Historical estimates of the Canadian labour force / by Frank T. Denton and Sylvia Ostry.: CS99-549/1967E-PDF

"Prior to November 1945, when the Labour Force Survey commenced, the only comprehensive estimates of the economically active population in Canada were the measures provided by the decennial censuses. The definition of the economically active was, however, based on different criteria in the censuses before 1951 than in those of 1951 and 1961. This study presents a series of census-date estimates of the economically active population adjusted to a consistent definitional base. ..."--Intro.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Dominion Bureau of Statistics.
Title Historical estimates of the Canadian labour force / by Frank T. Denton and Sylvia Ostry.
Series title 1961 Census monograph
Publication type Monograph
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) "One of a series of labour force studies in the 1961 census monograph programme."
Digitized edition from print [produced by Statistics Canada].
Issued also in French under title: Relevés chronologiques de la main-d'oeuvre canadienne.
Includes bibliographical references.
Publishing information Ottawa : Dominion Bureau of Statistics, 1967.
Author / Contributor Denton, Frank T., 1930-
Ostry, Sylvia,1927-
Description viii, 49 p. : ill.
Catalogue number
  • CS99-549/1967E-PDF
Subject terms Census data
Labour force
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