Canada at a Glance 2016
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Table 17
Labour force characteristics, by sex
Table summary
This table displays the results of Labour force characteristics 2005, 2010 and 2015, calculated using thousands and % units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  2005 2010 2015
thousands
Labour force 17,292 18,451 19,278
Males 9,226 9,705 10,182
Females 8,066 8,746 9,096
Employed 16,124 16,964 17,947
Males 8,579 8,852 9,423
Females 7,545 8,113 8,524
Unemployed 1,169 1,486 1,331
Males 647 853 760
Females 521 633 572
  %
Unemployment rate 6.8 8.1 6.9
Males 7.0 8.8 7.5
Females 6.5 7.2 6.3
Participation rate 67.1 66.9 65.8
Males 72.8 71.6 70.6
Females 61.7 62.4 61.2
Employment rate 62.6 61.5 61.3
Males 67.7 65.3 65.3
Females 57.7 57.9 57.4
Table 18
Average weekly earnings, by industry
Table summary
This table displays the results of Average weekly earnings 2005, 2010 and 2015, calculated using $ current units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  2005 2010 2015
$ current
Total employees, all industries 703.14 816.83 922.50
Goods-producing industries 816.20 972.73 1,100.89
Agriculture 483.32 568.65 684.21
Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas 1,074.95 1,329.01 1,557.69
Utilities 1,088.04 1,298.30 1,458.55
Construction 815.43 975.99 1,137.00
Manufacturing 788.84 909.46 990.99
Services-producing industries 666.78 775.05 875.22
Trade 517.12 597.83 684.74
Transportation and warehousing 767.44 895.00 983.86
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing 778.51 903.92 1,075.00
Professional, scientific and technical services 933.48 1,056.45 1,205.35
Business, building and other support services 510.42 609.85 690.12
Educational services 822.25 963.76 1062.28
Health care and social assistance 674.48 789.26 875.45
Information, culture and recreation 674.66 771.70 846.42
Accommodation and food services 340.73 385.67 430.86
Public administration 943.65 1,118.35 1,259.41
Other services 589.12 665.48 783.68
Table 19
Employment, by industry
Table summary
This table displays the results of Employment 2005, 2010 and 2015, calculated using thousands units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  2005 2010 2015
thousands
Total, all industries 16,123.5 16,964.3 17,946.6
Goods-producing industries 4,000.7 3,725.0 3,870.4
Agriculture 342.1 306.6 294.9
Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas 309.5 324.5 354.9
Utilities 123.5 141.3 137.0
Construction 1,022.1 1,241.9 1,371.2
Manufacturing 2,203.4 1,710.7 1,712.4
Services-producing industries 12,122.9 13,239.2 14,076.2
Trade 2,569.4 2,683.4 2,732.7
Transportation and warehousing 796.0 814.1 917.2
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing 983.6 1,073.9 1,102.9
Professional, scientific and technical services 1,041.1 1,216.1 1,365.8
Business, building and other support services 650.1 691.5 760.6
Educational services 1,102.4 1,166.3 1,274.1
Health care and social assistance 1,723.4 2,041.6 2,292.3
Information, culture and recreation 728.0 762.8 750.6
Accommodation and food services 1,001.2 1,097.6 1,210.6
Public administration 835.7 920.5 907.4
Other services 692.0 771.4 761.8

Chart

Chart 12 Unemployment rate

Description for Chart 12
Data table for Chart 12
  2014 2015
Canada 6.9 6.9
N.L. 11.9 12.8
P.E.I. 10.6 10.4
N.S. 9.0 8.6
N.B. 9.9 9.8
Que. 7.7 7.6
Ont. 7.3 6.8
Man. 5.4 5.6
Sask. 3.8 5.0
Alta. 4.7 6.0
B.C. 6.1 6.2
Source:
Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 282-0002.
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