Unemployment by Industry (Nation, Province) Data

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Description

This dataset contains the total number of unemployed persons by two-digit NAICS industry code. Data is monthly and goes back to 2001. The dataset contains data for the nation and the ten provinces. Statistics Canada does not at this time record data for the three territories, and territorial unemployment is not included in the national total.

Questions answered by this dataset

Which provinces have the fastest increase in unemployment rates?
Which industries have the lowest unemployment rates?
Which provinces are outperforming others in terms of dealing with unemployment?

Metrics

Employment: population of employed persons
Unemployment: population of unemployed persons
Labour Force: population of employed and unemployed persons

Filters

Area: Nation or province
Industry (NAICS 1- to 2-digit code)
Year (2001-present)
Month

Core LMI Metadata

This dataset is offered via the Core LMI API. The metadata for this Core LMI API dataset is below.

Attribute	Description
Dataset ID	`EMSI.ca.Unemp`
Dataset URL	`https://agnitio.emsicloud.com/meta/dataset/EMSI.ca.Unemp/{version}`

Area Aggregation Path

The area aggregation path refers to the hierarchy that shows how data is aggregated, starting from the lowest-level geography and progressing to the highest-level geography.

The levels in the aggregation path include:

		Aggregation Path
		1	2	3	4
Level	1	Nation	Metropolitan US	Nation	Metropolitan US
	2	State	MSA	State	MSA
	3	County	County	County	County
	4	Zip Code	Zip Code	Census Tract	Census Tract

Datasets with lower granularity aggregates only up to Level 1

Versions

http://agnitio.emsicloud.com/meta/dataset/EMSI.ca.Unemp/2026.1

Metrics

  {
"name": "<Metric>.<Year>.<Month>"
  }

Valid Values for Metrics

  {"Metric": [
      "Employment",
      "Unemployment",
      "LabourForce"          
],
"Year": "2010-2026",
"Month": ["Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun",
        "Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec"]
}

Dimensions

  [
{
  "name": "Area",
  "levelsStored": [
     "0",
     "1"
  ]
},
{
  "name": "Industry",
  "levelsStored": [
     "0",
     "1"
  ]
}
]

Attributes

  {
"name": "Unemp",
"type": "dataset",
"path": "Unemp",
"displayName": "CA Unemployment by Industry (Nation, Province)",
"maxYearInclusive": "2026",
"description": "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
"currentYear": "2026",
"datarun": "2026.1",
"releaseDate": "2026-03-30 17:17:07.1657892Z",
"minYearInclusive": "2001",
"minMonthInclusive": "1",
"maxMonthInclusive": "2",
"countryCode": "ca"
}