• Labour Force Participation Rate: Proportion of the non-institutional population 15+ who reported that they were in the labour force in the reference period.
• Employment Rate: Proportion of the non-institutional population 15+ who reported that they were employed in the reference period.
• Unemployment Rate: Proportion of the Labour Force who reported that they were unemployed in the reference period.
• Youth Unemployment Rate: Proportion of the population 15-24 years in the Labour Force who reported that they were unemployed in the reference period.
• Long-term Unemployment Rate: Proportion of the Labour Force who did not have a job any time during the Census year or the year prior to the reference period.

• Labour force participation rate
• Employment rate
• Unemployment rate
• Youth unemployment rate
• Long-term unemployment rate

The Ontario Public Health Standards (OPHS) establish requirements for the fundamental public health programs and services carried out by boards of health, which include assessment and surveillance, health promotion and policy development, disease and injury prevention, and health protection. The OPHS consist of one Foundational Standard and 13 Program Standards that articulate broad societal goals that result from the activities undertaken by boards of health and many others, including community partners, non-governmental organizations, and governmental bodies. These results have been expressed in terms of two levels of outcomes: societal outcomes and board of health outcomes. Societal outcomes entail changes in health status, organizations, systems, norms, policies, environments, and practices and result from the work of many sectors of society, including boards of health, for the improvement of the overall health of the population. Board of health outcomes are the results of endeavours by boards of health and often focus on changes in awareness, knowledge, attitudes, skills, practices, environments, and policies. Boards of health are accountable for these outcomes. The standards also outline the requirements that boards of health must implement to achieve the stated results. 

• Societal Outcome (Foundational Standard): Population health needs are anticipated, identified, addressed, and evaluated.

• The board of health shall assess current health status, health behaviours, preventive health practices, health care utilization relevant to public health, and demographic indicators in accordance with the Population Health Assessment and Surveillance Protocol, 2008 (or as current) (Foundational Standard). 
• The board of health shall use population health, determinants of health and health inequities information to assess the needs of the local population, including the identification of populations at risk, to determine those groups that would benefit most from public health programs and services (i.e., priority populations) (Foundational Standard).

• The board of health shall collect or access the following types of population health data and information: i) Socio-demographics including population counts by age, sex, education, employment, income, housing, language, immigration, culture, ability/disability, and cost of a nutritious food basket (Population Health Assessment and Surveillance Protocol 1.b.i.).
• The board of health shall analyze population health data and interpret the information to describe the distribution of health outcomes, preventive health practices, risk factors, determinants of health, and other relevant information to assess the overall health of its population (Population Health Assessment and Surveillance Protocol 2.b.).

http://www.ontario.ca/publichealthstandards

• Unemployment rate, uses Labour Force Survey (special tabulations) as source
• Youth unemployment rate, uses Labour Force Survey (special tabulations) as source
• Long-term unemployment rate, uses Census as source

http://www4.statcan.gc.ca/health-sante/index-eng.htm
Click on "Health Indicators" under Products on the left side menu.
Click on "Data tables, maps and fact sheets" on the left side menu.
Click on "Non-medical determinants of health" on the main page or scroll down to that section to view the indicators under "Living and working conditions."
Note: Youth unemployment rate is available by selecting Unemployment Rate and modifying the query to only include youth aged 15-24.

• Employment rate, uses Census as source
• Unemployment rate, uses Census as source
• Labour force participation rate, uses Census as source

http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/index-eng.cfm
Click on "Community Profiles" under "Data products" in main body of page.
Enter the geographic region of interest in the "Place name" box, the province or territory in the "Province or territory" box, and click "Search".
Select your geography, and scroll down to "Labour force activity" to find the Employment rate, Unemployment rate and Labour force participation rate. 

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Census of Canada
Original source: Statistics Canada
Distributed by:

1. Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care (until 2006)
2. Statistics Canada

Suggested citation (see Data Citation Notes): [year] Census, Statistics Canada

National Household Survey
Original Source: Statistics Canada
Distributed by: Statistics Canada http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/index-eng.cfm

• Labour Force Survey: The LFS is a monthly sample of approximately 52,000 households. It would therefore provide more timely labour force participation rates. The survey is designed to represent the Canadian population aged 15 years and older. The survey excludes Indian reserves, full time members of the Canadian Forces, and persons living in institutions. The survey also excludes the Territories. The census has attempted over the past years to bring its labour force definition more closely in line with that used by the monthly Labour Force Survey. Most changes to question wording have been made for this purpose. However, differences do exist between the two sources in the assignment of a labour force activity status. These differences are largely due to the nature of the questions asked.

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• Age groups: population aged 15 and over; population aged 15 to 24 years;
• Sex: male, female and total
• Geographic areas: health region, province, metropolitan area (LFS), Canada

• The reference week for the Census and the National Household Survey is the calendar week (Sunday to Saturday) prior to Census Day. The reference week for the Labour Force Survey is the calendar week (Sunday to Saturday) prior to the interview.
• Unemployment indicates a socially disadvantaged status. It is associated with difficult living conditions, low socio-economic status, and health and social problems. Unemployed people tend to experience more health problems. Long-term unemployment could extend one's susceptibility to poor health.
• Unemployment figures are obtained mainly through censuses and labour force surveys. The criteria used to define the unemployed population may vary by source with respect to reference period, number of hours worked and wages earned. Eligibility criteria may also vary over time.
• The employment rate concept differs from unemployment rate in that employment rate uses the entire population 15 years and over as denominator rather than only those in the labour force. This means that the employment rate cannot be derived directly from the unemployment rate.
• The Census provides figures on unemployment every five years. To examine trends over time, it is preferable to use monthly rates from the Canadian Labour Force Survey (by Statistics Canada); however, the criteria used to determine these rates are different and these data are not always available at the local level.
• Interpretation of trends is influenced by fluctuations in the number of persons participating in the labour force (employed +  unemployed). Thus, the unemployment rate may fluctuate as much from a decrease or increase in the number of jobs as from a decrease or increase in the number of persons who are in the labour force.
• The number of hours worked during the reference week is not taken into consideration in assessing employment status.
• The unemployment rate does not include discouraged workers-those who have stopped actively looking for a job-and therefore does not count the ‘hidden unemployed.'
• Indicators are calculated for the civilian non-institutional population 15+. Prior to 1966, the Labour Force Survey calculated indicators for the civilian non-institutionalized population 14+.

• "Unemployed" describes the state of being without paid work or self-employment during the reference week (for either the Census or the Labour Force Survey), as well as being available for work during that week AND either:
• Having actively sought paid work in the past four weeks,
• Being on temporary lay-off and expecting to return to the same job; or
• Having definite arrangements to start a new job in 4 weeks or less.
• "Employed" describes the state of having done any paid work during the reference week (for either the Census or the Labour Force Survey) or being absent from a regular job or business with or without pay for the entire week because of a vacation, illness, labour dispute or any other reasons (excluding layoff, between casual jobs and those with a job to start at a future date. Employment includes unpaid family work, which is defined as unpaid work contributing directly to the operation of a farm, business or professional practice owned and operated by a related member of the same household.
• Labour force consists of civilian non-institutional population 15+ who are currently employed or unemployed.
• "Long-term unemployed" denotes persons who were unemployed in the reference Census year and during the year prior to the Census.

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• Statistics Canada. 2006 Census Dictionary. Ottawa, ON: Minister of Industry; 2010 [cited 2013 Jan 21]. Catalogue no. 92-566-X. Available from: http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/ref/dict/pdf/92-566-eng.pdf.
• Statistics Canada. Methodology of the Canadian Labour Force Survey. Ottawa, ON: Minister of Industry, 2008 [cited 2013 Jan 21]. Catalogue no. 71-526-X. Available from: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/71-526-x/71-526-x2007001-eng.pdf.