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

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Alberta
  June 2011 July 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 3,005.1 3,009.8 ... 4.7 30.4 45.0 0.2 1.0 1.5
Labour force 2,213.6 2,225.4 9.0 11.8 74.8 63.3 0.5 3.5 2.9
Employment 2,090.6 2,103.0 9.0 12.4 70.8 76.7 0.6 3.5 3.8
Employment full-time 1,738.5 1,741.7 12.0 3.2 66.4 88.6 0.2 4.0 5.4
Unemployment 123.0 122.4 7.2 -0.6 4.0 -13.4 -0.5 3.4 -9.9
Participation rate 73.7 73.9 0.3 0.2 1.7 1.0 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.6 5.5 0.3 -0.1 0.0 -0.8 ... ... ...
Employment rate 69.6 69.9 0.3 0.3 1.7 1.6 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 16.8 17.2 0.5 0.3 -0.4 -1.2 ... ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years  
Population 508.7 508.7 ... 0.0 -2.7 -5.5 0.0 -0.5 -1.1
Labour force 351.7 359.4 5.2 7.7 12.8 0.0 2.2 3.7 0.0
Employment 311.3 319.4 4.9 8.1 5.8 0.9 2.6 1.8 0.3
Unemployment 40.4 40.0 4.2 -0.4 7.0 -0.9 -1.0 21.2 -2.2
Participation rate 69.1 70.7 1.0 1.6 2.9 0.8 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 11.5 11.1 1.1 -0.4 1.6 -0.3 ... ... ...
Employment rate 61.2 62.8 1.0 1.6 1.5 0.9 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 33.5 36.9 1.8 3.4 -1.0 -0.9 ... ... ...
Men, 25 years and over  
Population 1,269.1 1,271.6 ... 2.5 16.8 25.9 0.2 1.3 2.1
Labour force 1,031.0 1,034.7 4.6 3.7 24.1 30.9 0.4 2.4 3.1
Employment 982.0 987.2 5.1 5.2 25.7 40.4 0.5 2.7 4.3
Unemployment 49.0 47.5 4.3 -1.5 -1.6 -9.5 -3.1 -3.3 -16.7
Participation rate 81.2 81.4 0.4 0.2 0.9 0.8 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.8 4.6 0.4 -0.2 -0.3 -1.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 77.4 77.6 0.4 0.2 1.0 1.6 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 6.0 6.1 0.5 0.1 0.0 -0.5 ... ... ...
Women, 25 years and over  
Population 1,227.3 1,229.6 ... 2.3 16.3 24.7 0.2 1.3 2.0
Labour force 830.8 831.4 5.5 0.6 38.0 32.5 0.1 4.8 4.1
Employment 797.2 796.4 5.2 -0.8 39.3 35.4 -0.1 5.2 4.7
Unemployment 33.6 34.9 3.8 1.3 -1.4 -3.0 3.9 -3.9 -7.9
Participation rate 67.7 67.6 0.4 -0.1 2.2 1.3 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.0 4.2 0.5 0.2 -0.4 -0.5 ... ... ...
Employment rate 65.0 64.8 0.4 -0.2 2.4 1.6 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 23.7 23.0 0.9 -0.7 -0.6 -2.1 ... ... ...
Industry 2,090.6 2,103.0 9.0 12.4 70.8 76.7 0.6 3.5 3.8
Goods-producing sector 571.5 569.6 9.0 -1.9 13.2 20.7 -0.3 2.4 3.8
Agriculture 53.3 46.0 3.2 -7.3 2.4 -0.8 -13.7 5.5 -1.7
Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas extraction 2 153.2 152.6 4.9 -0.6 -0.4 9.7 -0.4 -0.3 6.8
Utilities 18.5 17.3 1.8 -1.2 -1.8 -2.8 -6.5 -9.4 -13.9
Construction 203.3 210.4 6.6 7.1 -5.0 1.2 3.5 -2.3 0.6
Manufacturing 143.2 143.3 5.2 0.1 18.0 13.3 0.1 14.4 10.2
Services-producing sector 1,519.0 1,533.4 11.0 14.4 57.6 56.0 0.9 3.9 3.8
Trade 324.5 327.4 7.5 2.9 14.3 24.5 0.9 4.6 8.1
Transportation and warehousing 101.1 107.7 4.1 6.6 0.2 0.3 6.5 0.2 0.3
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing 104.4 103.2 4.4 -1.2 4.4 -5.4 -1.1 4.5 -5.0
Professional, scientific and technical services 168.4 162.0 5.3 -6.4 3.3 8.3 -3.8 2.1 5.4
Business, building and other support services 68.8 70.8 4.1 2.0 -2.5 -3.1 2.9 -3.4 -4.2
Educational services 128.2 134.1 5.0 5.9 12.7 5.6 4.6 10.5 4.4
Health care and social assistance 230.4 223.0 5.6 -7.4 3.0 4.7 -3.2 1.4 2.2
Information, culture and recreation 80.3 85.1 4.0 4.8 13.8 9.8 6.0 19.4 13.0
Accommodation and food services 133.5 136.2 5.3 2.7 17.4 13.0 2.0 14.6 10.6
Other services 99.1 100.7 4.3 1.6 -4.0 3.5 1.6 -3.8 3.6
Public administration 80.2 83.1 3.8 2.9 -5.0 -5.4 3.6 -5.7 -6.1
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.