Table 1
Labour force characteristics by age and sex, Canada, seasonally adjusted

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Labour force characteristics by age and sex, Canada, seasonally adjusted
Table summary
This table displays the labour force characteristics by age and sex for Canada. The data in this table is seasonally adjusted. The row headers provide information for the labour force characteristics for each selected age group and sex. 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.
  June 2013 July 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)      
15 years and over, both sexes  
Population 28,656.6 28,695.4 ... 38.8 226.8 357.2 0.1 0.8 1.3
Labour force 19,104.1 19,089.9 29.2 -14.2 63.9 229.0 -0.1 0.3 1.2
Employment 17,749.0 17,709.6 28.9 -39.4 42.0 225.9 -0.2 0.2 1.3
Employment full-time 14,399.3 14,381.0 39.0 -18.3 21.0 153.9 -0.1 0.1 1.1
Employment part-time 3,349.8 3,328.6 35.7 -21.2 21.0 72.0 -0.6 0.6 2.2
Unemployment 1,355.1 1,380.3 25.1 25.2 21.9 3.1 1.9 1.6 0.2
Participation rate 66.7 66.5 0.1 -0.2 -0.3 -0.1 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.1 7.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 -0.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 61.9 61.7 0.1 -0.2 -0.4 0.0 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 18.9 18.8 0.2 -0.1 0.1 0.2 ... ... ...
15 to 24 years, both sexes  
Population 4,450.4 4,450.1 ... -0.3 -6.0 -8.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.2
Labour force 2,883.5 2,834.7 17.3 -48.8 -1.3 5.2 -1.7 0.0 0.2
Employment 2,485.8 2,440.2 15.8 -45.6 5.1 13.9 -1.8 0.2 0.6
Employment full-time 1,292.1 1,270.9 18.6 -21.2 -5.2 -14.7 -1.6 -0.4 -1.1
Employment part-time 1,193.7 1,169.3 19.5 -24.4 10.3 28.6 -2.0 0.9 2.5
Unemployment 397.6 394.5 14.9 -3.1 -6.3 -8.7 -0.8 -1.6 -2.2
Participation rate 64.8 63.7 0.4 -1.1 0.1 0.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 13.8 13.9 0.5 0.1 -0.2 -0.3 ... ... ...
Employment rate 55.9 54.8 0.4 -1.1 0.2 0.4 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 48.0 47.9 0.7 -0.1 0.3 0.9 ... ... ...
25 years and over, men  
Population 11,850.2 11,870.2 ... 20.0 116.6 183.1 0.2 1.0 1.6
Labour force 8,577.2 8,604.1 15.1 26.9 37.4 94.7 0.3 0.4 1.1
Employment 8,048.8 8,068.7 16.3 19.9 18.3 99.7 0.2 0.2 1.3
Employment full-time 7,428.3 7,439.1 22.0 10.8 -4.9 86.5 0.1 -0.1 1.2
Employment part-time 620.4 629.6 17.7 9.2 23.2 13.1 1.5 3.8 2.1
Unemployment 528.4 535.4 14.5 7.0 19.1 -5.0 1.3 3.7 -0.9
Participation rate 72.4 72.5 0.1 0.1 -0.4 -0.3 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.2 6.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 -0.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 67.9 68.0 0.1 0.1 -0.5 -0.2 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 7.7 7.8 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1 ... ... ...
25 years and over, women  
Population 12,355.9 12,375.0 ... 19.1 116.1 182.2 0.2 0.9 1.5
Labour force 7,643.5 7,651.2 16.6 7.7 27.9 129.3 0.1 0.4 1.7
Employment 7,214.4 7,200.8 16.5 -13.6 18.7 112.4 -0.2 0.3 1.6
Employment full-time 5,678.9 5,671.1 25.4 -7.8 31.2 82.2 -0.1 0.6 1.5
Employment part-time 1,535.6 1,529.7 23.8 -5.9 -12.5 30.2 -0.4 -0.8 2.0
Unemployment 429.0 450.4 13.4 21.4 9.2 16.8 5.0 2.1 3.9
Participation rate 61.9 61.8 0.1 -0.1 -0.4 0.1 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.6 5.9 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 58.4 58.2 0.1 -0.2 -0.4 0.1 ... ... ...
Part-time rate 21.3 21.2 0.3 0.0 -0.2 0.1 ... ... ...
