Place of work status of experienced labour force person

Status: This standard was replaced by 'Place of work status of employed person' as of March 16, 2021.

Definition

Place of work status refers to whether a person worked at home, worked outside Canada, had no fixed workplace address, or worked at a specific address (usual place of work).

Experienced labour force person refers to persons 15 years and over currently in the labour force who are employed or who were employed at some point during a long reference period such as a year or more.

Usage

Place of work status applies to a specific job.

For the Census of Population/National Household Survey, the specific job is usually the job the person held in the reference week. However, if the person did not work during that week but had worked at some time since January 1 of the prior year, the information relates to the job held longest during that period. Persons with two or more jobs were to report the information for the job at which they worked the most hours.

Conformity to relevant internationally recognized standards

The definition and classification of "place of work status" are compatible with those of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe's "Conference of European Statisticians Recommendations for the 2010 Censuses of Population and Housing", 2006.

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Additional information

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Relation to previous version

  • Place of work status of experienced labour force person April 20, 2015 to March 15, 2021

    This standard was replaced by 'Place of work status of employed person' as of March 16, 2021.

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