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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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Tight labour markets are here to stay — we’d better start planning for them 

By Michael Willcox | November 21, 2022

Job vacancies remain at record highs in Canada, totaling nearly one million in August 2022 (the latest data available). Although vacancies seem to have plateaued, they remain roughly 80% higher…

LMIC launches its 2021-2022 Annual Report

By Tony Bonen | October 26, 2022

This week we launched LMIC’s 2021-2022 Annual Report, summarizing our work and achievements for the fiscal year. And, what a year of change it was. Unprecedented labour and skills shortages…

Career service providers: Collaborate with LMIC to build a digital LMI tool

By LMIC-CIMT | September 27, 2022

Application to express your interest in co-designing a digital tool with us

LMIC partners with myBlueprint, Université Laval to develop digital LMI tools for career professionals

By LMIC-CIMT | August 16, 2022

The Labour Market Information Council (LMIC) has partnered with two career services-focused organizations to design digital tools that will help career development professionals access and use labour market information (LMI).…

Building the evidence base about economic, health and social inequities faced by LGBTQ2S+ individuals in Canada

By LMIC-CIMT | August 1, 2022

As a group, gender and sexual minorities in Canada – including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and Two-Spirit (LGBTQ2S+) self-identified people – are more likely to live in poverty, face…

We’re Back at the In-Person CEA Conference, Presenting Labour Market Trends!

By Behnoush Amery | June 29, 2022

It was truly a blessing to participate in person at the 2022 Canadian Economics Association (CEA) conference after being virtual for over two years! Each year at the start of…

LMIC Launches the Canadian Job Trends Dashboard

By LMIC-CIMT | April 28, 2022

Explore labour market information based on trends found in online job postings from across Canada: our Canadian Online Job Posting Dashboard is now the Canadian Job Trends Dashboard, with a…

Developing Indicators for Skill Demand

By Michael Willcox | March 22, 2022

In this technical paper, LMIC outlines three approaches to developing indicators for skill demand using online job posting data.

Women in Recovery: COVID-19 and Women’s Labour Market Participation

By Brittany Feor | March 16, 2022

Two years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, we explore how women in Canada are recovering in a tumultuous labour market.

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