About LMIC
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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It’s International Women’s Day. What do we know about the state of women’s employment in Canada?
Today is International Women’s Day, and we’re entering the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic. So today we’re asking ourselves: what do we know now, in March 2022, about the…
Request for Proposals: Technical Partner for Digital LMI Tools
The Labour Market Information Council (LMIC) is seeking proposals from software development companies to build digital tools as part of the national project Equipping Career Services with LMI Tools and…
Challenges and Opportunities in Canada’s LMI Landscape
Eight challenges and six recommendations for growth and innovation in Canadian LMI.
Research Opportunity: Measuring Labour Shortages
The Labour Market Information Council (LMIC) is seeking innovative solutions for real-time identification and tracking of labour shortages. To meet this objective, we are looking for advanced research projects focused…
Bridging the divide between career services and equity-seeking groups in Canada
Surranna Sandy, CEO of Skills for Change, reflects on what the findings in LMIC and FSC’s recent report on career services in Canada mean for the newcomers and low-income people…
Why aren’t women working in trades? Creating safe and inclusive workplaces for women
Bonnie Douglas, Project Manager at CCWESTT, reflects on why there are so few women in trades and what Canadian employers can do about it. It’s an ongoing challenge: female trade certificate holders consistently…
Learning and Earning: Three New Years of Data for Post-Secondary School Graduate Earnings
In January 2020, LMIC and the Education Policy Research Initiative published a joint report on the early career earnings of Canadian post-secondary education graduates. Now, three additional years of post-graduate…
Post-Secondary Graduate Earnings: How Much is the Class of 2010 Making?
Earnings data up to 2018 is now available for post-secondary students in Canada who graduated in 2010.
Adults and career services: 3 key findings
When I moved to Canada, I was completely clueless about the education system, the labour market and career pathways. So much so, that I struggled to decide which university to…
Majority of Canadians not accessing career services despite unprecedented job market shakeup, reveals new report
OTTAWA, ON, November 18, 2021 – Today the Labour Market Information Council (LMIC) and the Future Skills Centre (FSC) released new research which finds that few Canadian adults are taking advantage of career services at…