Chart 2
Hiring rates and layoff rates for employees aged 18 to 64, by province and territory, averages, 2003 to 2013
1.
Averages for Nunavut are calculated for the 2010-to-2013 period.
Note(s):
Hiring rates equal the number of employees who start a job with a new employer in year t and who are still with this employer in the following year, as a percentage of average annual paid employment in that year and the previous year. Layoff rates equal the number of employees who were laid off from a firm to which they did not return in the year of the layoff or the following year, as a percentage of average annual paid employment in that year and the previous year.
Source(s):
Canadian Employer–Employee Dynamics Database and Labour Force Survey (3701).
Chart description
This is a bar clustered chart.
| Hiring rate | Layoff rate | |
|---|---|---|
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 25.0 | 15.7 |
| Prince Edward Island | 22.5 | 12.9 |
| Nova Scotia | 20.1 | 8.0 |
| New Brunswick | 21.3 | 10.4 |
| Quebec | 20.0 | 6.7 |
| Ontario | 18.4 | 4.7 |
| Manitoba | 19.7 | 4.4 |
| Saskatchewan | 21.4 | 4.9 |
| Alberta | 24.8 | 5.1 |
| British Columbia | 21.0 | 5.9 |
| Yukon | 24.0 | 9.9 |
| Northwest Territories | 19.6 | 5.1 |
| Nunavut¹ | 34.9 | 14.0 |
1.
Averages for Nunavut are calculated for the 2010-to-2013 period.
Note(s):
Hiring rates equal the number of employees who start a job with a new employer in year t and who are still with this employer in the following year, as a percentage of average annual paid employment in that year and the previous year. Layoff rates equal the number of employees who were laid off from a firm to which they did not return in the year of the layoff or the following year, as a percentage of average annual paid employment in that year and the previous year.
Source(s):
Canadian Employer–Employee Dynamics Database and Labour Force Survey (3701).
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