LFS-datasources.md

LFS data sources

Labour Force Survey

Canada's primary measure of the labour market, including unemployment rates, total number employed, and labour force participation.

BC Stats: LFS reports and tables

• Labour Market Statistics

• About the Labour Force Survey

Statistics Canada: data sources

• Labour Force Survey: main page -- including links to data, methodology, and questionnaire

• Labour force survey estimates (LFS), by sex and age group, seasonally adjusted and unadjusted -- Table 282-0087

• Labour force survey, all tables

Scripts

• LFS_UR.R -- R script for using CANSIM2R package to download CANSIM tables; interactive data visualization with rCharts, dygraphs and ggiraph; and interactive tables using DT package.

• LFS-family-composition -- a variety of R scripts that explore different demographic aspects of the labour force, including women with children.

• LFS-partrate-by-age -- seniors in the workforce, women and men aged 25-44.

• LFSScript -- data wrangling for the LFS Shiny app