Community Dashboard: Male labour force participation rate

Current 63.8%
Previous 66.5%
Preferred trend Increase
Reporting date Jan. 31, 2024

Rationale and analysis

Why this measurement is important

The labour force participation rate is a measure of an economy’s active workforce and, therefore, serves as an indicator for overall economic health.

How we measure this data

As reported by Statistics Canada with a monthly frequency, unadjusted for seasonality. The Labour Force data is reported as an accumulation of neighbouring municipalities around one central municipality. For the employment rate it is aggragated as St. Catharines-Niagara CMA, excluding Grimbsy and West Lincoln.

Prior-year values are averages of monthly values while current-year values are reported on a monthly basis as per data availability.

Estimates are percentages, rounded to the nearest tenth.

Progress and advancements

Niagara's February 2023 male participation rate decreased to 64.3%, which is below the Toronto rate of 70% .

About this indicator

The male participation rate is the number of male labour force participants expressed as a percentage of the male population 15 years of age and over.

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