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Canada: Number of workers involved in strikes and lockouts by economic activity

540.95Persons, thousands · 2023+293.7% since 2012

ILOSTAT STR_WORK_ECO_NB. Number of workers involved in strikes and lockouts by economic activity (Persons, thousands). Annual figures for Canada from 2000 to 2023.

20002023

Every year

YearValue (Persons, thousands)Note
2023540.951
2022206.649
2021289.804
2019108.811
201886.067
2017206.375
201644.391
2015428.802
201480.474
2013205.726
2012137.398
201191.147
201057.728
200967.313
200841.331
200642.314
2005199.007
2004259.229
200378.915
2002165.59
2001221.203
2000142.672

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Published by ILO, produced by International Labour Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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ILO (2026). Number of workers involved in strikes and lockouts by economic activity. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/ilo-str-work-eco-nb-eco-aggregate-total-ps-3 (accessed 2026-11-09). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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