Table 4-9
Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — Alberta

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Alberta
  October 2010 November 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 2,943.4 2,947.2 ... 3.8 51.9 55.7 0.1 1.8 1.9
Labour force 2,150.8 2,138.7 8.6 -12.1 2.8 -1.3 -0.6 0.1 -0.1
Employment 2,021.2 2,018.8 8.8 -2.4 23.5 31.0 -0.1 1.2 1.6
Employment full-time 1,655.2 1,668.3 11.8 13.1 36.5 39.6 0.8 2.2 2.4
Unemployment 129.5 119.9 7.5 -9.6 -20.7 -32.4 -7.4 -14.7 -21.3
Participation rate 73.1 72.6 0.3 -0.5 -1.2 -1.4 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.0 5.6 0.3 -0.4 -1.0 -1.5 ... ... ...
Employment rate 68.7 68.5 0.3 -0.2 -0.4 -0.2 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 18.1 17.4 0.5 -0.7 -0.9 -0.7 ... ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years  
Population 504.6 504.5 ... -0.1 -3.1 -3.5 0.0 -0.6 -0.7
Labour force 345.1 349.7 5.1 4.6 -7.2 -5.5 1.3 -2.0 -1.5
Employment 307.0 312.4 4.8 5.4 0.4 3.5 1.8 0.1 1.1
Unemployment 38.2 37.3 4.4 -0.9 -7.6 -9.0 -2.4 -16.9 -19.4
Participation rate 68.4 69.3 1.0 0.9 -1.0 -0.6 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 11.1 10.7 1.2 -0.4 -1.9 -2.3 ... ... ...
Employment rate 60.8 61.9 0.9 1.1 0.4 1.1 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 37.8 37.3 1.7 -0.5 -0.3 -0.1 ... ... ...
Men, 25 years and over  
Population 1,238.1 1,240.1 ... 2.0 28.3 30.4 0.2 2.3 2.5
Labour force 1,001.6 995.2 4.4 -6.4 11.5 8.7 -0.6 1.2 0.9
Employment 948.5 947.9 5.1 -0.6 21.8 25.1 -0.1 2.4 2.7
Unemployment 53.1 47.3 4.5 -5.8 -10.3 -16.4 -10.9 -17.9 -25.7
Participation rate 80.9 80.3 0.4 -0.6 -0.9 -1.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.3 4.8 0.4 -0.5 -1.1 -1.7 ... ... ...
Employment rate 76.6 76.4 0.4 -0.2 0.0 0.1 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 6.6 5.8 0.5 -0.8 -0.6 -0.7 ... ... ...
Women, 25 years and over  
Population 1,200.8 1,202.6 ... 1.8 26.7 28.8 0.1 2.3 2.5
Labour force 804.1 793.7 4.9 -10.4 -1.6 -4.6 -1.3 -0.2 -0.6
Employment 765.8 758.5 4.9 -7.3 1.2 2.4 -1.0 0.2 0.3
Unemployment 38.2 35.2 3.6 -3.0 -2.8 -7.0 -7.9 -7.4 -16.6
Participation rate 67.0 66.0 0.4 -1.0 -1.6 -2.0 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.8 4.4 0.4 -0.4 -0.4 -0.9 ... ... ...
Employment rate 63.8 63.1 0.4 -0.7 -1.3 -1.3 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 24.4 23.6 0.9 -0.9 -1.1 -0.6 ... ... ...
Industry 2,021.2 2,018.8 8.8 -2.4 23.5 31.0 -0.1 1.2 1.6
Goods-producing sector 551.5 555.8 9.0 4.3 42.6 31.7 0.8 8.3 6.0
Agriculture 46.5 50.5 3.2 4.0 -3.1 -2.0 8.6 -5.8 -3.8
Forestry, fishing, mining, oil and gas 150.4 148.2 4.6 -2.2 22.6 18.8 -1.5 18.0 14.5
Utilities 17.4 18.8 1.9 1.4 -0.2 -1.8 8.0 -1.1 -8.7
Construction 215.3 216.8 6.1 1.5 17.8 16.6 0.7 8.9 8.3
Manufacturing 121.9 121.5 4.7 -0.4 5.5 0.2 -0.3 4.7 0.2
Services-producing sector 1,469.8 1,463.0 10.5 -6.8 -19.2 -0.7 -0.5 -1.3 0.0
Trade 307.3 309.3 7.4 2.0 4.9 13.1 0.7 1.6 4.4
Transportation and warehousing 97.2 102.9 4.6 5.7 2.3 -1.1 5.9 2.3 -1.1
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing 108.6 105.6 4.3 -3.0 1.0 0.3 -2.8 1.0 0.3
Professional, scientific and technical services 147.1 143.8 4.9 -3.3 -1.8 -1.6 -2.2 -1.2 -1.1
Business, building and other support services 80.3 71.4 4.1 -8.9 6.1 4.1 -11.1 9.3 6.1
Educational services 129.1 129.2 5.0 0.1 -10.5 -7.9 0.1 -7.5 -5.8
Health care and social assistance 224.7 225.2 5.4 0.5 16.4 22.1 0.2 7.9 10.9
Information, culture and recreation 71.5 73.7 3.9 2.2 -8.5 -9.1 3.1 -10.3 -11.0
Accommodation and food services 120.3 115.9 5.4 -4.4 -17.4 -8.5 -3.7 -13.1 -6.8
Other services 97.9 98.7 4.4 0.8 -8.8 -5.8 0.8 -8.2 -5.6
Public administration 85.8 87.3 3.7 1.5 -3.0 -6.1 1.7 -3.3 -6.5
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.