for SP_NOCS01 has been updated to reflect that the National Occupational Classification - Statistics 2006 (NOC-S 2006) is being used. Revised SPSS Files The SPSS files were revised as follows: Renaming of the following variables to match record layout: NOC01_25 changed to: NOCS_01_25 NOC01_47 changed to: NOCS_01_47 SP_NOC01 changed to: SP_NOCS01 Variables labels for the following variables have been changed to reflect use of NAICS 2007 from 1987 onwards: NAICS_18 NAICS_43 Variable labels for the following variables have been changed to reflect use of NOCS-S-2006 from 1987 onwards: NOCS_01_25 NOCS_01_47 SP_NOCS01 ;