It is a survey of Ph.D.-granting departments of computer science (CS) and computer engineering (CE) in the United States and Canada. This survey is conducted Annually by the Computing Research Association to document trends in student enrolment, employment of graduates, and faculty salaries.

The Information & Communications Technology Council web site contains a number of studies on software human resource issues:
http://www.shrc.ca/index_e.html

Also see the TalentMap site:
http://www.talentmap.com/

You must register to view the results. Site includes a summary of a survey on key human resource challenges facing high technology companies in retaining employees

Human Resources Development Canada produces a publication called Job Futures. It provides occupational outlooks for various careers and degrees. The national version is here:
(www.workingincanada.gc.ca)

Also look at the SalaryExperts web site for salary ranges by occupation and Canadian city:
http://www.salaryexpert.com
(Look under "free salary tools")

You may also be interested in the following websites:

CATA Alliance:
http://www.cata.ca/

Statistics Canada: The labour market for computer programmers, 1992 to 1997:
http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/980610/d980610.htm