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Table 4-5
Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — Quebec

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Quebec
  April 2009 May 2009 S.E. 1 Change from Percent change from
last month last December twelve months ago last month last December twelve months ago
                                                    in thousands (except rates)      
Both sexes, 15 years and over  
Population 6,421.1 6,426.5 ... 5.4 26.4 62.8 0.1 0.4 1.0
Labour force 4,210.8 4,229.6 14.2 18.8 38.0 39.6 0.4 0.9 0.9
Employment 3,857.9 3,863.6 14.7 5.7 -20.7 -14.2 0.1 -0.5 -0.4
Employment full-time 3,131.1 3,130.1 19.0 -1.0 -4.7 -27.8 0.0 -0.1 -0.9
Unemployment 352.9 366.0 12.7 13.1 58.8 53.7 3.7 19.1 17.2
Participation rate 65.6 65.8 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.0 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.4 8.7 0.3 0.3 1.4 1.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 60.1 60.1 0.2 0.0 -0.6 -0.8 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 18.8 19.0 0.4 0.1 -0.3 0.4 ... ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years  
Population 962.1 962.4 ... 0.3 1.4 3.4 0.0 0.1 0.4
Labour force 642.9 655.9 8.0 13.0 12.4 3.0 2.0 1.9 0.5
Employment 552.1 551.4 7.9 -0.7 -7.6 -15.1 -0.1 -1.4 -2.7
Unemployment 90.7 104.4 7.0 13.7 19.9 18.0 15.1 23.6 20.8
Participation rate 66.8 68.2 0.8 1.4 1.2 0.1 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 14.1 15.9 1.0 1.8 2.8 2.7 ... ... ...
Employment rate 57.4 57.3 0.8 -0.1 -0.9 -1.8 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 51.3 50.8 1.5 -0.6 -1.6 2.6 ... ... ...
Men, 25 years and over  
Population 2,668.2 2,670.8 ... 2.6 13.0 30.2 0.1 0.5 1.1
Labour force 1,877.5 1,887.1 7.7 9.6 20.8 11.8 0.5 1.1 0.6
Employment 1,724.7 1,724.3 8.7 -0.4 -4.1 -20.1 0.0 -0.2 -1.2
Unemployment 152.9 162.8 7.8 9.9 24.9 31.9 6.5 18.1 24.4
Participation rate 70.4 70.7 0.3 0.3 0.5 -0.3 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.1 8.6 0.4 0.5 1.2 1.6 ... ... ...
Employment rate 64.6 64.6 0.3 0.0 -0.4 -1.5 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 7.1 7.6 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.7 ... ... ...
Women, 25 years and over  
Population 2,790.8 2,793.3 ... 2.5 12.1 29.1 0.1 0.4 1.1
Labour force 1,690.4 1,686.7 8.0 -3.7 4.9 24.9 -0.2 0.3 1.5
Employment 1,581.1 1,587.9 8.2 6.8 -9.1 21.0 0.4 -0.6 1.3
Unemployment 109.4 98.8 6.7 -10.6 14.0 3.9 -9.7 16.5 4.1
Participation rate 60.6 60.4 0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0.3 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.5 5.9 0.4 -0.6 0.9 0.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 56.7 56.8 0.3 0.1 -0.6 0.1 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 20.3 20.3 0.7 0.0 -0.2 -0.6 ... ... ...
Industry 3,857.9 3,863.6 14.7 5.7 -20.7 -14.2 0.1 -0.5 -0.4
Goods-producing sector 858.2 870.2 11.9 12.0 -3.2 -21.7 1.4 -0.4 -2.4
Agriculture 56.5 59.4 3.6 2.9 7.3 -2.7 5.1 14.0 -4.3
Forestry, fishing, mining, oil and gas 28.2 29.9 2.4 1.7 -2.0 -3.9 6.0 -6.3 -11.5
Utilities 33.1 37.8 2.2 4.7 6.9 3.1 14.2 22.3 8.9
Construction 200.6 202.6 7.0 2.0 -5.9 -11.6 1.0 -2.8 -5.4
Manufacturing 539.8 540.5 9.5 0.7 -9.5 -6.7 0.1 -1.7 -1.2
Services-producing sector 2,999.7 2,993.4 16.2 -6.3 -17.6 7.5 -0.2 -0.6 0.3
Trade 624.3 624.5 10.7 0.2 18.6 -1.0 0.0 3.1 -0.2
Transportation and warehousing 176.3 173.2 6.2 -3.1 -7.9 -17.8 -1.8 -4.4 -9.3
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing 217.3 214.1 7.0 -3.2 -9.0 -16.7 -1.5 -4.0 -7.2
Professional, scientific and technical services 280.1 274.8 7.8 -5.3 15.2 7.0 -1.9 5.9 2.6
Business, building and other support services 151.3 149.2 5.9 -2.1 2.2 10.8 -1.4 1.5 7.8
Educational services 256.5 261.8 7.1 5.3 16.5 -2.5 2.1 6.7 -0.9
Health care and social assistance 498.4 489.8 8.4 -8.6 -9.0 24.5 -1.7 -1.8 5.3
Information, culture and recreation 166.9 172.4 6.5 5.5 -7.2 9.0 3.3 -4.0 5.5
Accommodation and food services 229.5 225.3 8.0 -4.2 -17.7 -14.9 -1.8 -7.3 -6.2
Other services 182.3 190.7 6.1 8.4 19.3 12.8 4.6 11.3 7.2
Public administration 216.7 217.7 5.8 1.0 -38.5 -3.6 0.5 -15.0 -1.6
Average standard error of change in two consecutive months (see "Sampling Errors" in Data Quality for further explanations).
Note(s):
Related CANSIM Tables 282-0087, 282-0088.