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Table 4-2
Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — Prince Edward Island

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Prince Edward Island
  March 2010 April 2010 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 116.8 116.8 ... 0.0 0.4 1.3 0.0 0.3 1.1
Labour force 80.6 80.2 0.6 -0.4 0.4 1.6 -0.5 0.5 2.0
Employment 72.0 72.6 0.7 0.6 1.4 3.8 0.8 2.0 5.5
Employment full-time 59.2 60.2 0.8 1.0 2.0 2.5 1.7 3.4 4.3
Unemployment 8.7 7.6 0.7 -1.1 -1.0 -2.3 -12.6 -11.6 -23.2
Participation rate 69.0 68.7 0.6 -0.3 0.1 0.6 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.8 9.5 0.8 -1.3 -1.3 -3.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 61.6 62.2 0.6 0.6 1.0 2.6 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 17.8 16.9 1.0 -0.8 -1.3 1.0 ... ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years  
Population 19.8 19.7 ... -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.5 -0.5 -0.5
Labour force 14.0 13.5 0.4 -0.5 -0.2 0.1 -3.6 -1.5 0.7
Employment 11.6 11.6 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.8 0.0 1.8 7.4
Unemployment 2.4 1.9 0.4 -0.5 -0.4 -0.7 -20.8 -17.4 -26.9
Participation rate 70.7 68.5 1.9 -2.2 -0.7 0.8 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 17.1 14.1 2.4 -3.0 -2.7 -5.3 ... ... ...
Employment rate 58.6 58.9 1.9 0.3 1.3 4.4 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 41.4 34.5 3.2 -6.9 -5.0 -3.5 ... ... ...
Men, 25 years and over  
Population 46.6 46.6 ... 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.4 1.1
Labour force 34.0 34.2 0.4 0.2 -0.1 1.0 0.6 -0.3 3.0
Employment 30.4 31.0 0.4 0.6 0.6 2.1 2.0 2.0 7.3
Unemployment 3.7 3.2 0.4 -0.5 -0.6 -1.1 -13.5 -15.8 -25.6
Participation rate 73.0 73.4 0.8 0.4 -0.5 1.4 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.9 9.4 1.2 -1.5 -1.7 -3.6 ... ... ...
Employment rate 65.2 66.5 0.9 1.3 1.0 3.8 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 6.9 7.7 1.0 0.8 0.5 1.2 ... ... ...
Women, 25 years and over  
Population 50.4 50.4 ... 0.0 0.1 0.7 0.0 0.2 1.4
Labour force 32.6 32.5 0.3 -0.1 0.7 0.5 -0.3 2.2 1.6
Employment 30.1 29.9 0.4 -0.2 0.5 0.8 -0.7 1.7 2.7
Unemployment 2.6 2.6 0.4 0.0 0.2 -0.3 0.0 8.3 -10.3
Participation rate 64.7 64.5 0.7 -0.2 1.3 0.1 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.0 8.0 1.1 0.0 0.5 -1.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 59.7 59.3 0.8 -0.4 0.9 0.7 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 19.6 19.4 1.5 -0.2 -2.0 2.2 ... ... ...
Industry 72.0 72.6 0.7 0.6 1.4 3.8 0.8 2.0 5.5
Goods-producing sector 16.8 17.2 0.6 0.4 -0.9 -0.6 2.4 -5.0 -3.4
Agriculture 3.5 3.5 0.3 0.0 -0.5 0.0 0.0 -12.5 0.0
Forestry, fishing, mining, oil and gas 2.7 2.8 0.3 0.1 0.3 -0.2 3.7 12.0 -6.7
Utilities 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.0 -0.2 0.0 0.0 -40.0 0.0
Construction 5.1 5.3 0.3 0.2 -0.6 0.0 3.9 -10.2 0.0
Manufacturing 5.2 5.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 -0.3 1.9 1.9 -5.4
Services-producing sector 55.2 55.3 0.7 0.1 2.3 4.3 0.2 4.3 8.4
Trade 11.2 11.4 0.4 0.2 0.2 2.3 1.8 1.8 25.3
Transportation and warehousing 2.2 2.3 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.0 4.5 21.1 0.0
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing 2.5 2.4 0.2 -0.1 -0.2 -0.1 -4.0 -7.7 -4.0
Professional, scientific and technical services 2.5 2.7 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.6 8.0 28.6 28.6
Business, building and other support services 2.4 2.8 0.3 0.4 -0.1 0.1 16.7 -3.4 3.7
Educational services 6.2 6.1 0.3 -0.1 0.5 0.9 -1.6 8.9 17.3
Health care and social assistance 8.8 8.6 0.3 -0.2 0.2 1.0 -2.3 2.4 13.2
Information, culture and recreation 2.3 2.4 0.2 0.1 0.0 -0.2 4.3 0.0 -7.7
Accommodation and food services 5.6 5.4 0.4 -0.2 0.4 -0.2 -3.6 8.0 -3.6
Other services 3.7 3.3 0.3 -0.4 0.0 0.1 -10.8 0.0 3.1
Public administration 7.9 7.9 0.3 0.0 0.3 -0.2 0.0 3.9 -2.5
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.