Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. The context for a labour force strategy
3. The Canadian focus on paid employment in the sector
4. About the Labour Force Study
5. About this report
6. Acknowledgements
7. 1 Defining and classifying the sector
8. 2 Understanding the labour market
   1. Employers
   2. Existing and potential workers
   3. Labour market intermediaries
9. 3 What we know about paid employment in the sector
   1. Current sources of labour force information
   2. Future sources of labour force information
   3. Available statistics
   4. Distinctive characteristics of paid employment in the sector
10. 4 Understanding the environment, trends and demands on the sector
    1. Labour market trends
    2. Demands on the voluntary and non-profit sector
    3. Emerging labour force strategies
11. 5 Conclusion
    1. Appendices
    2. Endnotes