25 to 54 years, both sexes  
Population 14,605.0 14,612.1 ... 7.1 32.7 41.1 0.0 0.2 0.3
Labour force 12,640.6 12,660.5 21.8 19.9 -44.0 39.0 0.2 -0.3 0.3
Employment 11,900.9 11,913.6 23.3 12.7 -40.8 57.2 0.1 -0.3 0.5
Unemployment 739.7 746.9 18.3 7.2 -3.2 -18.2 1.0 -0.4 -2.4
Participation rate 86.5 86.6 0.1 0.1 -0.5 0.0 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.9 5.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 81.5 81.5 0.2 0.0 -0.5 0.1 ... ... ...
25 to 54 years, men  
Population 7,307.6 7,311.5 ... 3.9 17.1 21.7 0.1 0.2 0.3
Labour force 6,614.6 6,621.6 13.9 7.0 -40.5 -1.6 0.1 -0.6 0.0
Employment 6,211.0 6,221.1 15.6 10.1 -45.5 22.6 0.2 -0.7 0.4
Unemployment 403.6 400.5 13.3 -3.1 5.0 -24.2 -0.8 1.3 -5.7
Participation rate 90.5 90.6 0.2 0.1 -0.7 -0.3 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.1 6.0 0.2 -0.1 0.1 -0.4 ... ... ...
Employment rate 85.0 85.1 0.2 0.1 -0.8 0.1 ... ... ...
25 to 54 years, women  
Population 7,297.4 7,300.5 ... 3.1 15.5 19.4 0.0 0.2 0.3
Labour force 6,026.0 6,038.9 16.1 12.9 -3.5 40.6 0.2 -0.1 0.7
Employment 5,689.9 5,692.5 16.4 2.6 4.7 34.7 0.0 0.1 0.6
Unemployment 336.1 346.4 12.2 10.3 -8.2 6.0 3.1 -2.3 1.8
Participation rate 82.6 82.7 0.2 0.1 -0.2 0.3 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.6 5.7 0.2 0.1 -0.2 0.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 78.0 78.0 0.2 0.0 -0.1 0.3 ... ... ...
55 years and over, both sexes  
Population 9,601.2 9,633.2 ... 32.0 200.1 324.2 0.3 2.1 3.5
Labour force 3,580.0 3,594.7 17.4 14.7 109.2 184.8 0.4 3.1 5.4
Employment 3,362.3 3,355.9 17.4 -6.4 77.8 154.8 -0.2 2.4 4.8
Unemployment 217.7 238.8 9.4 21.1 31.4 29.9 9.7 15.1 14.3
Participation rate 37.3 37.3 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.7 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.1 6.6 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.5 ... ... ...
Employment rate 35.0 34.8 0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.4 ... ... ...
55 years and over, men  
Population 4,542.6 4,558.7 ... 16.1 99.5 161.4 0.4 2.2 3.7
Labour force 1,962.5 1,982.5 11.4 20.0 77.9 96.2 1.0 4.1 5.1
Employment 1,837.8 1,847.6 11.6 9.8 63.8 77.1 0.5 3.6 4.4
Unemployment 124.8 134.9 6.9 10.1 14.1 19.2 8.1 11.7 16.6
Participation rate 43.2 43.5 0.3 0.3 0.8 0.6 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.4 6.8 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.7 ... ... ...
Employment rate 40.5 40.5 0.3 0.0 0.5 0.2 ... ... ...
55 years and over, women  
Population 5,058.5 5,074.5 ... 16.0 100.6 162.8 0.3 2.0 3.3
Labour force 1,617.5 1,612.3 12.0 -5.2 31.4 88.6 -0.3 2.0 5.8
Employment 1,524.5 1,508.3 11.9 -16.2 14.0 77.8 -1.1 0.9 5.4
Unemployment 93.0 104.0 6.2 11.0 17.4 10.8 11.8 20.1 11.6
Participation rate 32.0 31.8 0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.8 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.7 6.5 0.4 0.8 1.0 0.4 ... ... ...
Employment rate 30.1 29.7 0.2 -0.4 -0.3 0.6 ... ... ...
Average standard error of change in two consecutive months (see "Sampling Errors" in Data Quality for further explanations).
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087. The sum of individual categories may not always add to the total due to rounding.
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