Participation and employment rates, monthly, seasonally adjusted
Monthly participation rate and employment rate from Statistics Canada's Labour Force Survey (table 14-10-0287-01), seasonally adjusted, both sexes, age 15 and over, for Canada and the 10 provinces. The participation rate is the labour force as a percentage of the population aged 15 and over; the employment rate is employed persons as a percentage of the same population. Coverage 1976-01 to the present with no upstream gaps. Caveats: same as the companion unemployment-rate dataset (Canada + 10 provinces only; latest months occasionally revised). Statistics Canada Open Licence (commercial reuse allowed); source: Statistics Canada.
- Source
- Statistics Canada
- Rows
- 13,376
- Columns
- 6
- Source cadence
- Monthly
- Last refreshed
- Sep 26, 2026
- Theme
- economy
| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| month | string | Reference month of the rate, as an ISO date (first of the month). |
| country_code | string | ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code for Canada (CAN) — the join key for the 'Enrich with public data' feature. |
| geo_name | string | Geography: Canada or one of the 10 provinces, as published by Statistics Canada (the monthly seasonally adjusted table covers Canada and the provinces only). |
| measure_code | string | Rate measure: 'participation_rate' or 'employment_rate'. |
| measure_label | string | Provider-verbatim measure label from Statistics Canada. |
| rate_pct | float | Labour-market rate in percent: the participation rate is the labour force as a percentage of the population aged 15 and over; the employment rate is employed persons as a percentage of the same population. Seasonally adjusted, bounded 0-100; no upstream gaps in the published history. (unit: percent) |
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curl "https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/statcan_labour/statcan_lfs_participation_employment_rate_monthly" | jq '{title, rows, columns_count, license}'import requests
ds = requests.get("https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/statcan_labour/statcan_lfs_participation_employment_rate_monthly").json()
print(ds["title"], ds["rows"], "rows")
# Sample rows for an LLM context window
for row in ds.get("sample_rows", [])[:5]:
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@misc{dz_statcan_labour_statcan_lfs_participation_4d8e5b53,
title = {{Participation and employment rates, monthly, seasonally adjusted}},
author = {{Statistics Canada}},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Datazimuts},
howpublished = {\url{https://datazimuts.com/en/datasets/statcan_labour/statcan_lfs_participation_employment_rate_monthly?snapshot=20260926T052428Z-4d8e5b53d0b8}},
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