Canada: average working hours per week 2022

This statistic shows the total number of employed persons in Canada in 2022, distinguished by average usual weekly working hours. In 2022, about 7.39 million Canadians usually worked 40 hours per week.

Total number of employed persons in Canada in 2022, by average usual weekly hours (in 1,000s)

Average usual weekly hours	Number of employed person in thousands
1 to 14 hours	1,085.5
15 to 29 hours	2,314.5
30 to 34 hours	1,370.1
35 to 39 hours	4,536.3
40 hours	7,387.9
41 to 49 hours	1,222.9
50 hours or more	1,649.4

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Release date

January 2023

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

2022

Age group

15 years and older

Supplementary notes

Prior to January 1997, usual hours were the number of hours usually worked by the respondent in a typical week, regardless of whether they were paid. Beginning January 1997, usual hours for employees refers to their normal paid or contract hours, not counting any overtime. However, the definition of usual hours remains unchanged for the self-employed and unpaid family workers. Adapted from Statistics Canada, statcan.gc.ca, 2022. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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