Name: Usual hours worked by occupation, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality
Creator: Statistics Canada
License: https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada

Usual hours worked by occupation, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality — AI AnalysisStatistics Canada's Table 14100422 provides nearly 40 years of monthly data (1987–2026) on usual hours worked across 59 occupational categories, 11 geographic regions, and 3 gender groups, capturing the breadth of Canadian labour market structure. The dataset is heavily right-skewed, with a mean VALKey Findings

The dataset contains 158,795 valid records spanning January 1987 to February 2026, with approximately 36.5% of VALUE entries missing — a pattern typical of detailed cross-tabulated labour force survey data.

VALUES range from 0.2 to 496,686.5 thousand persons, with a standard deviation of 6,322, reflecting the mixing of two distinct units of measure: 'Hours' (mean 1,642, median 43.5) and 'Persons in thousands' (mean 35.38, median 4.5).

12.8% of records (20,265 out of 158,795) were flagged as statistical outliers using a 3×IQR threshold, with outlier values exceeding 158.1 thousand persons, concentrated in broad national-level and aggregate occupational categories.

Gender-based analysis shows Men+ average 486.91 versus Women+ at 331.18, with Women+ also recording a slightly lower median (10.6) compared to Men+ (12.3), suggesting persistently lower hours or employment counts for women across occupational categories.

59 unique NOC occupational categories are represented, and when aggregate 'Total' categories are excluded, the ranking reveals stark contrasts between the largest employing occupations and the smallest or most specialized sub-groups.

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