Canada - Part time employment, female (% of total female employment)

Part time employment, female (% of total female employment) in Canada was 47.68 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 52.45 in 2014, while its lowest value was 42.54 in 1989.

Definition: Part time employment refers to regular employment in which working time is substantially less than normal. Definitions of part time employment differ by country.

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in December 2019.

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Year Value
1976 47.18
1977 46.66
1978 43.12
1979 42.55
1980 45.76
1981 49.54
1982 48.63
1983 47.62
1984 47.04
1985 47.55
1986 46.88
1987 49.62
1988 46.41
1989 42.54
1990 43.94
1991 47.36
1992 50.80
1993 49.58
1994 47.83
1995 48.88
1996 47.74
1997 47.70
1998 48.70
1999 47.20
2000 45.04
2001 48.10
2002 49.02
2003 52.01
2004 50.57
2005 48.85
2006 50.11
2007 48.69
2008 49.72
2009 52.33
2010 51.37
2011 50.02
2012 48.86
2013 49.75
2014 52.45
2015 50.11
2016 49.51
2017 50.17
2018 47.82
2019 50.87
2020 50.79
2021 47.68

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: More and more women are working part-time and one of the concern is that part time work does not provide the stability that full time work does.

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity