Table 4-4
Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — New Brunswick

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Selected labour force characteristics (seasonally adjusted) — New Brunswick
Table summary
This table displays the selected labour force characteristics for New Brunswick. The data in this table is seasonally adjusted. The row headers provide information for the selected labour force characteristics for each selected age group and sex, as well as the selected industries. The column headers provide information on the current and last month in thousands, the standard error, as well as the number change (in thousands) and the percentage change from last month, from last December and from twelve months ago.
  January 2013 February 2013 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 620.1 619.9 ... -0.2 -0.1 -0.6 0.0 0.0 -0.1
Labour force 395.0 393.0 2.2 -2.0 3.2 1.1 -0.5 0.8 0.3
Employment 350.4 353.3 2.3 2.9 5.6 0.7 0.8 1.6 0.2
Employment full-time 292.8 297.6 2.8 4.8 4.2 0.7 1.6 1.4 0.2
Unemployment 44.6 39.7 2.2 -4.9 -2.4 0.4 -11.0 -5.7 1.0
Participation rate 63.7 63.4 0.4 -0.3 0.5 0.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 11.3 10.1 0.5 -1.2 -0.7 0.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 56.5 57.0 0.4 0.5 0.9 0.2 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 16.4 15.8 0.6 -0.7 0.1 0.0 ... ... ...
Both sexes, 15 to 24 years  
Population 89.4 89.2 ... -0.2 -0.3 -1.6 -0.2 -0.3 -1.8
Labour force 55.7 53.6 1.3 -2.1 -1.6 -5.3 -3.8 -2.9 -9.0
Employment 45.6 45.0 1.2 -0.6 -0.2 -4.4 -1.3 -0.4 -8.9
Unemployment 10.1 8.6 1.2 -1.5 -1.4 -0.8 -14.9 -14.0 -8.5
Participation rate 62.3 60.1 1.5 -2.2 -1.6 -4.8 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 18.1 16.0 1.9 -2.1 -2.1 0.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 51.0 50.4 1.4 -0.6 -0.1 -4.0 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 41.9 40.9 2.6 -1.0 4.4 0.2 ... ... ...
Men, 25 years and over  
Population 254.5 254.5 ... 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1
Labour force 174.8 174.0 1.3 -0.8 2.4 1.6 -0.5 1.4 0.9
Employment 152.0 153.3 1.4 1.3 0.8 -0.5 0.9 0.5 -0.3
Unemployment 22.8 20.6 1.4 -2.2 1.5 2.0 -9.6 7.9 10.8
Participation rate 68.7 68.4 0.5 -0.3 0.9 0.6 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 13.0 11.8 0.8 -1.2 0.7 1.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 59.7 60.2 0.6 0.5 0.3 -0.3 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 7.0 6.5 0.7 -0.6 -0.1 0.9 ... ... ...
Women, 25 years and over  
Population 276.1 276.2 ... 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.3
Labour force 164.5 165.4 1.2 0.9 2.3 4.7 0.5 1.4 2.9
Employment 152.8 155.0 1.2 2.2 4.9 5.6 1.4 3.3 3.7
Unemployment 11.7 10.4 1.1 -1.3 -2.6 -0.9 -11.1 -20.0 -8.0
Participation rate 59.6 59.9 0.4 0.3 0.8 1.6 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.1 6.3 0.7 -0.8 -1.7 -0.7 ... ... ...
Employment rate 55.3 56.1 0.4 0.8 1.7 1.9 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 18.2 17.7 1.0 -0.5 -0.8 -0.5 ... ... ...
Industry 350.4 353.3 2.3 2.9 5.6 0.7 0.8 1.6 0.2
Goods-producing sector 74.6 76.6 1.9 2.0 3.7 0.3 2.7 5.1 0.4
Agriculture 5.1 4.7 0.5 -0.4 -0.2 1.0 -7.8 -4.1 27.0
Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas extraction 2 12.1 12.6 0.9 0.5 -0.2 1.7 4.1 -1.6 15.6
Utilities 3.5 3.6 0.4 0.1 -0.2 -0.9 2.9 -5.3 -20.0
Construction 25.0 25.9 1.3 0.9 2.8 -1.4 3.6 12.1 -5.1
Manufacturing 28.9 29.7 1.3 0.8 1.4 -0.2 2.8 4.9 -0.7
Services-producing sector 275.8 276.7 2.4 0.9 1.8 0.4 0.3 0.7 0.1
Trade 57.0 56.8 1.6 -0.2 0.8 2.8 -0.4 1.4 5.2
Transportation and warehousing 17.9 17.8 0.9 -0.1 1.3 0.9 -0.6 7.9 5.3
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing 16.7 16.2 0.8 -0.5 -0.8 1.2 -3.0 -4.7 8.0
Professional, scientific and technical services 13.9 13.1 0.9 -0.8 -1.5 -2.3 -5.8 -10.3 -14.9
Business, building and other support services 15.0 15.4 1.0 0.4 -2.1 -1.8 2.7 -12.0 -10.5
Educational services 28.0 26.1 1.2 -1.9 -0.7 -1.2 -6.8 -2.6 -4.4
Health care and social assistance 55.6 55.1 1.3 -0.5 0.2 3.6 -0.9 0.4 7.0
Information, culture and recreation 13.0 15.1 0.9 2.1 2.1 3.0 16.2 16.2 24.8
Accommodation and food services 21.7 22.8 1.2 1.1 0.9 -0.4 5.1 4.1 -1.7
Other services 14.7 15.4 0.9 0.7 0.5 -1.8 4.8 3.4 -10.5
Public administration 22.3 23.1 1.0 0.8 1.3 -3.4 3.6 6.0 -12.8
Average standard error of change in two consecutive months (see "Sampling Errors" in Data Quality for further explanations).
Also referred to as Natural resources.
Note(s):
Related CANSIM Tables 282-0087, 282-0088.