Table 1
Labour force characteristics by age group and sex – Seasonally adjusted
May 2017 |
June 2017 |
Standard error1 | May to June 2017 | June 2016 to June 2017 | May to June 2017 | June 2016 to June 2017 | |
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thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | change in thousands (except rates) | change in thousands (except rates) | % change | % change | |
Both sexes, 15 years and over | |||||||
Population | 29,857.1 | 29,886.9 | ... | 29.8 | 312.8 | 0.1 | 1.1 |
Labour force | 19,654.6 | 19,681.2 | 29.8 | 26.6 | 296.9 | 0.1 | 1.5 |
Employment | 18,365.7 | 18,411.0 | 29.5 | 45.3 | 350.8 | 0.2 | 1.9 |
Full-time | 14,862.9 | 14,871.0 | 40.5 | 8.1 | 248.2 | 0.1 | 1.7 |
Part-time | 3,502.9 | 3,540.0 | 37.7 | 37.1 | 102.5 | 1.1 | 3.0 |
Unemployment | 1,288.9 | 1,270.3 | 25.1 | -18.6 | -53.7 | -1.4 | -4.1 |
Participation rate | 65.8 | 65.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | ... | ... |
Unemployment rate | 6.6 | 6.5 | 0.1 | -0.1 | -0.3 | ... | ... |
Employment rate | 61.5 | 61.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | ... | ... |
Part-time rate | 19.1 | 19.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | ... | ... |
Youths, 15 to 24 years | |||||||
Population | 4,353.0 | 4,352.1 | ... | -0.9 | -35.2 | 0.0 | -0.8 |
Labour force | 2,807.9 | 2,806.5 | 17.3 | -1.4 | 17.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
Employment | 2,470.2 | 2,470.1 | 16.1 | -0.1 | 43.2 | 0.0 | 1.8 |
Full-time | 1,260.7 | 1,271.1 | 19.8 | 10.4 | 35.1 | 0.8 | 2.8 |
Part-time | 1,209.5 | 1,199.0 | 20.8 | -10.5 | 8.2 | -0.9 | 0.7 |
Unemployment | 337.7 | 336.4 | 14.6 | -1.3 | -26.1 | -0.4 | -7.2 |
Participation rate | 64.5 | 64.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.9 | ... | ... |
Unemployment rate | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -1.0 | ... | ... |
Employment rate | 56.7 | 56.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.5 | ... | ... |
Part-time rate | 49.0 | 48.5 | 0.8 | -0.4 | -0.5 | ... | ... |
Men, 25 years and over | |||||||
Population | 12,475.5 | 12,490.8 | ... | 15.3 | 170.7 | 0.1 | 1.4 |
Labour force | 8,917.6 | 8,900.7 | 15.6 | -16.9 | 123.8 | -0.2 | 1.4 |
Employment | 8,384.9 | 8,386.7 | 16.6 | 1.8 | 158.5 | 0.0 | 1.9 |
Full-time | 7,651.6 | 7,660.3 | 22.6 | 8.7 | 114.8 | 0.1 | 1.5 |
Part-time | 733.3 | 726.4 | 18.3 | -6.9 | 43.7 | -0.9 | 6.4 |
Unemployment | 532.7 | 514.0 | 15.1 | -18.7 | -34.6 | -3.5 | -6.3 |
Participation rate | 71.5 | 71.3 | 0.1 | -0.2 | 0.1 | ... | ... |
Unemployment rate | 6.0 | 5.8 | 0.2 | -0.2 | -0.5 | ... | ... |
Employment rate | 67.2 | 67.1 | 0.1 | -0.1 | 0.3 | ... | ... |
Part-time rate | 8.7 | 8.7 | 0.2 | -0.1 | 0.4 | ... | ... |
Women, 25 years and over | |||||||
Population | 13,028.5 | 13,044.0 | ... | 15.5 | 177.3 | 0.1 | 1.4 |
Labour force | 7,929.1 | 7,974.1 | 17.2 | 45.0 | 156.1 | 0.6 | 2.0 |
Employment | 7,510.7 | 7,554.2 | 17.2 | 43.5 | 149.1 | 0.6 | 2.0 |
Full-time | 5,950.6 | 5,939.6 | 26.6 | -11.0 | 98.4 | -0.2 | 1.7 |
Part-time | 1,560.1 | 1,614.6 | 25.1 | 54.5 | 50.7 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
Unemployment | 418.5 | 419.9 | 13.6 | 1.4 | 7.0 | 0.3 | 1.7 |
Participation rate | 60.9 | 61.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | ... | ... |
Unemployment rate | 5.3 | 5.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ... | ... |
Employment rate | 57.6 | 57.9 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | ... | ... |
Part-time rate | 20.8 | 21.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | ... | ... |
...
not applicable
Note(s):
The sum of individual categories may not always add up to the total as a result of rounding.
Source(s):
CANSIM table 282-0087.
Table note 1
Average standard error for change in two consecutive months. See "Sampling variability of estimates" in the "Data Quality" section of the Labour Force Information (Catalogue number71-001-X) publication for further explanations.
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