Workforce Demographics Data

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Description

This dataset shows working population by year, area, occupation, race, age, and gender. Data is available for the latest Census year. Data is available down to the Census Division, 5-digit NOC, 12 race categories, and 5 age bands.

Questions answered by this dataset

  • How many male 35-44 year old Korean pharmacists were employed in Ottawa in 2016?

Metrics

  • Jobs: The number of employed persons.

Filters

  • Area (Nation, Province/Territory, Census Division)
  • Occupation (4-digit NOC)
  • Race (12 race categories)
  • Age (5 age bands)
  • Gender
  • Year

Core LMI Metadata

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

AttributeDescription
Dataset IDEMSI.ca.WorkforceDemographics
Dataset URLhttps://agnitio.emsicloud.com/meta/dataset/EMSI.ca.WorkforceDemographics/{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

1234

Level

1NationMetropolitan USNationMetropolitan US
2StateMSAStateMSA
3CountyCountyCountyCounty
4Zip CodeZip CodeCensus TractCensus Tract

Datasets with lower granularity aggregates only up to Level 1

Versions

http://agnitio.emsicloud.com/meta/dataset/EMSI.ca.WorkforceDemographics/2025.3

Metrics

[
{
  "name": "Jobs"
}
]

Dimensions

[
{
  "name": "Area",
  "levelsStored": [
     "0",
     "1",
     "2"
  ]
},
{
  "name": "Occupation",
  "levelsStored": [
     "0",
     "1",
     "2",
     "3",
     "4",
     "5"
  ]
},
{
  "name": "Race",
  "levelsStored": [
     "0",
     "1",
     "2"
  ]
},
{
  "name": "Age",
  "levelsStored": [
     "0",
     "1",
     "2"
  ]
},
{
  "name": "Gender",
  "levelsStored": [
     "0",
     "1"
  ]
}
]

Attributes

{
"minYearInclusive": "2021",
"name": "WorkforceDemographics",
"type": "dataset",
"path": "WorkforceDemographics",
"displayName": "CA Workforce Demographics",
"maxYearInclusive": "2021",
"currentYear": "2021",
"datarun": "2025.3",
"description": "# Description\n\nThis dataset shows working population by year, area, occupation, race, age, and gender. Data is available for the latest Census year. Data is available down to the Census Division, 5-digit NOC, 12 race categories, and 5 age bands.\n\n# Questions answered by this dataset\n\n* How many male 35-44 year old Korean pharmacists were employed in Ottawa in 2016?\n\n# Metrics\n\n* Jobs: The number of employed persons.\n\n# Filters\n\n* Area (Nation, Province/Territory, Census Division)\n* Occupation (4-digit NOC)\n* Race (12 race categories)\n* Age (5 age bands)\n* Gender\n* Year\n",
"releaseDate": "2025-10-10 21:05:04.0158665Z",
"countryCode": "ca"
}