AI Analysis: Average usual hours and wages by selected characteristics, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality, last 5 months

Executive Summary

Statistics Canada's Table 14100320 tracks Canadian employee hours and wages across 190 unique data series from January 2001 to March 2026, revealing that average weekly wages more than doubled (+118.8%, from $626 to $1,370) while weekly hours remained virtually unchanged at around 35 hours. The dataset spans 57,570 records across 19 demographic characteristics and 10 wage/hours metrics, providing a robust long-term view of Canadian labour market trends. No significant outliers were detected, and the data remains consistent and stable through the most recent reporting period of March 2026.

Key Findings

• Average weekly wages for Canadian workers aged 15 and over surged 118.8% over 25 years, rising from $626.09 in January 2001 to $1,370.00 in March 2026.
• Average usual weekly hours remained nearly flat over the same period, declining only marginally from 35.3 to 35.0 hours — a change of just 0.3 hours across 25 years.
• The wages distribution across 23,028 records shows a mean of $591 and median of $531 (range: $9.75–$2,489.59), indicating moderate right skew driven by high-wage worker segments.
• Employment counts are heavily right-skewed, with a mean of approximately 3.18 million persons versus a median of 1.49 million, reflecting a small number of very large workforce categories dominating the dataset.
• Hours worked data across 17,271 records has a median of 35.7 hours close to the mean of 30.7 hours, though the lower mean reflects the drag of part-time workers on the overall average.
• No extreme outliers were detected using the 3× IQR method across any wage or hours characteristic, and no month-over-month wage changes exceeding 5% were identified in the most recent 5-month window.
• The dataset's 190 unique data series across 19 characteristics and 10 metrics — covering age groups, gender, and employment type — enable granular segmentation of Canadian labour market trends spanning over two decades.