Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Canada
Canada: Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) was 0.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Canada, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
The most recent figure for contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Canada is 0.1%, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 36.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Canada peaked at 0.3% in 1993 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2024.
Canada ranks 185th of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Canada, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.2% | — |
| 1992 | 0.2% | +14.2% |
| 1993 | 0.3% | +22.6% |
| 1994 | 0.2% | -34.4% |
| 1995 | 0.2% | +15.8% |
| 1996 | 0.2% | -9.9% |
| 1997 | 0.3% | +40.1% |
| 1998 | 0.2% | -13.2% |
| 1999 | 0.2% | -11.2% |
| 2000 | 0.2% | -15.7% |
| 2001 | 0.1% | -21.2% |
| 2002 | 0.1% | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 0.1% | +11.4% |
| 2004 | 0.1% | -17.5% |
| 2005 | 0.1% | -3.9% |
| 2006 | 0.1% | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 0.1% | -12.8% |
| 2008 | 0.1% | +15.6% |
| 2009 | 0.1% | -13.1% |
| 2010 | 0.1% | -25.8% |
| 2011 | 0.1% | +28.0% |
| 2012 | 0.1% | -22.1% |
| 2013 | 0.1% | +45.7% |
| 2014 | 0.1% | -8.4% |
| 2015 | 0.1% | -13.7% |
| 2016 | 0.1% | +16.5% |
| 2017 | 0.1% | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 0.1% | +7.3% |
| 2019 | 0.1% | -5.9% |
| 2020 | 0.1% | -26.1% |
| 2021 | 0.1% | -3.7% |
| 2022 | 0.1% | -20.4% |
| 2023 | 0.1% | +27.1% |
| 2024 | 0.1% | -22.6% |
| 2025 | 0.1% | +0.2% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 0.1% is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.3%, 20% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Canada
- 182 Malta 0.1% compare
- 183 Djibouti 0.1% compare
- 184 Hong Kong, China 0.1% compare
- 186 Macau, China 0.1% compare
- 187 Guyana 0.0% compare
More work & labour data for Canada
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.3281 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.3334 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.3231 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.29 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.6552 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 39,234 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 5,715 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 26,798 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 26,814 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 53,612 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Canada?
- Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Canada was 0.1% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3% in 1993.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2024.
- How does Canada rank for contributing family workers, male (% of male employment)?
- Canada ranks 185th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Contributing family workers are those workers who hold "self-employment jobs" as own-account workers in a market-oriented establishment operated by a related person living in the same household.