Work & Employment 2011

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Not-for-profit sector The not-for-profit sector is a significant employer in Ontario comprising 7.5% of Ontario’s workforce, with an estimated 597,000 [...]

Commuting to work:  Location of talented workers, in relation to available job opportunities, is an important factor in our region’s [...]

Injuries in the workplace data for Niagara:  Workplace injuries affect the employee and the employer in very significant ways with [...]

Major employment sectors by revenue generated:  Despite the large number of jobs lost in manufacturing, this sector still generated the [...]

Larger employers:  Niagara’s larger employers are no longer predominantly in manufacturing, but in hotels and tourism, education, health and municipal [...]

Shifts in the main sectors of employment in Niagara as reported by numbers employed …. In Niagara, in 2010, the [...]

Employment for specific groups in Niagara:  In Niagara, as in the rest of Canada, employment opportunities and earnings are different [...]

The unemployment rate:  Niagara’s unemployment rate in May of 2011 was 9.2%, higher than 8.3% for Ontario and 7.2% for [...]

The St.Catharines – Niagara CMA was well below Ontario’s bigger growth performers by far; Kichener, Sudbury and Toronto were leaders. [...]

Labour Force characteristics for St. Catharines – Niagara CMA, for population over 15 years of age (based on a monthly [...]

Regional coordination and planning:  The Niagara Workforce Planning Board (NWPB) is the regional collaborating organization that leads “in the creation [...]

Employment Services:  There are several “for profit” and government-funded employment service organizations in Niagara. Organizations that are funded by the [...]