Labour force characteristics data help us to understand who is participating in the workforce. These charts present some data for the first half of 2023, showing how different groups of immigrants fare in workplace participation compared with each other and with Canadian-born individuals.
Employment rate of immigrants 15 years and over
Source: Government of Canada, Labour force characteristics of immigrants by country of birth, three-month moving average, unadjusted for seasonality, https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/52e62844-f283-4aca-acd9-ac26711bc1a1, last accessed 20 July 2023.
Employment rate of immigrants 15 years and over by region of origin
Source: Government of Canada, Labour force characteristics of immigrants by country of birth, three-month moving average, unadjusted for seasonality, https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/52e62844-f283-4aca-acd9-ac26711bc1a1, last accessed 20 July 2023.
Participation rate of landed immigrants in labour market
Source: Government of Canada, Labour force characteristics of immigrants by sex and age group, three-month moving average, unadjusted for seasonality, https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/ae01fd0c-7f86-4d49-8ea3-84834ccdc3b7, last accessed 20 July 2023.
Participation rate of landed immigrants in labour market
Source: Government of Canada, Labour force characteristics of immigrants by sex and age group, three-month moving average, unadjusted for seasonality, https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/ae01fd0c-7f86-4d49-8ea3-84834ccdc3b7, last accessed 20 July 2023.
Unemployment rate of landed immigrants by age and sex
Source: Government of Canada, Labour force characteristics of immigrants by sex and age group, three-month moving average, unadjusted for seasonality, https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/ae01fd0c-7f86-4d49-8ea3-84834ccdc3b7, last accessed 20 July 2023.
Unemployment rate of landed immigrants by age and sex
Source: Government of Canada, Labour force characteristics of immigrants by sex and age group, three-month moving average, unadjusted for seasonality, https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/ae01fd0c-7f86-4d49-8ea3-84834ccdc3b7, last accessed 20 July 2023.
Labour market participation of Canadians by education level
Source: Government of Canada, Labour force characteristics of immigrants by educational attainment, three-month moving average, unadjusted for seasonality, https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/b3170792-b758-489d-83e4-f156dd3b506d, last accessed 20 July 2023.
Labour market participation of landed immigrants by education level
Source: Government of Canada, Labour force characteristics of immigrants by educational attainment, three-month moving average, unadjusted for seasonality, https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/b3170792-b758-489d-83e4-f156dd3b506d, last accessed 20 July 2023.