Labour force survey estimates (LFS), by selected census agglomerations
Labour force survey estimates by selected census agglomerations. Statistics Canada table 14-10-0163-01.
labouremploymentstatcangovernment-of-canada
Quality
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Attribution
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
Schema
| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ref_date | integer | Reference date — the time period the observation refers to (Statistics Canada table field REF_DATE). |
| geo | string | Geography the observation covers (Statistics Canada table field GEO). |
| dguid | string | Dissemination geography unique identifier (Statistics Canada table field DGUID). |
| labour_force_characteristics | string | |
| uom | string | Unit of measure for the estimate (Statistics Canada table field UOM). |
| uom_id | integer | Unit of measure identifier (Statistics Canada table field UOM_ID). |
| scalar_factor | string | Scalar factor applied to the value, e.g. units, thousands or millions (Statistics Canada table field SCALAR_FACTOR). |
| scalar_id | integer | Scalar factor identifier (Statistics Canada table field SCALAR_ID). |
| vector | string | Vector number — Statistics Canada's unique identifier for the time series (table field VECTOR). |
| coordinate | float | Table coordinate locating the estimate within the source table (Statistics Canada table field COORDINATE). |
| value | float | Estimate value as published in the Statistics Canada table. |
| decimals | integer | Number of decimals published for the estimate (Statistics Canada table field DECIMALS). |
Sample rows
| ref_date | geo | dguid | labour_force_characteristics | uom | uom_id | scalar_factor | scalar_id | vector | coordinate | value | decimals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador | 10015 | Population | Persons | 249 | thousands | 3 | v53541112 | 1.1 | 23.5 | 1 |
| 1996 | Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador | 10015 | Labour force | Persons | 249 | thousands | 3 | v53541113 | 1.2 | 13.4 | 1 |
| 1996 | Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador | 10015 | Employment | Persons | 249 | thousands | 3 | v53541114 | 1.3 | 11.4 | 1 |
| 1996 | Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador | 10015 | Unemployment | Persons | 249 | thousands | 3 | v53541115 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 1 |
| 1996 | Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador | 10015 | Not in labour force | Persons | 249 | thousands | 3 | v53541116 | 1.5 | 10 | 1 |
Use with an LLM
Point any LLM at the metadata endpoint — the documentation above is machine-readable too (JSON-LD + Croissant).
cURL
curl "https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/ckan_canada/labour_force_survey_ca" | jq '{title, rows, columns_count, license}'Python
import requests
ds = requests.get("https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/ckan_canada/labour_force_survey_ca").json()
print(ds["title"], ds["rows"], "rows")
# Sample rows for an LLM context window
for row in ds.get("sample_rows", [])[:5]:
print(row)API endpoint: https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/ckan_canada/labour_force_survey_ca
Tip: fetch /llms.txt for the full machine-readable catalog.