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2006 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Class of Worker (12), Age Groups (12A) and Sex (3) for the Labour Force 15 Years and Over of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data

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Class of worker (12) Sex (3)
Total - Sex Male Female
Note(s) :
  1. CLASS OF WORKER - NOT APPLICABLE
    Unemployed persons 15 years and over who have never worked for pay or in self-employment or who had last worked prior to January 1 of the census reference year. The census reference years are as follows: 2000 for the 2001 Census and 2005 for the 2006 Census.
  2. ALL CLASSES OF WORKER
    Refers to the experienced labour force population: includes persons who were employed and persons who were unemployed who worked for pay or in self-employment since January 1 of the census reference year. The census reference years are as follows: 2000 for the 2001 Census and 2005 for the 2006 Census.
Warning Data quality note(s)
  • Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.
Total labour force 17,146,135 9,020,595 8,125,540
Class of worker - Not applicable 1 284,950 135,785 149,170
All classes of worker 2 16,861,180 8,884,805 7,976,375
Paid workers 15,535,410 8,081,435 7,453,975
Employees 14,816,205 7,558,530 7,257,675
Self-employed (incorporated) 719,205 522,905 196,300
Without paid help 291,390 206,430 84,955
With paid help 427,815 316,475 111,340
Self-employed (unincorporated) 1,274,505 787,235 487,275
Without paid help 900,615 529,560 371,055
With paid help 373,885 257,670 116,215
Unpaid family workers 51,265 16,140 35,125
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-559-XCB2006026 (Canada, Code01)