Labour force, both sexes, publisher 15+ classification (ICLS13) (quarterly, ILOSTAT): Canada

The latest reading SOTW holds for Canada is 22,762.389 thousands of persons for 2026-Q2, from ILOSTAT (International Labour Organization).

Reviewed series · Labor · Quarterly · thousands of persons · ILO.LF.LVL.Q · CAN

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Latest
22,762.389
thousands of persons · 2026-Q2
Previous
22,325.327
thousands of persons · 2026-Q1
Earliest held
18,899.353
thousands of persons · 2015-Q1
Readings shown
46
Every reading SOTW holds

Canada · history

thousands of persons · Quarterly

Source: ILOSTAT (International Labour Organization). Viewer read 2026-11-12T03:22:26.333Z (UTC); publisher acquisition and release times are not supplied here. Original units; no interpolation, rebasing or conversion. Missing periods and stored U/B flags interrupt the line. Daily gaps can include non-business days.

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Labour force, both sexes, publisher 15+ classification (ICLS13) (quarterly, ILOSTAT): Canada: 46 readings, newest first. Source: ILOSTAT (International Labour Organization).
PeriodValue (thousands of persons)
2026-Q222,762.389
2026-Q122,325.327
2025-Q422,498.949
2025-Q322,768.340
2025-Q222,723.609
2025-Q122,279.363
2024-Q422,225.568
2024-Q322,389.907
2024-Q222,236.995
2024-Q121,686.606
2023-Q421,638.940
2023-Q321,780.260
2023-Q221,528.159
2023-Q121,024.777
2022-Q420,892.053
2022-Q321,023.756
2022-Q220,947.239
2022-Q120,490.179
2021-Q420,578.327
2021-Q320,791.645
2021-Q220,509.347
2021-Q120,142.968
2020-Q420,282.648
2020-Q320,446.096
2020-Q219,363.007
2020-Q119,907.401
2019-Q420,218.572
2019-Q320,485.509
2019-Q220,312.814
2019-Q119,867.370
2018-Q419,891.510
2018-Q320,130.200
2018-Q219,920.803
2018-Q119,526.595
2017-Q419,667.947
2017-Q319,878.875
2017-Q219,703.141
2017-Q119,300.803
2016-Q419,309.449
2016-Q319,549.093
2016-Q219,418.174
2016-Q119,056.513
2015-Q419,153.288
2015-Q319,461.831
2015-Q219,279.487
2015-Q118,899.353

Source: ILOSTAT (International Labour Organization). All 46 readings held, 2015-Q1 to 2026-Q2. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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