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The Labour Market Information Council (LMIC) is a not-for-profit organization established to identify and implement pan-Canadian priorities to address the need for more consistent and accessible labour market information for Canadians.

LMIC’s mandate is to improve the timeliness, reliability and accessibility of labour market information to facilitate decision-making by employers, workers, job seekers, academics, policy makers, educators, career practitioners, students, parents and under-represented populations.

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Students need labour market information – here’s what they’re asking for

By LMIC-CIMT | August 31, 2021

August 2021

Students Need Labour Market Information – Here’s What They’re Asking For

By Bryan Oates | August 12, 2021

Sixty-two per cent of students say that labour market information (LMI) has helped them make post-secondary education-related decisions. However, there are many students and career practitioners who are still uncertain…

Tailor-Made LMI for Career-Related Decisions

By Michael Willcox | August 11, 2021

People need labour market information (LMI)-such as details about wages, skill requirements and job vacancies-to make informed career, education and hiring decisions. Unfortunately, most Canadians report being unable to use…

Building a Decision-Based Framework to Understand LMI Needs

By Liz Betsis | August 5, 2021

This latest joint report highlights that the information Canadians need extends well beyond what is usually considered essential data. For labour market information to be relevant and suitable to the…

Self-employed Canadians increasingly going solo during COVID-19 pandemic

By Behnoush Amery | July 22, 2021

Self-employed individuals, like many other groups of workers, have been negatively affected by the pandemic over the past year and a half, but over the past two decades the rate…

Defining skills: The new currency for the job market

By LMIC-CIMT | July 21, 2021

July 2021

A Made-in-Canada System That Maps Skills to Occupations

By LMIC-CIMT | June 30, 2021

June 2021

LMI Insight Report no. 43, Searching for an OaSIS in the world of skills and occupation mapping

By Anthony Mantione | June 15, 2021

OaSIS is a new occupational skills and information system being developed by ESDC that will leverage the experience of similar systems around the world to provide Canadians with skills-related labour…

The Canadian Economics Association Conference: Employment Impacts of COVID-19

By Behnoush Amery | June 8, 2021

The COVID-19 crisis has affected everyone in Canada. But when it comes to labour market outcomes, a few groups have borne the brunt of the pandemic’s impacts: low-income earners, members…

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