Community Dashboard: Labour force participation rate
Rationale and analysis
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 participation rate has continued to fall from June 2022 to 60.6%.fell slightly to 63.3 per cent, which is below the Toronto rate of 66.3%.
About this indicator
The participation rate is the number of labour force participants expressed as a percentage of the population 15 years of age and over.
The participation rate for a particular group (age, sex, marital status, etc.) is the number of labour force participants in that group expressed as a percentage of the population for that group.