Canada - Self-employed

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Canada was 11.95 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 13.32 in 1998, while its lowest value was 10.05 in 1991.

Definition: Self-employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs." i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced. Self-employed workers include four sub-categories of employers, own-account workers, members of producers' cooperatives, and contributing family workers.

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

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Year Value
1991 10.05
1992 10.58
1993 11.19
1994 11.43
1995 11.61
1996 12.21
1997 13.21
1998 13.32
1999 12.90
2000 12.33
2001 11.18
2002 11.50
2003 11.40
2004 11.28
2005 11.48
2006 11.39
2007 11.43
2008 11.40
2009 11.87
2010 11.54
2011 11.48
2012 11.47
2013 11.78
2014 11.69
2015 11.93
2016 11.74
2017 11.86
2018 12.12
2019 11.95

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Canada was 18.22 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 20.42 in 1998, while its lowest value was 18.22 in 2019.

Definition: Self-employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs." i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced. Self-employed workers include four sub-categories of employers, own-account workers, members of producers' cooperatives, and contributing family workers.

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 18.55
1992 18.89
1993 19.44
1994 18.90
1995 19.00
1996 19.49
1997 20.31
1998 20.42
1999 20.36
2000 19.34
2001 18.73
2002 18.40
2003 18.89
2004 19.06
2005 19.21
2006 18.69
2007 19.11
2008 19.29
2009 19.96
2010 19.68
2011 19.04
2012 18.87
2013 18.75
2014 18.58
2015 18.48
2016 18.57
2017 18.30
2018 18.25
2019 18.22

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Canada was 15.23 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 17.18 in 1998, while its lowest value was 14.75 in 1991.

Definition: Self-employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs." i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced. Self-employed workers include four sub-categories of employers, own-account workers, members of producers' cooperatives, and contributing family workers.

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 14.75
1992 15.14
1993 15.72
1994 15.53
1995 15.67
1996 16.20
1997 17.10
1998 17.18
1999 16.95
2000 16.13
2001 15.26
2002 15.20
2003 15.40
2004 15.43
2005 15.61
2006 15.27
2007 15.50
2008 15.58
2009 16.10
2010 15.81
2011 15.46
2012 15.36
2013 15.43
2014 15.31
2015 15.38
2016 15.32
2017 15.24
2018 15.33
2019 15.23

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity