Name: Multiple jobholders by usual hours worked at all jobs, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality
Creator: Statistics Canada
License: https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada

Multiple jobholders by usual hours worked at all jobs, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality — AI AnalysisStatistics Canada's Table 14100048 tracks Canadian multiple jobholders by hours worked across all jobs from January 1976 to February 2026, revealing a dramatic six-fold increase from approximately 399,700 to 2,418,700 persons over 50 years. The dataset's 23,457 observations are strongly right-skewedKey Findings

Total multiple jobholders grew more than six-fold over 50 years, rising from ~399,700 persons in January 1976 to ~2,418,700 persons by February 2026, with a record peak of 1,244,800 persons recorded in February 2025.

The distribution of 23,457 observations is strongly right-skewed, with a mean of 74,900 persons more than double the median of 34,600 persons, indicating most hour-category values are low while a few large aggregates pull the average upward.

The 'All jobs, total multiple jobholders, all hours' category dominates the dataset with the highest mean (182,580 persons) and widest historical range (1,235,000 persons), reflecting its role as the aggregate of all sub-categories.

'All jobs, 50 hours or more' has the second-highest mean at 81,840 persons with a range of 511,400 persons, suggesting heavy-hour multiple jobholding is both common and highly variable over time.

'All jobs, 40 hours' has the lowest mean of just 18,490 persons, indicating that working exactly 40 hours across all jobs is the least common pattern among multiple jobholders.

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