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Unclassified in British Columbia — labour force record

84.6 thousandlabour force, 2025
—employed, 2025
84.6 thousandunemployed, 2025
—unemployment rate, 2025

Unclassified occupations

Every year on file

39 years, 1987 to 2025. A dash is a year Statistics Canada did not publish.

Unclassified in British Columbia
YearLabour forceEmployedUnemployedRate
202584.6—84.6—
202469.3—69.3—
202358.4—58.4—
202254.5—54.5—
202186.4—86.4—
202059.1—59.1—
201945.5—45.5—
201844.3—44.3—
201751—51—
201652.1—52.1—
201555.7—55.7—
201453.8—53.8—
201359—59—
201265.2—65.2—
201163.2—63.2—
201056.7—56.7—
200942—42—
200830.1—30.1—
200729—29—
200633.8—33.8—
200545.5—45.5—
200450.4—50.4—
200360.6—60.6—
200264.4—64.4—
200151.5—51.5—
200053.1—53.1—
199963—63—
199863.7—63.7—
199764.8—64.8—
199654.7—54.7—
199547.6—47.6—
199449.5—49.5—
199345.6—45.6—
199237.7—37.7—
199132.1—32.1—
199025.6—25.6—
198933.4—33.4—
198840.3—40.3—
198753.4—53.4—

39 of the 39 years have no published figure for this combination — 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, and others. Those years are gaps in the chart and dashes in the table, never zeros.

Unclassified across every province · Every occupation group in British Columbia

Employment and labour force over time

A broken line is an unpublished year — not a fall to zero.

Employment over timeA broken line is a year Statistics Canada did not publish. It is not a fall to zero.020406080100Employment1987: 53.41988: 40.31989: 33.41990: 25.61991: 32.11992: 37.71993: 45.61994: 49.51995: 47.61996: 54.71997: 64.81998: 63.71999: 632000: 53.12001: 51.52002: 64.42003: 60.62004: 50.42005: 45.52006: 33.82007: 292008: 30.12009: 422010: 56.72011: 63.22012: 65.22013: 592014: 53.82015: 55.72016: 52.12017: 512018: 44.32019: 45.52020: 59.12021: 86.42022: 54.52023: 58.42024: 69.32025: 84.6Labour forceSource: Statistics Canada Table 14-10-0416. Survey estimates.

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Source: Statistics Canada — Labour force characteristics by occupation, annual (Table 14-10-0416).

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How many people work in each occupation group in each province, and how that has changed every year since 1987 — labour force, employment, unemployment and the unemployment rate, by occupation, province and gender.

Source: Statistics Canada — Labour force characteristics by occupation, annual (Table 14-10-0416) — Statistics Canada Open Licence. Data refreshes annual. Every page links the row it came from.

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