Experienced
labour force: Refers to persons 15 years of age and over, excluding institutional
residents, who were employed or unemployed during the week prior to Census Day, and who
had last worked for pay or in self-employment in either 1995 or in 1996. The experienced
labour force can be derived by excluding from the total labour force those unemployed
persons 15 years of age and over who have never worked or who had last worked prior to
January 1, 1995 only.Class of worker: Refers to a workers classification
as a wage and salary earner, a self-employed worker, or an unpaid family worker. The job
reported was the one held during the week prior to the census, or the job of longest
duration since January 1, 1995.
Paid workers: This category is made up of employees and the incorporated
self-employed.
Employees: Persons who worked mainly for wages, salaries, tips, commissions, or
payments in kind (payment in goods and services rather than money).
Self-employed: Persons whose job consisted mainly of operating a business or
professional practice, alone or in a partnership. This category includes the operation of
a farm. A business can be either incorporated or unincorporated. An
incorporated business has a legal entity under either federal or provincial laws.
Self-employed persons without paid help work by and for themselves. Self-employed
persons with paid help employ other people.
Unpaid family workers: Persons who worked without pay in a family farm, business
or professional practice owned or operated by a related household member