Montreal Employment Data

Question

“I was recommended to speak to you regarding data on Montreal's cultural employment. I was hoping to find a precise breakdown of arts workers, such as dancers, film makers, etc. rather than the broad category of "arts, culture, and recreation". I have been looking at some American sources for inspiration, and they seem to have a very detailed breakdown of workers by city, does such thing exist in Canada? I was hoping to make some tables of "locational quotients" of arts jobs in Montreal, and whether or not they were concentrated in the city. Do you think chass would be helpful? Or perhaps some microdata may have this information? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.”

In response to the message above, I found for Census 2001, the SIT #97f0012xcb01053 which uses the 2001 National Occupational Classification for Statistics and provides fairly detailed counts for the occupational categories of interest in Category F03 Creative and Performing Arts.  It gives separate figures for dancers, musicians, visual artists, etc.

In the Special Interest Tables for 2006, the closest table seems to be #97-564-xcb2006006.   But in this table, the NAICS is used and the categories are much more lumped, as the table is cross-categorized with much more detailed demographic information.

Would there be an existing table using the 2006 Census data with the 2001 National Occupational Classification for Statistics?  Or some other source for obtaining that level of detailed employment data for the cultural sector?

Answer

The following topic-based tabulations include data for Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations and include a detailed breakdown by NOCS:

• Occupation - National Occupational Classification for Statistics 2006 (720), Class of Worker (6) and Sex (3) for the Labour Force 15 Years and Over of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data 97-559-X2006011


• Employment Income Statistics (4) in Constant (2005) Dollars, Work Activity in the Reference Year (3), Occupation - National Occupational Classification for Statistics 2006 (720A) and Sex (3) for the Population 15 Years and Over With Employment Income of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2000 and 2005 - 20% Sample Data 97-563-X2006063


• Occupation - National Occupational Classification for Statistics 2006 (720C), Sex (3) and Selected Demographic, Cultural, Labour Force, Educational and Income Characteristics (273) for the Population 15 Years and Over of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data 97-564-X2006005

The following table may also be of interest to your client:

• Occupation - Standard Occupational Classification 1991 (Historical) (707), Age Groups (12A) and Sex (3) for the Labour Force 15 Years and Over of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 1996 to 2006 Censuses - 20% Sample Data  97-559-X2006012

You can access these tables through the 2006 census module at  http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/census06/data/topics/ListProducts.cfm?Temporal=2006&APATH=3&THEME=74&FREE=0&SUB=743&GRP=1