New Evidence on the Determinants of Training in Canadian Business Locations

This document provides data from the new Workplace and Employee Survey (WES) conducted by Statistics Canada with the support of Human Resources Development Canada. The survey consists of two components: (1) a workplace survey on the adoption of technologies, organizational change, training and other human resource practices, business strategies, and labour turnover in workplaces; and (2) a survey of employees within these same workplaces covering wages, hours of work, job type, human capital, use of technologies and training. The result is a rich new source of linked information on workplaces and their employees. Appendices include: (1) Extract from WES questionnaires; (2) Definition of variables used; and (3) Cluster analysis. A bibliography is included. (Contains 11 tables and 27 footnotes.).