Refers to persons 15 years of age and over, excluding institutional residents, who were employed or unemployed during the week prior to Census Day, and who worked for pay or in self-employment in either 1995 or in 1996. The experienced labour force can be derived by excluding from the total labour force those unemployed persons 15 years of age and over who have never worked or who last worked prior to January 1, 1995. The 1996 census industry data are produced according to the 1980 Standard Industrial Classification.
Classification is based on the general nature of the establishment's business, industry or service.
The job reported was the one held during the week prior to the census. If the person did not have a job in this week, they were to report the job of longest duration since January 1, 1995. A CMA has an urban core population of at least 100,000, based on the previous census.