Full-time Employment in Canada since 1976 – Was increasing until the Great Recession Stat Can finds

In aggregate, the percentage of people employed full time has increased slightly since the mid-1970s. Of all individuals aged 17 to 64 who were not attending school full time, 66% were employed full time as employees or self-employed workers in 2014, up from 62% in 1976. The full-time employment rate reached a high of 68% in 2007, prior to the last recession, following a secular increase in the percentage of women holding full-time jobs (Chart 1).

Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at  Full-time Employment, 1976 to 2014.