Aboriginal Labour Stats

Question

I have a student who’s trying to compare employment / unemployment among aboriginals living on-reserve or off-reserve.

Are numbers for on-reserve employment available anywhere?

Answer

I have received the following response from subject matter:

“Please find below table at the Canada and province and territory level of geography. You can select whether you would like the data narrowed down by on-reserve or off-reserve population and by which aboriginal identity. Any other level of geography would need to be ordered on a custom basis at the nearest regional office. 

Secondary (High) School Diploma or Equivalent (14), Labour Force Status (8), Aboriginal Identity (8), Area of Residence: On Reserve (3), Registered or Treaty Indian Status (3), Age Groups (13B) and Sex (3) for the Population Aged 15 Years and Over, in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, 2011 National Household Survey”

EI Benefits by Gender

Question

A researcher is seeking EI benefits by gender.  She found CANSIM Table 276-0005, but this table doesn’t have a gender variable.

Answer

1)What about the Employment Insurance Coverage Survey (EICS)?

2) That is correct - the codebook for the EICS does indicate that there are variables for sex (SEX), benefits amount (BENAMNT) and benefits type (BENTYP). However, the PUMF is for 2007, so I have also forwarded your question to the author division in the hope that there is a way to get more current data. I will keep you posted.

3)It turns out that the EICS 2007 PUMF is your best bet. There are two separate surveys related to EI:

1. Employment Insurance Coverage Survey (EICS) 2007: this is the annual survey Sandra mentioned. The DLI has the PUMF and it contains the variables you need, but only for 2007.

2. Employment Insurance Statistics - Monthly (EIS): this is a monthly survey for which PUMFs are not produced. The CANSIM table you found comes from this survey.


Unfortunately, the author division of the latter (monthly) survey confirmed that they cannot provide the data presented in CANSIM table 276-0005 broken down by sex, not even for a fee.

Employment by NOC

Question

I am trying to find some census/employment data. I have tried E-stat, and I can almost get what I need, but not quite. Ideally, what I would like is the number of people employed in the following NOC codes for Canada, Ontario and if possible for specific regions/cma's/subdivisions within Ontario. Through e-stat, I have found data for Canada and Ontario for SOC E1, which I don't think is quite the same.

College and Other Vocational Instructors 4131
Secondary School Teachers 4141
Elementary School and Kindergarten Teachers 4142

Answer

I have found a standard table on the Census Internet site that has the breakdown for the NOC-S 2001 variable, which I am including below.

http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/standard/themes/RetrieveProductTable.cfm?
Temporal=2001&PID=60937&APATH=7&GID=431515&METH=1&PTYPE=55496&THEME=46&FOCUS
=0&AID=0&PLACENAME=0&PROVINCE=0&SEARCH=0&GC=99&GK=NA&VID=1625&FL=O&RL=0&FREE=0

I am also including a link below to the 2001 Census Dictionary for the definition on Occupation (based on the 2001 National Occupational Classification for Statistics [NOC-S 2001])

http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/Products/Reference/dict/pop090.htm

I have extracted a paragraph below from the definition that will explain the difference between the HRDC NOC codes and Statistics Canada's NOC-S 2001 codes.

Human Resources Development Canada classifies occupation data according to the National Occupational Classification (NOC). This classification has a similar structure to that of the 2001 National Occupational Classification for Statistics (NOC-S 2001). The two classifications have 520 unit groups, 140 minor groups and 10 broad categories in common. However, there are 47 major groups in the NOC-S 2001 and 26 major groups in the NOC. Occupation data from the 2001 Census are available according to both the NOC-S 2001 and the NOC structures.

As the codes your client are citing are from the NOC codes I have provided the codes below for the National Occupational Classification for Statistics.

E121 College and other vocational instructors
E131 Secondary school teachers
E132 Elementary school and kindergarten teachers