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Table 4-8
Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — Saskatchewan

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Saskatchewan
  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 787.3 788.6 ... 1.3 4.3 11.5 0.2 0.5 1.5
Labour force 555.4 556.8 2.4 1.4 8.3 9.8 0.3 1.5 1.8
Employment 527.2 527.8 2.5 0.6 5.7 8.3 0.1 1.1 1.6
Employment full-time 431.8 432.5 3.4 0.7 6.9 12.3 0.2 1.6 2.9
Unemployment 28.3 29.0 1.9 0.7 2.7 1.6 2.5 10.3 5.8
Participation rate 70.5 70.6 0.3 0.1 0.7 0.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.1 5.2 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 67.0 66.9 0.3 -0.1 0.3 0.0 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 18.1 18.1 0.6 0.0 -0.4 -1.1 ... ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years  
Population 138.3 138.3 ... 0.0 -0.2 -1.2 0.0 -0.1 -0.9
Labour force 98.0 96.5 1.5 -1.5 1.4 -6.0 -1.5 1.5 -5.9
Employment 88.9 87.6 1.5 -1.3 0.5 -3.9 -1.5 0.6 -4.3
Unemployment 9.0 8.9 1.2 -0.1 0.9 -2.1 -1.1 11.2 -19.1
Participation rate 70.9 69.8 1.1 -1.1 1.1 -3.7 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.2 9.2 1.2 0.0 0.8 -1.5 ... ... ...
Employment rate 64.3 63.3 1.1 -1.0 0.4 -2.3 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 37.1 37.9 1.8 0.8 0.6 -0.1 ... ... ...
Men, 25 years and over  
Population 317.9 318.6 ... 0.7 2.7 7.0 0.2 0.9 2.2
Labour force 244.8 245.6 1.2 0.8 3.8 9.3 0.3 1.6 3.9
Employment 233.9 234.5 1.3 0.6 4.6 7.4 0.3 2.0 3.3
Unemployment 10.9 11.2 1.1 0.3 -0.7 2.0 2.8 -5.9 21.7
Participation rate 77.0 77.1 0.4 0.1 0.6 1.3 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.5 4.6 0.4 0.1 -0.3 0.7 ... ... ...
Employment rate 73.6 73.6 0.4 0.0 0.8 0.7 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 6.7 6.2 0.6 -0.5 -0.7 -1.1 ... ... ...
Women, 25 years and over  
Population 331.2 331.7 ... 0.5 1.9 5.7 0.2 0.6 1.7
Labour force 212.7 214.6 1.3 1.9 3.0 6.4 0.9 1.4 3.1
Employment 204.4 205.7 1.4 1.3 0.6 4.8 0.6 0.3 2.4
Unemployment 8.3 8.9 0.9 0.6 2.4 1.6 7.2 36.9 21.9
Participation rate 64.2 64.7 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.8 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 3.9 4.1 0.4 0.2 1.0 0.6 ... ... ...
Employment rate 61.7 62.0 0.4 0.3 -0.2 0.4 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 22.9 23.2 1.0 0.3 -0.3 -0.7 ... ... ...
Industry 527.2 527.8 2.5 0.6 5.7 8.3 0.1 1.1 1.6
Goods-producing sector 145.3 144.8 2.3 -0.5 3.4 3.1 -0.3 2.4 2.2
Agriculture 44.2 43.0 1.5 -1.2 -2.5 -3.1 -2.7 -5.5 -6.7
Forestry, fishing, mining, oil and gas 28.0 26.9 1.1 -1.1 -0.1 2.9 -3.9 -0.4 12.1
Utilities 4.9 4.9 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 4.3 4.3
Construction 39.3 39.9 1.3 0.6 2.4 3.1 1.5 6.4 8.4
Manufacturing 29.0 30.1 1.0 1.1 3.3 0.0 3.8 12.3 0.0
Services-producing sector 381.9 383.0 2.8 1.1 2.3 5.2 0.3 0.6 1.4
Trade 79.9 78.3 1.8 -1.6 -1.2 -2.4 -2.0 -1.5 -3.0
Transportation and warehousing 26.0 25.9 1.0 -0.1 0.5 2.9 -0.4 2.0 12.6
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing 31.0 29.8 1.0 -1.2 -1.4 -0.5 -3.9 -4.5 -1.7
Professional, scientific and technical services 23.9 26.2 0.9 2.3 2.7 5.1 9.6 11.5 24.2
Business, building and other support services 13.0 12.9 0.8 -0.1 0.1 1.5 -0.8 0.8 13.2
Educational services 38.5 39.8 1.3 1.3 -0.9 1.0 3.4 -2.2 2.6
Health care and social assistance 67.7 67.7 1.4 0.0 1.3 2.9 0.0 2.0 4.5
Information, culture and recreation 18.4 18.9 1.0 0.5 0.1 -0.8 2.7 0.5 -4.1
Accommodation and food services 30.1 32.2 1.3 2.1 3.3 0.9 7.0 11.4 2.9
Other services 23.6 22.6 1.1 -1.0 -0.8 -2.4 -4.2 -3.4 -9.6
Public administration 29.7 28.8 1.0 -0.9 -1.4 -2.9 -3.0 -4.6 -9.1
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.