"TERMS AND CONDITIONS" "https://www.bankofcanada.ca/terms/" "SERIES" "id","label","description" "LABSHORTYES","Yes (% of firms)","Labour Shortages - Does your firm face any shortages of labour that restrict your ability to meet demand?" "LSI","Balance of Opinion","Intensity of Labour Shortages - Compared with 12 months ago, are labour shortages generally…" "LSILESS","Less intense","Intensity of Labour Shortages - Compared with 12 months ago, are labour shortages generally…" "LSIMORE","More intense","Intensity of Labour Shortages - Compared with 12 months ago, are labour shortages generally…" "OBSERVATIONS" "date","LABSHORTYES","LSI","LSILESS","LSIMORE" "2001Q1","51","","","" "2001Q2","48","","","" "2001Q3","35","6","16","22" "2001Q4","35","-25","42","17" "2002Q1","31","-22","29","7" "2002Q2","39","2","19","22" "2002Q3","38","-2","20","18" "2002Q4","40","1","21","22" "2003Q1","36","-9","24","14" "2003Q2","31","-3","15","11" "2003Q3","34","15","14","28" "2003Q4","30","4","8","12" "2004Q1","36","8","13","21" "2004Q2","37","16","8","24" "2004Q3","44","37","6","43" "2004Q4","36","25","10","34" "2005Q1","33","22","3","25" "2005Q2","36","33","7","40" "2005Q3","50","41","5","46" "2005Q4","49","48","6","54" "2006Q1","44","57","3","59" "2006Q2","34","66","3","69" "2006Q3","37","55","2","57" "2006Q4","35","30","10","40" "2007Q1","41","38","13","51" "2007Q2","33","27","11","38" "2007Q3","41","29","7","36" "2007Q4","41","22","13","35" "2008Q1","30","18","13","30" "2008Q2","40","16","17","33" "2008Q3","36","5","22","27" "2008Q4","20","-47","54","7" "2009Q1","13","-57","62","5" "2009Q2","17","-65","67","2" "2009Q3","16","-48","59","10" "2009Q4","7","-49","57","8" "2010Q1","12","-22","35","13" "2010Q2","12","-18","35","17" "2010Q3","20","-10","33","22" "2010Q4","16","-6","24","18" "2011Q1","14","13","12","25" "2011Q2","25","20","14","34" "2011Q3","25","12","14","26" "2011Q4","29","20","14","34" "2012Q1","27","21","10","31" "2012Q2","29","18","17","35" "2012Q3","33","17","14","31" "2012Q4","25","18","11","29" "2013Q1","22","-4","24","20" "2013Q2","20","0","17","17" "2013Q3","31","8","14","22" "2013Q4","26","6","14","20" "2014Q1","23","6","16","22" "2014Q2","22","1","19","20" "2014Q3","18","19","13","32" "2014Q4","22","-2","20","18" "2015Q1","21","-14","29","15" "2015Q2","19","-16","33","17" "2015Q3","17","-14","29","15" "2015Q4","18","-24","35","11" "2016Q1","20","-28","34","6" "2016Q2","19","-19","32","13" "2016Q3","24","-9","31","21" "2016Q4","28","-4","27","23" "2017Q1","19","1","17","18" "2017Q2","25","31","9","40"