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

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Prince Edward Island


Table summary
This table displays the results of prince edward island september 2012, october  2012, s.e., change from, percent change from and last month, calculated using last month, last december, twelve months ago and in thousands (except rates) units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  September 2012 October  2012 S.E.Note 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 120.8 120.7 Note ...: not applicable -0.1 0.9 1.1 -0.1 0.8 0.9
Labour force 81.1 81.9 0.6 0.8 -0.9 0.9 1.0 -1.1 1.1
Employment 72.0 72.4 0.7 0.4 -1.0 0.5 0.6 -1.4 0.7
Employment full-time 60.2 60.5 0.8 0.3 -1.0 -0.4 0.5 -1.6 -0.7
Unemployment 9.1 9.6 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.5 5.5 3.2 5.5
Participation rate 67.1 67.9 0.5 0.8 -1.2 0.2 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate 11.2 11.7 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate 59.6 60.0 0.6 0.4 -1.3 -0.1 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Part-time rate 16.4 16.3 1.0 -0.1 0.1 1.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years  
Population 20.0 20.0 Note ...: not applicable 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.5
Labour force 12.4 12.6 0.4 0.2 -1.6 -0.9 1.6 -11.3 -6.7
Employment 10.0 10.0 0.4 0.0 -2.3 -1.7 0.0 -18.7 -14.5
Unemployment 2.5 2.6 0.4 0.1 0.7 0.8 4.0 36.8 44.4
Participation rate 62.0 63.0 2.0 1.0 -8.4 -4.8 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate 20.2 20.6 2.5 0.4 7.2 7.3 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate 50.0 50.0 2.0 0.0 -11.8 -8.8 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Part-time rate 41.0 39.0 3.6 -2.0 -0.8 0.5 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Men, 25 years and
over		  
Population 48.6 48.5 Note ...: not applicable -0.1 0.3 0.3 -0.2 0.6 0.6
Labour force 34.8 35.2 0.3 0.4 0.1 1.0 1.1 0.3 2.9
Employment 31.4 31.5 0.4 0.1 0.7 1.9 0.3 2.3 6.4
Unemployment 3.4 3.7 0.4 0.3 -0.7 -1.0 8.8 -15.9 -21.3
Participation rate 71.6 72.6 0.7 1.0 -0.2 1.6 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate 9.8 10.5 1.1 0.7 -2.0 -3.2 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate 64.6 64.9 0.8 0.3 1.0 3.5 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Part-time rate 7.0 7.0 1.0 0.0 0.2 1.2 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Women, 25 years
and over		  
Population 52.2 52.2 Note ...: not applicable 0.0 0.5 0.6 0.0 1.0 1.2
Labour force 33.9 34.1 0.3 0.2 0.6 0.9 0.6 1.8 2.7
Employment 30.6 30.9 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.3 1.0 1.6 1.0
Unemployment 3.2 3.2 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.0 3.2 23.1
Participation rate 64.9 65.3 0.6 0.4 0.5 1.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate 9.4 9.4 1.0 0.0 0.1 1.6 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate 58.6 59.2 0.7 0.6 0.4 -0.1 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Part-time rate 18.0 18.4 1.4 0.5 2.0 2.8 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Industry 72.0 72.4 0.7 0.4 -1.0 0.5 0.6 -1.4 0.7
Goods-producing sector 17.8 17.2 0.6 -0.6 -1.3 0.4 -3.4 -7.0 2.4
Agriculture 4.4 3.9 0.3 -0.5 -0.1 0.4 -11.4 -2.5 11.4
Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying,
oil and gas extractionNote 2		 3.3 3.1 0.3 -0.2 -0.4 0.1 -6.1 -11.4 3.3
Utilities 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 33.3
Construction 5.1 4.9 0.4 -0.2 -0.4 0.1 -3.9 -7.5 2.1
Manufacturing 4.5 4.9 0.4 0.4 -0.4 -0.4 8.9 -7.5 -7.5
Services-producing sector 54.2 55.2 0.7 1.0 0.2 0.1 1.8 0.4 0.2
Trade 9.7 9.7 0.5 0.0 0.4 -0.3 0.0 4.3 -3.0
Transportation and warehousing 2.4 2.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 4.3
Finance, insurance, real estate
and leasing		 2.4 2.4 0.2 0.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 -11.1 -11.1
Professional, scientific and
technical services		 3.8 3.5 0.2 -0.3 0.5 0.8 -7.9 16.7 29.6
Business, building and other
support services		 2.5 2.5 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 4.2 8.7
Educational services 6.1 6.1 0.3 0.0 0.5 -0.1 0.0 8.9 -1.6
Health care and social assistance 9.8 9.4 0.4 -0.4 -0.7 -0.2 -4.1 -6.9 -2.1
Information, culture and recreation 2.4 2.6 0.3 0.2 -0.2 -0.2 8.3 -7.1 -7.1
Accommodation and food services 4.7 5.3 0.4 0.6 -0.5 -0.2 12.8 -8.6 -3.6
Other services 3.0 3.3 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.4 10.0 22.2 13.8
Public administration 7.4 7.8 0.3 0.4 -0.4 -0.2 5.4 -4.9 -2.5
... not applicable
Note 1.

Average standard error of change in two consecutive months (see "Sampling Errors" in Data Quality for further explanations).

Note 2.

Also referred to as Natural resources.

Note(s): Related CANSIM Tables 282-0087&p2=38" title="CANSIM table 282-0087">282-0087, 282-0088.
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.