Labour Force Survey, February 2025 [Canada]

The Labour Force Survey (LFS) is a household survey carried out monthly by Statistics Canada. Since its inception in 1945, the objectives of the LFS have been to divide the working-age population into three mutually exclusive categories in relation to the labour market – employed, unemployed, and not in the labour force – and to provide descriptive and explanatory data on each of these groups. Data from the survey provide information on major labour market trends, such as shifts in employment across industrial sectors, hours worked, labour force participation and unemployment rates. This public use microdata file (PUMF) contains non-aggregated data for a wide variety of variables collected from the LFS. This product is for users who prefer to do their own analysis by focusing on specific subgroups in the population or by cross-classifying variables that are not in LFS catalogued products. The data have been modified to ensure that no individual or business is directly or indirectly identified. Variables most likely to lead to identification of an individual are removed from the microdata file or are collapsed to broader categories.