HR Metrics
Track your HR team’s efforts and programs with quarterly Canadian benchmarking data.
Make informed decisions when building and revising your human resources programs by benchmarking your HR metrics against other Canadian organizations. Stay up-to-date on current HR trends and see how you can adapt to ensure that you remain competitive in today’s labour market.
Page updated: February 10, 2026
Quarterly Metrics
These data-briefings provide access to quarterly benchmarking data for key areas of interest to human resources professionals, allowing organizations to compare themselves to other employers in their sector or industry. Data is derived from a quarterly surveys sent to Canadian HR professionals working in various regions, sectors, and industries.
HR Metrics Year in Review
August 28, 2025 • 5-min read
Survey
2024
Respondents
346 organizations
Q4 2024
May 1, 2025 • 14-min read
Survey
February 2025
Respondents
191 organizations
Q3 2024
February 24, 2025 • 8-min read
Survey
Oct–Dec 2024
Respondents
182 organizations
Q2 2024
November 25, 2024 • 5-min read
Survey
Aug–Sep 2024
Respondents
197 organizations
Q1 2024
October 3, 2024 • 10-min read
Survey
May–Jun 2024
Respondents
194 organizations
HR Benchmaring Metrics
Quarterly
Each quarter, our survey gathers fresh and timely benchmarking data in four key metrics, broken employee group, industry, and sector.
Turnover rates for unionized and non-unionized employees
Retirement rates
Absenteeism rates
Job vacancy rates
Annually
The first survey of the year captures these metrics.
Average retirement age
Retirement eligibility in the next 12 months and two to five years
Attraction, retention, and recruitment efforts
About the Series
Keep your HR policies and offerings competitive.
HR Insights is a quarterly briefing series that explores innovative approaches to the execution and design of a common HR operation. Each briefing examines how organizations across Canada are designing, implementing, and evolving their HR practices. The analysis goes beyond surface-level comparisons to offer Canadian organizational benchmark data for adoption rates, types of offering, organizational design, communication, and execution. Key findings from the survey data highlight major trends, recommendations, and best practices, letting HR teams see what other organizations are doing to help them bolster their own programs.
Recent topics have included adaptive recruitment strategies, perks, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in recruitment and training, and evolving workplace flexibility practices.
Whether you’re looking to stay competitive, refine your strategies, or adopt new approaches, HR Insights offers your entire HR team the evidence they need to make informed decisions.
How this series will help you:
- Access Canadian benchmarks to assess whether your HR policies and programs are competitive.
- Stay current with the latest HR innovations: see how other organizations implement and manage their practices to strengthen your own strategy.
The HR Metrics series has been produced since June 2006.
Methodology
HR Insights summarizes the data on a rotating topic related to HR operations collected in our quarterly HR Metrics Benchmarking survey. The other sections of the survey explore key HR themes including turnover, absenteeism, recruitment, and attraction and retention for the last quarter of business. For information on these themes, please see our HR Metrics Benchmarking report. The survey was sent to human resources professionals at Canadian organizations operating in a variety of regions, sectors, and industries. All data was analyzed using R and SPSS statistical software.
Become a Survey Participant
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Questions?
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