While many workers in Canada work fewer than 30 hours per week as a matter of choice, others do so involuntarily. In 2022, there were 556,000 involuntary part-time workers in the Canadian labour market on average, representing 2.8% of all workers. Although employed women (3.6%) were more likely than men (2.2%) to be involuntary part-time workers overall, involuntary part-time work represented a larger proportion of male part-time employment (17.4%) than female part-time employment (14.5%).
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