Canada
CA desk: Canada first; United States, United Kingdom, euro area, Australia, Korea, Taiwan and New Zealand alongside.
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As of 2025 | % of total employment
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 87.09% |
| 2024 | 86.98% |
| 2023 | 86.82% |
| 2022 | 86.53% |
| 2021 | 86.00% |
| 2020 | 84.84% |
| 2019 | 85.21% |
| 2018 | 84.93% |
| 2017 | 85.13% |
| 2016 | 85.05% |
| 2015 | 85.00% |
| 2014 | 85.00% |
| 2013 | 84.81% |
| 2012 | 84.80% |
| 2011 | 84.66% |
| 2010 | 84.46% |
| 2009 | 84.09% |
| 2008 | 84.61% |
| 2007 | 84.62% |
| 2006 | 84.68% |
| 2005 | 84.39% |
| 2004 | 84.57% |
| 2003 | 84.60% |
| 2002 | 84.80% |
Wage and salaried workers (SL.EMP.WORK.ZS, modelled ILO estimate) are employees as a share of total employment — people who work for a wage or salary. Latest: 87.09% in 2025.
The complement is mostly self-employment and contributing family work. It says nothing about the size of the pay packet. From 1991 to 2025 (35 years): latest 87.09% (2025), previous year 86.98% (2024); low 82.82% (1998), high 87.09% (2025).
Source: World Bank Open Data. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (terms).