Labour Market Information Council

What Labour Market Information Council does

The Labour Market Information Council (LMIC) is an Ottawa-based not-for-profit organization that improves the timeliness, reliability, and accessibility of labour market information for Canadians. Its core products are three interactive dashboards — the Labour Market Imbalances Dashboard, the Youth Employment Dashboard, and the Canadian Job Trends Dashboard — built on Statistics Canada's Labour Force Survey and Job Vacancy and Wage Survey, with filtering by geography, occupation, education, and time. Supporting these dashboards is a catalogue of guides (notably the Labour Market Imbalances Guide and the Using Labour Market Indicators Guide), annotated bibliographies, snapshots on skill demand, and terminology/skill resources such as WorkWords and Understanding Skills.

LMIC's go-to-market is content-led and community-oriented: resources are free, bilingual (English/French), and distributed through the website, email newsletters, social channels, webinars, and conference participation such as Cannexus. The organization is governed by a 15-member Board of Directors composed of senior public servants representing each province and territory, the federal government (Employment and Social Development Canada), and Statistics Canada, and is supported by a National Stakeholder Advisory Panel and a Panel of Labour Market Information Experts. Five primary persona segments are served: job seekers, employers, career practitioners and educators, policymakers and researchers, and under-represented populations.

The revenue model is not-for-profit grant/appropriation funding rather than commercial monetization; LMIC does not offer priced products, integrations, or API access. The 2026 strategic posture is defined by an AI-and-LMI thought leadership track (with publications from the Director of Research and Strategic Foresight and the Senior Economic Advisor), a joint 2026 research partnership with the Canadian Career Development Foundation, and the publication of new guides extending the Imbalances interpretation toolkit.

Name

Labour Market Information Council

Legal name

Labour Market Information Council

Website

https://lmic-cimt.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

LMIC is an Ottawa-based not-for-profit that provides free, bilingual, pan-Canadian labour market information through interactive dashboards and guides built on Statistics Canada data, serving job seekers, employers, educators, policymakers, and under-represented populations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Labour Market Information Services

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172)

SIC

Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Workforce Data, Labor Market Intelligence (LMI) & Program Evaluation (EDAAAOAN)

Keywords

• Labour market intelligence
• Workforce analytics
• Employment data dashboards
• Job market research
• Labour market information

Headquarters

HQ city

Ottawa

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations

Revenue model

1. Not-for-profit funding model: LMIC is a not-for-profit organization established to identify and implement pan-Canadian priorities to address the need for more consistent and accessible labour market information. The organization provides free resources and dashboards to Canadians. Revenue model appears to be funded through government partnerships and stakeholder collaborations rather than direct revenue generation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

LMIC is a non-profit organization that provides accessible labour market information and analysis to Canadians. It operates three interactive dashboards covering labour market imbalances, youth employment, and Canadian job trends, and publishes research and policy analysis for Canadian decision-makers. All resources are offered free of charge, supported by government partnerships and a board of senior government officials.

Product overview

The Labour Market Information Council (LMIC) operates as a not-for-profit organization that provides labour market information (LMI) to Canadians through a platform of interactive dashboards and publications. The core product offering consists of three main dashboards: the Labour Market Imbalances Dashboard, the Youth Employment Dashboard, and the Canadian Job Trends Dashboard, which are accessible through dashboards.lmic-cimt.ca. These dashboards visualize key labour market indicators such as unemployment rates, job vacancies, participation rates, and wages, sourced primarily from Statistics Canada's Labour Force Survey (LFS) and Job Vacancy and Wage Survey (JVWS). Supporting the dashboards, LMIC publishes guides (such as the Labour Market Imbalances Guide and the Using Labour Market Indicators Guide), annotated bibliographies, snapshots on skill demand trends, and maintains resources on understanding skills, future of work research, and labour market terminology. The organization does not offer a commercial software product with integrations but rather provides publicly accessible research tools and dashboards for Canadians.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Labour Market Imbalances Dashboard Interactive dashboard presenting data on labour market imbalances across Canada, designed for policymakers, employers, and researchers analyzing supply-demand gaps.
• Youth Employment Dashboard Interactive dashboard presenting youth employment trends and outcomes across Canada, designed for educators, students, policymakers, and workforce planners.
• Canadian Job Trends Dashboard Interactive dashboard presenting Canadian job trends data, designed for employers, career counsellors, students, and researchers tracking evolving labour market conditions.
• Research Reports and Policy Analysis Research reports, policy briefs, and stakeholder consultations produced by LMIC, providing expert analysis on Canadian labour market topics for public audiences.

Quantifiable outcome

• Provides access to labour market information for employers, workers, job seekers, academics, policy makers, educators, career practitioners, students, parents and under-represented populations

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Canadian Career Development Foundation (CCDF)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 January 2026LMIC and CCDF announced a joint research partnership in January 2026 to understand how career development practitioners across Canada access and use labour market information. The partnership focuses on documenting current practitioner experiences with LMI, including how practitioners access and use LMI, tools and data sources relied upon, practical challenges related to usability, relevance, and access, and where information gaps continue to affect practice. Findings will be shared through insight products designed for practitioners, sector leaders, and others in the career development field in late 2026. The partnership was announced during Cannexus, Canada's largest bilingual career development conference.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Lightcast: Lightcast (formerly Burning Glass Technologies and Emsi) provides workforce data analytics and labour market intelligence derived from job postings and occupational data. It is the most direct private-sector peer to LMIC in terms of translating labour market data into actionable insights for employers, educators, and policymakers.
• Indeed Hiring Lab: Indeed's Hiring Lab publishes research and analysis on Canadian and global labour market trends using proprietary job posting data. It overlaps directly with LMIC's mission of producing accessible labour market intelligence for job seekers, employers, and policymakers, though it operates as a commercial research arm.
• Future Skills Centre: Future Skills Centre is a Canadian-focused workforce research and innovation organization that produces evidence on skills, training, and labour market outcomes. It shares LMIC's mandate of informing workforce policy and practice, with overlapping audiences in policy makers, educators, and employers.
• Conference Board of Canada: The Conference Board of Canada produces independent research on Canadian economic and labour market trends, including workforce strategy and skills research. It is comparable as a Canadian non-profit research organization producing applied labour market analysis for policy and business decision-makers.
• Government of Canada Job Bank: Job Bank is the federal government's official source of Canadian labour market information, including job postings, wages, and occupational outlooks. It overlaps significantly with LMIC's mission of providing accessible LMI and uses Statistics Canada data sources similar to LMIC.

Broad incumbents

• LinkedIn Talent Insights: LinkedIn Talent Insights offers labour market analytics drawn from LinkedIn's professional network data, including hiring trends, skill penetration, and talent flow. It serves similar audiences (employers, policymakers, educators) but is part of LinkedIn's broader commercial talent platform.

Regional players

• O*NET: O*NET is the U.S. Department of Labor's occupational information database, providing standardized descriptions and labour market data for U.S. occupations. It is the closest U.S. counterpart to LMIC's mandate of providing structured, accessible occupational and labour market information.

Others

• Statistics Canada: Statistics Canada is the underlying data provider for LMIC's dashboards, producing the Labour Force Survey and Job Vacancy and Wage Survey. As the primary upstream data source, Statistics Canada shapes what LMIC can publish and the cadence of updates.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/LMIC_CIMT
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Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

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