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

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Alberta
  May 2011 June 2011 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 3,000.1 3,005.1 ... 5.0 25.7 43.6 0.2 0.9 1.5
Labour force 2,186.0 2,213.6 9.0 27.6 63.0 51.2 1.3 2.9 2.4
Employment 2,068.6 2,090.6 9.2 22.0 58.4 71.2 1.1 2.9 3.5
Employment full-time 1,725.3 1,738.5 12.0 13.2 63.2 76.7 0.8 3.8 4.6
Unemployment 117.3 123.0 7.5 5.7 4.6 -20.0 4.9 3.9 -14.0
Participation rate 72.9 73.7 0.3 0.8 1.5 0.7 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.4 5.6 0.3 0.2 0.1 -1.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 69.0 69.6 0.3 0.6 1.4 1.4 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 16.6 16.8 0.5 0.2 -0.7 -0.9 ... ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years  
Population 508.8 508.7 ... -0.1 -2.7 -5.8 0.0 -0.5 -1.1
Labour force 345.4 351.7 5.2 6.3 5.1 -10.5 1.8 1.5 -2.9
Employment 309.3 311.3 5.1 2.0 -2.3 -8.7 0.6 -0.7 -2.7
Unemployment 36.1 40.4 4.4 4.3 7.4 -1.8 11.9 22.4 -4.3
Participation rate 67.9 69.1 1.0 1.2 1.3 -1.3 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.5 11.5 1.2 1.0 2.0 -0.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 60.8 61.2 1.0 0.4 -0.1 -1.0 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 35.3 33.5 1.7 -1.8 -4.4 -4.1 ... ... ...
Men, 25 years and over  
Population 1,266.4 1,269.1 ... 2.7 14.3 25.4 0.2 1.1 2.0
Labour force 1,027.9 1,031.0 4.6 3.1 20.4 26.1 0.3 2.0 2.6
Employment 981.2 982.0 5.3 0.8 20.5 36.6 0.1 2.1 3.9
Unemployment 46.7 49.0 4.6 2.3 -0.1 -10.5 4.9 -0.2 -17.6
Participation rate 81.2 81.2 0.4 0.0 0.7 0.4 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.5 4.8 0.5 0.3 -0.1 -1.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 77.5 77.4 0.4 -0.1 0.8 1.4 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 5.4 6.0 0.5 0.6 -0.2 0.2 ... ... ...
Women, 25 years and over  
Population 1,224.9 1,227.3 ... 2.4 14.0 24.0 0.2 1.2 2.0
Labour force 812.7 830.8 5.2 18.1 37.4 35.6 2.2 4.7 4.5
Employment 778.1 797.2 5.1 19.1 40.1 43.3 2.5 5.3 5.7
Unemployment 34.5 33.6 3.7 -0.9 -2.7 -7.7 -2.6 -7.4 -18.6
Participation rate 66.3 67.7 0.4 1.4 2.3 1.6 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.2 4.0 0.5 -0.2 -0.6 -1.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 63.5 65.0 0.4 1.5 2.6 2.3 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 23.4 23.7 0.9 0.3 0.1 -0.5 ... ... ...
Industry 2,068.6 2,090.6 9.2 22.0 58.4 71.2 1.1 2.9 3.5
Goods-producing sector 576.9 571.5 8.8 -5.4 15.1 34.1 -0.9 2.7 6.3
Agriculture 50.7 53.3 3.1 2.6 9.7 5.4 5.1 22.2 11.3
Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas extraction 2 154.0 153.2 4.6 -0.8 0.2 13.3 -0.5 0.1 9.5
Utilities 18.3 18.5 1.7 0.2 -0.6 0.6 1.1 -3.1 3.4
Construction 215.3 203.3 6.4 -12.0 -12.1 0.5 -5.6 -5.6 0.2
Manufacturing 138.5 143.2 4.9 4.7 17.9 14.4 3.4 14.3 11.2
Services-producing sector 1,491.8 1,519.0 10.9 27.2 43.2 37.0 1.8 2.9 2.5
Trade 312.3 324.5 7.3 12.2 11.4 11.1 3.9 3.6 3.5
Transportation and warehousing 101.8 101.1 4.2 -0.7 -6.4 -6.5 -0.7 -6.0 -6.0
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing 97.8 104.4 4.5 6.6 5.6 -2.6 6.7 5.7 -2.4
Professional, scientific and technical services 164.7 168.4 5.1 3.7 9.7 14.1 2.2 6.1 9.1
Business, building and other support services 68.5 68.8 4.2 0.3 -4.5 -7.3 0.4 -6.1 -9.6
Educational services 123.0 128.2 5.0 5.2 6.8 3.7 4.2 5.6 3.0
Health care and social assistance 221.0 230.4 5.6 9.4 10.4 10.8 4.3 4.7 4.9
Information, culture and recreation 77.8 80.3 4.1 2.5 9.0 6.1 3.2 12.6 8.2
Accommodation and food services 134.3 133.5 5.6 -0.8 14.7 10.1 -0.6 12.4 8.2
Other services 103.8 99.1 4.2 -4.7 -5.6 2.9 -4.5 -5.3 3.0
Public administration 86.7 80.2 3.6 -6.5 -7.9 -5.5 -7.5 -9.0 -6.4
1.
Average standard error of change in two consecutive months (see "Sampling Errors" in Data Quality for further explanations).
2.
Also referred to as Natural resources.
Note(s):
Related CANSIM Tables 282-0087, 282-0088.