Recent figures, by CMA: for hairstyling and food and beverage serving occupations

Question

A patron is requesting an "updated figure on the number of persons in the CMA working in hairstyling and food and beverage serving occupations". The patron asks:

"Last time I checked there were 900 stylists and 3600 food and beverage servers - this was in 1998. Can you give me some direction for getting the most recent figures?"

Is CANSIM II a tool that will provide the desired figures? CANSIM II attempts found Labour Force Survey (LFS) tabulations by CMA and NOC-S, but, if I am doing this correctly, the tables only present counts at what appears to be a fairly high NOC-S level.

For example: CANSIM II Table 2820059 provides LFS estimates by CMA and NOC-S, with V2102135, for example, listing figures for "Sales and Services Occupations" in Halifax. These figures appear (?) to be for the NOC-S "G9" classification G9 (Sales and Service Occupations n.e.c.).

How do I access recent CMA level data for the G911 (Hairstylists) and G513 (Food and Beverage Servers) classifications? (Assuming this is the correct way to reformulate the patron's request?)

Answers

1. The best source that I know of for occupation counts at such a detailed level is from the Census. Perhaps someone else will have another suggestion, but for now, you can follow these steps to access occupation counts from the Census:

1) Visit www.statcan.ca and continue in English
2) Click on the 'Census' button at from the top black and blue menu
3) Use the left navigation bar and click on "Data"
4) From the main body of the page, click on "Topic-based Tabulations"
5) Click on "# 18 - Earnings of Canadians"
6) Review tables 9, 26 or 29

2. One alternative is to use the 2001 census table of detailed occupations, such as 97f0012xcb2001021 (2001 NOC with 532 categories) or 97f0012xcb2001017 (2001 NOC with 720 categories). Both tables include CMA-level geography.

Another, even more up-to-date, alternative is to use the Canadian business patterns file, at the CMA level, for the number of persons working in appropriate industries. In the June 2005 file with 6-digit NAICS classification (932 categories), there are: 6 different categories of food and beverage sales and service, and three different categories of hair care, including:
812114 - barber shops
812115 - beauty salons
812116 - unisex hair salons