Survey on Employment & Skills
The Survey on Employment and Skills is conducted by the Environics Institute for Survey Research (external link, opens in new window) , in partnership with the Future Skills Centre (external link, opens in new window) and the Diversity Institute (opens in new window) . In early 2020, the Survey on Employment and Skills began as a project designed to explore Canadians’ experiences with the changing nature of work, including technology-driven disruptions, increasing insecurity and shifting skills requirements.
Following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the survey was expanded to investigate the impact of the crisis on Canadians’ employment, earnings and work environments. The project now includes seven waves of data collection, from Spring 2020 to Summer 2024.
The initial wave of the survey was conducted between late February and early April 2020. A second wave of the survey was conducted in December 2020, a third wave in June 2021, a fourth wave in March–April 2022, a fifth wave in March 2023, a sixth wave in October–November 2023 and a seventh wave in May-July 2024.
Each wave of the study consists of a survey of over 5,000 Canadians aged 18 years and over, conducted in all provinces and territories. A total of 34,740 Canadians were surveyed across the six waves. The survey includes oversamples of Canadians living in smaller provinces and territories, those under the age of 34 years, racialized Canadians and Canadians who identify as Indigenous, in order to provide a better portrait of the range of experiences across the country.
Unless otherwise indicated, the survey results in this report are weighted by age, gender, region, education, racial identity and Indigenous identity to ensure that they are representative of the Canadian population as a whole.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has intertwined our work and home lives in ways never before seen. How companies view flexible work arrangements has fundamentally changed while exciting opportunities around flexible hours, four-day workweeks, and job sharing have come to light.
We presented a first look at the results of Wave 2 of the Survey on Employment and Skills during a virtual discussion hosted alongside the Ontario Chamber of Commerce.
March 18, 2021
Dr. Andrew Parkin, Executive Director, Environics Institute shared results of emerging research from the Survey on Employment and Skills during a discussion about the Black student experience in Canada during the pandemic, and innovative approaches to creating new education opportunities for Black students.
February 25, 2021
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