Workplace and Employee Survey (WES)

Dataset Information
Name  Workplace and Employee Survey (WES)
UUID  21c2a4fc-ae6a-4207-80fa-3bcb53497e16
Site  Statistics Canada - Research Data Centres
Region  Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon, Saskatchewan
Description  The overall goal of the survey is to examine the way in which employers and their employees respond to the changing competitive and technological environment.
Format  None
Purpose  The Workplace and Employee Survey (WES) is designed to explore a broad range of issues relating to employers and their employees. The survey aims to shed light on the relationships among competitiveness, innovation, technology use and human resource management on the employer side and technology use, training, job stability and earnings on the employee side.
Scope  The target population for the employer component is defined as all business locations operating in Canada that have paid employees in March, with the following exceptions: a) Employers in Yukon, Nunavut and Northwest Territories; and b) Employers operating in crop production and animal production; fishing, hunting and trapping; private households, religious organizations and public administration. The target population for the employee component is all employees working or on paid leave in March in the selected workplaces who receive a Canada Revenue Agency T-4 Supplementary form. If a person receives a T-4 slip from two different workplaces, then the person will be counted as two employees on the WES frame.
Data Level  Individual
Collection Period  01/04/1999-03/31/2006
Last Updated 2023-11-28